100 Things I Love About the U.S.A.

In no particular order:

1. small towns
2. holidays
3. fairs
4. Krispy Kreme
5. picnics/cook-outs
6. July 4th fireworks
7. apple pie
8. 911
9. jeans
10. parks
11. libraries
12. James Weldon Johnson's Lift Every Voice and Sing
13. PBS
14. lemonade
15. TiVo
16. sprinklers
17. Five Guys
18. barbecue
19. whirlpool tubs
20. half-time at football games
21. kickball
22. home delivery
23. Amazon.com
24. grilled cheese sandwiches
25. cotton candy
26. debit cards
27. ATMs
28. The Cheesecake Factory
29. presidential election nights
30. marinas/harbors
31. CNN
32. Izze Pear and Grapefruit drinks
33. Apple Macintosh computers
34. "soul" food
35. HBCU marching bands
36. 1980s Saturday morning cartoons
37. Granny Smith apples
38. smooth jazz radio stations
39. e-mail
40. aviation
41. the Civil Rights Movement
42. express mail
43. catalogs
44. the George Foreman Grill
45. 24/7 cable television
46. movies
47. live music
48. the ASPCA
49. Clinique's Happy perfume
50. Nite and Day contact lenses
51. Dior Addict Ultra-Shine #720
52. higher education
53. Snapple Peach and Lemon Iced Tea
54. the original Law and Order
55. Dr. Seuss's The Lorax
56. the Apple iPod
57. Snickerdoodle cookies from Heaven's Bakery at the Centre at Forestville
58. New England clam chowder
59. the animated 101 Dalmations film
60. 80s R&B music
61. black hair stores
62. Benefit Fantasy Mint Wash
63. Tom's of Maine Natural gel toothpaste
64. Night lights
65. Udderly Smooth's Udder Cream
66. Bluetooth Wireless
67. Carol's Daughter CoCo Blu fragrance
68. Netflix
69. Indigo Lustre Gloss
70. yearbooks
71. La Mer Creme de la Mer moisturizing cream
72. The Container Store
73. deep dish pizza
74. put-put golf
75. Hershey's Reese's Peanut Butter cups
76. Hefty Serve’n Store Tableware
77. afros
78. The Marshall's on 125th Street
79. farms
80. infomercials
81. Do-si-do Girl Scout cookies
82. Samoas Girl Scout cookies
83. clothing store changing rooms
84. Whole Foods Market
85. Advil
86. slushies
87. Cheetos Asteroids
88. graduations
89. breakfast for dinner
90. southern buffet-style restaurants
91. the police
92. firefighters
93. playgrounds
94. carousels in random places
95. snazzy full-service highway rest stops
96. school field trips to planetariums
97. city-wide smoking bans
98. the fact that Pam Grier has a career
99. gospel music on Sundays
100. ginger snaps