I need another day off to recoup from all the fun I had this weekend- yea-ah! Went to my cousin's Brooklyn pad for a delicious dinner and drunken Extreme Scavenger Hunt strategizing Friday night.

With only a few hours of sleep under my belt and a raging hang-over, I set out on what turned into a 17 hour road trip through our lovely neighbors to the West, Pennsylvania. First stop: Kutztown German Festival, which had a disapointing lack of beer for a Krautfest (a little hair of the dog always helps). But they weren't hurting for crafts, including a broom maker for fuck's sake. I did, however, pick up a stylie pennant made from a lira. There were so many different countries- the Japanese ones were hot- but I decided to go a symbol of my heritage. There was a woodworker who made these terrific mallets (cheap: $7) that I was going to pick up for my brother, but then thought better of it. If he got drunk and killed someone with it, I couldn't help but feel partly responsible. K-Dawg and I had filled up on meat and cheese before getting to the festival (it was an unexpected detour) so we really didn't partake in the festival eats which included an entire ox roasting on a spit. Smelled awesome, though.


We continued to Hershey to visit Chocolate World . It was educational and delicious.

Onto historical Gettysburg where we visited the highwater mark battlefield. It's impossible to realize the scope of the casualties until you see the vastness of the land. It must have been horrific. Trying to shake off the eeriness of that experience, Ken and I went into town for a little dinner and $2 pints. He tried to convince me to take a haunted tour but seeing kids with mullets in Confederate hats was enough terror for one day.

Sunday was all about lounging in the pool, watching fireworks, barbeque and campy 70's pornography. God bless America.