Part 3 [1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 75-100 ]
51. Slip ‘N Slide
Simple. Genius.
52. Ice cream
Ben and Jerry’s, Breyers, soft serve… ours freezes the competition
53. Yellowstone National Park
54. Oreos
This choice bribed by the secret dairy farmers’ cartel
55. Edward R. Murrow
A journalist who was cool? Sigh.
56. Restaurant week
The one week a year when snooty waiters have to play nice
57. Washington D.C. monuments at night
Lincoln looks good
58. Bugs Bunny
Every parent’s dream: he’s nice to doctors and he eats his veggies
59. Etch A Sketch
Don’t shake away our faith in this one
60. Coca-cola
Hmmm… what does the “coca” stand for again?
61. Flip flops
Not the John Kerry kind, though both can be found on Nantucket
62. Vegas weddings
63. Napa wine
If anyone orders Merlot, we’re leaving
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64. Willie Nelson
Trigger
65. eBay
The only place where you can buy a single cornflake
66. Blueberries
Our favorite fruit that can’t check email
67. The Rockettes
E-leg-trifying!
68. Charles Barkley
Hosting Saturday Night Live and pitching for T-Mobile, Sir Charles is now larger than life
69. Blue jeans
Levi Strauss invented the modern version only to see them become boringly ubiquitous
70. County fairs
We recommend you eat your corndog after swinging that sledgehammer at the High Striker game
71. The Oscars
A celebration of everything good and awful about Hollywood
72. Veterans
Thank you
73. Steakhouses
Thankfully, not rare
74. The Tiffany box
The only package more powerful than its contents
75. Sports mascots
The San Diego Chicken vs. the Phillie Phanatic
