50 Reasons We Love America

S. Montrose

Our definitive list of the homegrown innovations, trends, people, and places that has us hoisting our Coors Lights (brewed here!) to toast the good ol' Stars and Stripes.

S. Montrose

50 Reasons We Love America

Kooky hybrids: Labradoodles, the Ford Escape, tomaccoes, skorts.

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Ray-Ban

50 Reasons We Love America

Weekend-warrior wardrobe: Hanes V-necks, Levi's, Converse One Stars, Burt's Bees lip balm, Ray-Ban Wayfarers.

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50 Reasons We Love America

Black-eyed Susans, California redwoods, saguaro cacti.

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WeAre Adventurers

50 Reasons We Love America

The fact that 64% of us have deep-fried a turkey or know someone who has.

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Barry Brecheisen

50 Reasons We Love America

Office Oscar pools.

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50 Reasons We Love America

Annie Hall

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Steve Granitz

50 Reasons We Love America

Shia LaBeouf

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Mackenzie Stroh

50 Reasons We Love America

Ladies' book clubs — where we consume more Pinot than pages.

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Amy Sussman

50 Reasons We Love America

Self-effacing, Jimmy Stewart-style airline captains who land planes on the Hudson River.

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50 Reasons We Love America

The Boston Marathon — 26.2 grueling miles followed by 26 pints of Sam Adams.

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Albert L. Ortega

50 Reasons We Love America

The Lazy Meadow Motel's tricked-out airstreams in the Catskills, owned by Kate Pierson of the B-52s. Tin roof, not rusted!

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50 Reasons We Love America

Superfan merch: terrible towels, cheeseheads, foam fingers.

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Hulton Archive

50 Reasons We Love America

Dance legend Judith Jameson.

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50 Reasons We Love America

Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs

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50 Reasons We Love America

Dumb blogs that spawn fat book deals (LOL Cats, Stuff White People Like, This Is Why You're Fat).

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Courtesy of GetSnuggie.com

50 Reasons We Love America

The Snuggie/Slanket smackdown.

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Jean Baptiste Lacroix

50 Reasons We Love America

Our national hot messes, from Judy Garland and Joan Crawford to Brit and LiLo.

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Saul Loeb

50 Reasons We Love America

A grandma in the White House.

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Denise Truscello

50 Reasons We Love America

Drive-through everything (Dunkin' Donuts, liquor stores, wedding chapels).

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James Devaney

50 Reasons We Love America

Chronicles of the rich, from The House of Mirth to Gossip Girl.

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Kevin Mazur

50 Reasons We Love America

Politically active Jersey boys Bon Jovi and The Boss.

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K. Moran

50 Reasons We Love America

Blueberries (brain food — who knew?!)

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Ron Galella

50 Reasons We Love America

Great pants-wearing dames Katharine Hepburn, Slim Keith, Lauren Bacall.

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Charlotte Lewis Jenks

50 Reasons We Love America

Wet n Wild — 22 shades of nailpolish, all 99 cents a pop.

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50 Reasons We Love America

The Bell Jar

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Dan Lecca

50 Reasons We Love America

Comebacks, Ã la Alec Baldwin, Jason Bateman, Robert Downey Jr., Lil' Kim, Mickey Rourke, shoulder pads, neon...

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50 Reasons We Love America

Gmail video chat, for instant feedback on those harem pants (return them!).

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J. Wasser/Time Life Pictures

50 Reasons We Love America

The wildly imaginative Julie Taymor.

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Jon Furniss

50 Reasons We Love America

Over 1100 iPhone apps and counting (though we'd be content with just Tetris and Urbanspoon).

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Jemal Countess

50 Reasons We Love America

Joan Didion

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