how to celebrate the 4th...?

I'm very likely going to hit Skyline Drive again, as I did last year, for a quiet celebration of July 4th. The Drive goes along the top ridge of the Shenandoah Valley; I can stop at the occasional overlook and peer down into the dark depression below, where neighborhood fireworks will be popping off randomly. Looking down on fireworks was a neat experience last year.

But what to eat? I'm tempted either to grab some budae-jjigae ingredients today, or to go full-on Amurrican and buy some slabs, heaps, and cylinders of beef and cow.


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