I went to the boardwalk at Long Branch, NJ. It was absolutely packed, but we found a few seats at a bar and had appetizers while the fireworks went off right outside the window. Very great place to stay. :)

Happy Birthday America! (well, belated now...)

Went to a Condo on the beach and watched Fireworks. And we also watched a boxing match on ESPN Classics.

and i set up a desktop background of a chick holding an assault rifle and an American Flag in the background (fuckin' hot).

Since I ripped it up the two week-ends before this with weddings, I decided to simply order a pizza and watch all the fireworks from my deck. It was noisy and quiet at the same time and I enjoyed staying home. The next two week-ends will be busy as well with two birthday parties. Happy Birthday America!!! May God help our troops keep us safe.

I didn't! I'm in Sweden, where the American celebration of the fourth of July is very unimportant. Instead, I went to a friend's house, we watched "Shaun of the Dead," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," ate candy, made tacos, watched a storm, and made tacos. It was marvelous.

I went to work, then I ate Mexican food. Then I watched some fireworks.

Not the best 4th of July, but not that bad.

BBQ + Fireworks.

In San Diego we have a whole lotta fireworks every year. Over San Diego bay there are three sets that go off in unison at 9PM, and at the same time they have fireworks over Ocean Beach, the Mission Bay Yacht Club and the La Jolla Cove. All of the 9PM fireworks can be seen from the South end of Mission Bay, but you can only see the top of the La Jolla Fireworks.

Then at 9:30 the Seaworld Fireworks were right in front of us. It was fun to have all of those fireworks going off around you at the same time...

Pretty good for a bankrupt city, in a bankrupt nation.

Went to a BBQ/Party. Drank beer and ate a ton of food. Then we went out to the park to watch the official fireworks show. Good times.

We went to the parade downtown first off, which was actually pretty good for here. After that, we hung out at home for a few hours and then headed up to a friend's cabin at Eklutna for a Mexican fiesta and some fireworks, fireworks that didn't start until 1:00 in the morning, but they were pretty cool for a private fireworks show. Fun day!

I watched Full Metal Jacket with my dad and we had a littler BBQ.

I worked all night. No fireworks for me :(

Oh well, there's always next year.

Had a wonderful time with friends on our rooftop deck. Also had fun shooting off some of our own and jamming out to some good tunes. Could see the entire Chicago skyline including a 360 degree view of the city. Between the city and local we had fireworks beyond the 1am mark. Interesting observation....the "lesser off" neighborhoods had more fireworks in the air than the "better off".

Apparently fireworks were cancelled in a TON of cities this year (made me really pissed off). I was hoping to stay in Phoenix and see them here, but my husband and I suddenly had an opening to drive up to Monterey in CA to see his family, so we went for it. And Monterey county had no fireworks whatsoever. Not even Salinas. Nearest one must've been in San Jose, an hour away. Totally lame. But otherwise, we had a small family barbecue and I watched TV and basically kind've forgot it was even a holiday that was destroyed, this year. :-(

It is now 2015 and I celebrated the 4th of July by going to Chase Field to see the Diamondbacks vs. the Rockies. And, after the game, was a great fireworks display.