US Embassy 4th of July Celebration

Jeremy and I were extremely honored (and excited) to be invited to this year's annual US Embassy 4th of July Celebration...along with a rumored 4,498 other people in Singapore!  Actually, we were quite excited.  It was the third time we've been invited, but the first time we've gone.  We should do that more often!

It was held outside, on the beach, at the Shangri-La hotel on Sentosa Island.  Kirk Wagnar, the US Ambassador to Singapore was one of the speakers.  We found all the little "goody stations,"  US companies, of course:  Garrett popcorn, Google, Harley Davidson, Wii, and Coke.  Buffet dinner was served and included:  roast beef, mini cheeseburgers, crab cakes, macaroni and cheese, pasta and lettuce salads, cheesecakes, brownies, rice krispie treats--all American staples--presented a little more elegantly than your typical backyard BBQ!  The night was finished off with a great firework display.