Two things which feature prominently among my own Stuff I Like are cool downtowns and the Olympics. Today, both. Doylestown and Bethlehem's southside were each cool, but somehow the Lehigh Valley offering was my preference... but I'm sure we'll revisit both.
In the Olympics, dang. More photo-finishes and lasting glory than I can ever remember. I was floored by Bolt's qualifying heats/jogs and continue to love the swimming relays. Apparently the US also won shot put, which used to be aired but now is behind a bunch of Jamaican kids saying "lightning!" into a camera in terms of global sporting priorities. Phelps has earned the airtime but at least we're just watching him race; where are the other races that I know I'm missing? I suppose this is the great conundrum of the Olympics: even if we were there we could only watch a few select things - at least here we can read about what we missed.