I’ve been contemplating for a couple of days what to write about the Fourth of July. I feel a like there’s a certain expectation of me to write something some empassioned speech about patriotism an the rights that we hold and share as Americans on this important day in our history. And I feel this way simply because I live in our nation’s capital, and we bloggers from D.C. are supposed to be serious and political.

But I’m revolting. I’ve decided that instead, I’m going to speak this July Fourth on an interesting trend that I’ve seen creeping it’s way into our grocery stores and our convenience stores. It’s Lime. And I like it.

Vanilla, Mint, and any of those other ‘added flavors’ are old and busted. Lime is the new hotness. Lime is everywhere these days. It’s in soft drinks, hell, it’s in soft drink commercials. I was in the grocery store this afternoon picking up some things, and everything at the grocery store is now coming in a lime flavored version. The only thing you can’t get with lime flavoring at the grocery store these days is actual limes. They were nowhere to be found.

I for one love it. Can’t get enough of it, actually. I came home from the grocery store, and made come chicken salad, making sure to add my lime-flavored mayonnaise, threw it on some bread, threw a lime-flavored pickle on top of it, tossed it onto a plate, along with some Fritos, that just happened to have a ‘hint of lime’, and ate my dinner, along with a cool, refreshing, lemon-lime Sierra Mist. And I couldn’t have been happier.