For my first site visit, I went to a Kingdom Hall in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, with Valentina and Chelsea. Some of Valentina's distant relatives are Jehovah's Witnesses, and we went to a meeting with them. The architecture of the Kingdom Hall looked simple and slightly aged on the outside. The walls were made of a material that looked like bricks. In my hometown in Massachusetts, there is a Kingdom Hall that I drove past. Since it is in a suburb, it seemed like a small, simple house. The one in Queens was larger and fit the architecture of the city. Once inside, I noticed that the Hall seemed like a functional meeting place. This explains why Jehovah's Witnesses' services are called "meetings." There were no statues, paintings or religious symbols in the entire Hall. The members were dressed conservatively, but not extremely formal. At meetings women should not wear trousers, only skirts. Everything is moderated, including makeup. No one looked glamorous or extravagant at the Kingdom Hall, because they believe in practicality. ...