Camera recommendation

One question I get asked a lot is: Which camera do I recommend? Well I recently purchased a new camera: Canon Powershot G9. The last thing I wanted was to carry my professional camera gear on my trip (heavy & expensive). I'd have to say I'm highly impressed by this camera. It's a 12.1 MP camera and is capable of shooting RAW. You can leave it in the automatic mode and get great results or override it and customize the settings as you wish. The images from my vacation (see previous 2 posts) were photographed with this camera.

(I purchased mine from Costco.com. It was about $500 w/tax and included a 2GB card)