Competitive Eating
It's become as essential to the Fourth of July as flags waving, parades, watermelon, and fireworks: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.
Every July 4 the best of the best competitive eaters gather together to go bun to bun in the ultimate gurgitory competition. Thousands of people gather at Coney Island each year to watch and more than a million more watch at home on TV ...
Saturday, July 4, 2009
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY SILLY AMERICA!
I hope your Fourth of July weekend was full of fun! As for me, I spent most of it watching the greatest sporting event of the year: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest!
I'll post a major recap of my amazingly awesome Fourth of July when I return to Chicago...For now here is a picture of the great American hero of the hot dog, three-peat ...
This morning I woke up way too early in a cushy bed in NYC. I didn't want to leave! But alas I had big things ahead, and by big I mean the size of an elephant! I hopped on a subway to Coney Island for a very special eating contest that fitted three of Major League Eating's top eaters versus three of the Ringling Brothers' elephants. It was a tough and hilarious competitition! (I'll have a more thorough ...
Saturday I woke up at around 8am and enjoyed the hotels continental breakfast. Actually I just ate cereal and then kicked myself when I saw that around the corner they had biscuits and gravy that I missed! My friend and travel companion Brian skipped the breakfast, he didn't want to eat anything before his big competitive eating debut!
We had some time so we headed off to Lee's Summit to see a restaurant ...
And now it's time for an extra special treat to wrap up the recap of my Metropolis road trip: a Metropolis Video Log!
Here's a video I put together with some clips from the road! I saw the I-57 Abraham Lincoln, the World's Largest Cross in Effingham, the Super Museum, Superman Statue, and Americana Hollywood Museum in Metropolis. And, of course, I saw an ice cream eating contest! And since we were so ...
Things learned on my day trip to Metropolis, Illinois:
1. I am a good driver when I am paying attention.
2. Louisville Kentucky is three hours from the Illinois/Kentucky border.
3. When someone says "It's $3 for this museum or $5 for both" it isn't always a good deal.
4. It is really hard to try to take photos, take video, and update twitter all at the same time.
5. 4am is a time that should not ...
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