Nathan’s Famous July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest. Kobayashi vs. Chestnut. There were jugglers and trampoline champions and this guy who raps about competitive eating. I was in freak show heaven.
The swearing in of the judges. This is serious competition.
Chestnut won the Mustard Yellow Belt and set an all-time record with 68 hot dogs! The Daily News estimated that 40,000 people turned out to watch this craziness.
Afterward, we rode the Cyclone, drank some beer, and of course ate a hotdog (or two).
We skipped the headless woman, but Pete fell for the world's largest rat. He could have saved 50 cents and just hung out in my kitchen for a couple of hours.
Sufficiently sunburned and back in Hoboken, we watched the NYC fireworks in the park across from my apartment.
To wrap up the long weekend, Pete took me shark fishing.
Can't it be summer all year long?
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Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle was one of the judges. What a fish!
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