The Hot Dog Event Of The Year
Victory Or Death
Look at that sad little logo there –>
Do you want that on your HDDM t-shirt when the time comes? Or on your HDDM Tattoo? Then we need your help!
Please design us a fab Hot Dog Death March Logo. The only specs are to please make it square and something that can easily work in B&W. JPG and 300dpi will work wonders.
Get those bad boys in so we have many to vote on come this weekend.
Send them to freyjulia (at) gmail (dot) com.
Those Brits are so awesome. Check this out: 
a hot dog rotisserie for your counter top. Cooks up to four “hot dog sausages” in minutes, plus the very phallic bun warmer — open bun and slide it onto the rod. “3o minute timer for total control.” I didn’t imagine that this thing could get out of control. Seems like you could just turn it off or grab the wieners as needed. (You can purchase it here.)
But I do think this is very elegant compared with the US version I’ve seen in Sky Maul Mall. Check this one out:
It’s just a modified toaster. I’ve never tried it though my sister and I gave one to our mom for her birthday one year as a lark. My mom loooooooooooooves hot dogs. (She told me so herself in just that way.) (You can purchase this inferior model right here.)
Which one would you buy?
(Hat tip to Thrillist for the British rotisserie link!)
Victory Or Death
See that? That big picture to the right there? Yeah that, the crazy hand drawing? That’s what we are calling our temporary logo.
Temporary.
We need a permanent one and we need your help in getting it. You know you want to do it. You’ve been dreaming of designing a logo with a wiener in it forever and were never sure how to land that huge frankfurter contract. Here’s your chance.
We will collect logos from all of you who want to give it a go and then we will have a vote. The winner will be honored with their logo on this site and on all swag created for the event.
While designing, please make it square and something that can easily work in B&W. JPG please and 300dpi.
We must have your entries by May 1st and we will vote and declare a winner by May 8th. Send your entries to Julia please. freyjulia (at) gmail (dot) com.
Get crackin!
My standard dog comes with ketchup and mustard and relish. I’ll have sauerkraut sometimes, instead of relish, if it’s available and I’m in the mood. When I was a kid, it was ketchup only. If I get a wild hair, chili dog works just fine. If I’m making the dogs myself, I like them extra crispy on the grill. My husband likes his with mustard only. Sometimes with slices of cheese. Recently he likes it with relish, but feels that might be temporary.
I’ve eaten turkey dogs and tofu dogs and polish sausage dogs and Dodger Dogs and Nathan’s Famous on Coney Island. I have a fantasy of going on a road trip and stopping at any and every hot dog stand we pass. Just cuz.
How do you like your dog?
I will never forgive myself for not making it to Tail O’ The Pup while it was still there. Even after its heartbreaking demise, however, LA is rife with hot dogs.
MY personal favorite is Skooby’s in Hollywood, thanks to Brian introducing me to its garlic aioli.
And to be frank (har har), I loathe Pink’s. I’m ever-mystified by the line that stretches around the shack & up the street. Why in God’s name would anyone wait for one of these things?
I have never been to Oki Dog but have heard fascinating tales of its place in LA punk history, and of its owner, and of the weird way in which its weenies are served.
What’s YOUR fave hot dog joint? Why?
Glorp!
Attention, ladies & gentlemen–oh, who am I kidding–attention, broads & sweatpants-wearing couch jockeys: the day you’ve sat around waiting for, thinking, “Gosh, I wish someone would force-feed me 6,540 calories in one day”–well, that day has arrived. In short order. Or more appropriately, order at counter.
Suggested supplies to stockpile include Pepto, Tums, Zantac, soda water and prescription pain medication.
Stand by for further communiques.
Let’s be frank.
Everyone loves a hot dog. Even the vegans eat their version of the tubular treat from time to time. And while Los Angeles might not have a cart on every corner like some cities do, we do love a good wiener and will argue up and down about where to find the best in town.
With that in mind, we have created an event that will not even come close to deciding where the best dogs are. We have created an event simply to eat hot dogs in three famous two famous and one infamous hot dog stands in Hollywood: Pinks, Oki-Dog and Skooby’s.
We call it Hot Dog Death March.
Join us. (Details coming soon.)
