On Saturday, the boys (SFS and his college buddy RM) and I made our way to Coney Island for the Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest! We were in attendance for the 94th year of the competition.
If you aren't familiar with the IFOCE rules, here are the rules for the contest.
SFS, RM and I waited a while for the contest to start... and the boys were good enough to pose for me.
Finally, it was time to start eating!
Here you can see Joey Chestnut (reigning champ) and Takeru Kobayashi going at it.
This is the view from where I was standing... you can see the eaters in the distance.
In the end, Joey Chestnut was the winner... with 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes... incredible!
Of course, we had to share in the experience by chowing down on a dog... but just one!
I hadn't been to Coney Island before, and it was everything I had pictured.
It was packed, and it seeing all the amazing shops, games and people was really fun.
I particularly like the "Don't be a Paleface" sign... I think they're referring to me!
The people watching on the boardwalk was amazing... clearly, this couple agreed!
The boardwalk went one for miles, it seemed.
We walked past a vendor who sold oysters, and this was painted on their wall.
After walking a ways, we made our way to the beach. We found a spot close to water, and got a little sun.
After some time on the beach, we made our way to a restaurant on Brighton Beach. There were goldfish on the table!
After a fun afternoon at Coney Island, we made our way back to Manhatan. Macy's hosted a fireworks show on the Hudson River, and we were able to watch the show from SFS' office. But first, I was dying to see where he sat everyday!
This is the cafeteria at SFS' office... it's such a cool building!
We eventually made our way to the basketball court. Since the office is just behind the train yards, we didn't have any buildings in the way of our view.
We had to wait a while for the sun to set... maybe I got a little more sun at the beach than I had bargained for!
The sun started to set, which meant that the show was coming! All the fireworks were shot from barges in the middle of the river.
Man, were the fireworks AMAZING! All the barges were in sync, which was even more incredible!
Here are the boys in front of the show- that's a lot of red!
And SFS and I...
This was probably one of the best fireworks shows I've ever seen!
Well, that's it for my Fourth of July Weekend... thanks for sticking around!
