On their second night ever playing in Los Angeles, Vampire Weekend hit the Silverlake Lounge stage and declared their love for our city, citing its sunshine and quinoa. Singer Ezra Koenig even introduced “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” substituting the last two words with “quinoa quinoa.” Either these Brooklyn kids have never encountered extensive vegetarian-friendly menus before or this is a grain-related inside joke that maybe I don’t want to get.
Day: July 18, 2007
Win Tickets to Slint
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Girls Against Boys
Performing Venus Luxure No.1 Baby
El Rey Theater
Sunday, July 22
Contest Closed — Buy tickets here or at door NOS.
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Slint
Performing Spiderland
Henry Fonda Theater
Monday, July 23
Enter for SLINT Tickets
Please include your full name. Winners will be notified by 12 noon, day of show.
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This is not a competition for the all-around best hot dog in LA. You can find a hot dog served in any conceivable manner in this city, there’s a dog for everyone. Is a Chicago-style hot dog better than any other hot dog you can find or make? Even though it all comes down to personal preference, the answer is still yes. It’s so good that every time I eat one with a newbie, they all say the exact same thing, “Damn, homey just smashed it.” It’s so good that it puts your life in perspective.
The Chicago-style hot dog has strict criteria. It’s a Vienna Beef Hot Dog with mustard, chopped onion, relish (neon green in color), tomatoes, sport peppers, celery salt, and a pickle all served on a poppy seed bun. Eating one will keep you going, eating two will take you out, eating three is suicide, but at least you’ll go out with a smile.
To have a solid basis of comparison for the competition, I ate at some of Chicago’s finest hot dog stands such as Portillo’s, Wrigleyville Dogs, Hot Doug’s, and Wiener’s Circle. Wiener’s Circle had the best looking dog, so we’ll use it as the standard.
There are so many toppings that you can barely see the hot dog.
I excluded Oki Dog, Skooby’s, and Papoo’s because they don’t serve a Chicago-Style. I also left out Portillo’s in Buena Park because it’s in Buena Park.
The competitors are: QT’s Chicago Dogs, Carney’s, Rubin’s Red Hot, Weiner Factory, Pink’s, The Stand, and Taste Chicago. They’ll be ranked on authenticity, price, and overall taste.
The time has come to bring down the curtain on our Corteo giveaway. If you want a shot at tickets to the L.A. debut of this new Cirque du Soleil production, drop us an e-mail with your full name now at contest@losanjealous.com. Contest closes and winners will be notified this Monday, July 23.
Our contest has ended. Winners will be notified shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered.
For more info and tickets to Corteo, dial up 20angels.com on your internet machines.