August 31, 2014: National Bacon Day was yesterday
MY LIFE WITH BACON continues after a short break, with some good Oscar Mayer promo stuff. I've told you before and I'll say it again: OM is my 'go-to' bacon. OSCAR MAYER has always been known for great promotions, what with the Weinermobile going way back to 1936! "The first version was created in 1936 by Oscar Mayer's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, and variants are still used by the Oscar Mayer company today. Drivers of the Wienermobiles are known as Hotdoggers and often hand out toy whistles shaped as replicas of the Wienermobile, known as Wienerwhistles ." - from the Wikipedia entry. Well, back on the 4th of July I had the pleasure of attending the parade at Lake Bluff, IL . An awesome parade; lasts 90 minutes. The town swells from a population of about 5,700 to over 20,000 that day. And the bank is open - giving out free Bloody Marys and free beer. How about that! Here's a selfie of me with the weinermobile: And a better picture of t...