The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was in the neighborhood last week. I discovered it as I drove home from work, parked just outside Coopers Coffee on Stark, near SE 61st.
So as I coasted down the hill toward home, I phoned C and asked that the kids be waiting outside in the alley as I pulled up -- we were going to chase down the Wienermobile!
As luck would have it, the Wienermobile was still parked at Cooper's by the time we got there. So we got our pictures taken, looked the thing all over, and had a good laugh before heading home.
As we drove home, I shared with the kids how the people running the Wienermobile get the job, and what it's like. Essentially, Wienermobile staffers are recruited to the job by other Wienermobile staffers from people they meet doing the job. Once hired, you sign on to drive the Wienermobile around the US, from event to event, for one year.
M's reaction? "That's cool. I want to drive the Wienermobile when I grow up."
And you know what? That would be just like her to actually do it, wouldn't it?
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