Albert Art Creative x Other Side Films are currently in production on 'Geronimo Bie' a feature length documentary about the troubled life of Canadian boxer Geroinmo Bie.
I've always wanted to try Dougie Dog, and this past weekend I finally had the chance. Located near the intersection of Nelson and Granville in downtown Vancouver the gourmet hot dog joint, is serving up some pretty tasty dogs, unlike anything else in the city.
Sure JapaDog has their share of toppings and flavors, but their dogs are distinctly Japanese influenced. Dougie Dog on the other hand is more than a culturally influenced hot dog. Their dogs range from the original classic dog, to Italian, to Chicago style, to hot dogs named after rock stars. And lets not forget their high-end $100 hot dog topped with Kobe beef, lobster and truffles.
Now Dougie Dog isn't all just fancy sounding hot dogs. They are firm believers in all natural hot dogs, with no mystery to the meat. You can definitely see and taste the difference! The dogs also have a really nice crisp snap when you bite into it. No pink sludge!
I had heard about this place from friends, so I had to check it out.
I first ordered the Super Mario Dog. It was topped with mushrooms, cheese, and Jalepeno. Pretty good, but I was still hungry, and it was a bit mild for my taste, so I ordered the Seoul Dog. This was a very good dog, topped with Korean BBQ, kimchi, and pickles. So good.
The Butterscotch Root Beer was very smooth, and not too sweet like other Root Beer brands.
The history Dougie Dog is documented on the Dougie Dog DVD. I had my DVD autographed by the man himself. If Dougie Dog sounds familiar it was originally featured on the show Dragons' Den.
I've never heard of The Sartorialist blog before. Apparently it's been around a while now, and it's very popular with photographers, fashion people, and photography fans. I stumbled upon this video created for Intel Visual Life which documents Scott Schumann, the man behind the photos and the Sartorialist blog. He talks a bit about his passion for pictures, blogging, and the internet.
It's a nicely shot video, with some nice music as well.
Dell Lounge and Vice make Motherboard. Together they present a series of shorts on tech culture, Richard Garriott, and more.
VBS.tv and Dell Lounge have put together a web documentary series called Motherboard, that highlights interesting bits of technology and the culture that surrounds it, in the form of streaming web-documentaries, from the 'Donk' music scene in England, to highlighting Richard Garriott of Ultima videogame fame, to name a few.
I'm a huge fan of VBS, and dig the eye-opening, often times shocking and hilarious but informative content they work so hard to deliver online, so their foray of more tech-centric video, collaborating with Dell is a pretty great idea. Pretty awesome actually.
I also had no idea that Dell had created Dell Lounge (currently in Beta), which features stuff on music, art, style, and technology with streaming video in a casual blog-esque presentation aimed at the hipster tech/music/art/style demographic. I have to admit it has peaked my interest, and I'll be tuning in to see what else they upload. I can definitely see what their intention is with Dell Lounge, focusing on the 'lifestyle' branding of Dell, beyond it's computer and electronics roots. It is all about consuming the lifestyle from the wrist watches to the music, to the design of your laptop casing. Seems like everyone is selling a lifestyle these days even given the ratty economic times. It's not enough to just own a laptop, but you have to be a certain type of person now. Which makes me think of Mac, and Mac owners. The Apple brand = Apple lifestyle. The Sony brand = Sony lifestyle. I don't own a dell, or a Mac. I'm currently an HP laptop owner, because IT WAS ON SALE.
In any case, interesting video content will keep me coming back. Dell and VBS have my attention.