In honor of National Hot Dog Day (and in honor of gimmicky publicity stunts), the midtown east ice cream parlor Serendipity III introduced a fancy new menu item today: the "Haute Dog." These are the same people who brought us the $25,000 sundae and the budget-priced $1,000 sundae, resulting in a hilarious Stephen Colbert segment, during which he ordered the sundae and wondered, "If I gave you another thousand dollars, could I make someone poor watch me eat it?" more ›

Remember that $25,000 sundae that Serendipity 3 was selling back before the stock market parked itself in the garage with the engine running? Needless to say, they haven't been selling too many of those lately, and even their down-market $1,000 sundae hasn't had any takers since last November. more ›