Sunday, April 26, 2009

My Favorite Place

Hello pug-friends, pug-people and people-friends,
Look what mom got on the mail the other day! Isn't this very very sweet? Mom ordered the cutest stationery from our friend Hera's mom. Go visit her blog if you haven't met her yet, she is always sharing fun stuff with all of us!


Now that mom has been feeling better, we got to go out on saturday. It was a very nice day here! Our local pug meetup group had a get together but dad is always hard to convice and he offered to go out with me anyway so mom didn't push to go to the meetup this time. I missed my friends but still had lots of fun with my parents.
Daddy had a gift certificate for Banana Republic and mom needed to buy some dog treats and also a gift certificate for her co-worker's birthday. Mmmmm... what's the perfect place to go on such a nice day that is pet friendly at the same time?
Lincoln Road Mall, in South Beach! My favorite place!
Friends, this place was packed with turists! I was wondering... what if any of my fellow puggy bloggers come here on vacation sometime? Let me know and we could meet! Let me tell you... about 15 people came to me to pet me, and I even got photographed with a stranger's huge professional camera... so it would be so much fun if it is one of my bloggie friends doing so! And I know a lot of people come here for vacation!
Ok, back to reality... We strolled from one end of the mall to the other. My favorite store is Pottery Barn, because it has cold concrete floors and also because it has a bathroom mom seems to need to use everytime we come here.

The trend now is to decorate with natural colors. They match with my fur color!



But mom and dad didn't plan to buy anything in there, even though it's my dad's favorite furniture store. Mom's favorite is West Elm.

Daddy liked all the sea creatures they sell in packages. There's a fish tank at home but we don't have water or fishies in there yet.


Right next door there is a Williams-Sonoma store. Mom saw something for the kitchen she would like to have but... it was too expensive! It is a red big mixing machine.

We discovered a new store, it's called Jonathan Adler, or something like that, with contemporary furniture and decoration. Mom LOOOOOVED it! But... too expensive! They had some very nice colorful cushions... $110 each.



Next stop: Banana Republic. Dad got a couple of shirts with his gift certificate and mom... just watched. She has lots of clothes already. We modeled in front of the mirror, though.




Then, someone screamed. What's that, mom? The store has a mezzanine and a lady standing upstairs was screaming because she wanted to pet me. So there we went, upstairs, to let the lady say hi to me. She was very nice but she started crying when she realized that I don't have eyes. Mom explained that it has not affected my lifestyle at all... and then downstairs I went, not missing a single step.


We continued strolling on Lincoln Road after that and I met another pug!


Then we went inside Books and Books, to refresh for a while. Don't you think it's awesome how I can enter to all the stores in this mall?



Mom and dad were starving by the time we were out of the bookstore. They didn't plan to have dinner out but... we were so far away from home! Mom's friend had recommended The Ice Box and this was the perfect time to try the place. You can't imagine how many times mom and dad had been disappointed with the food, even in fancy restaurants. They have very exigent paladars. This place was very good, according to my parents, but I can't give it any credit because mom brought my lunchbox along, so I couldn't try a single item from the menu. I was so mad, I didn't want to eat my food. Mom had to hand feed me. My fury went away when I realized that she also brought some carrots and green beans for me.

It was getting late and we had to go back to the car. On our way we passed by Romero Britto's showroom. I found the perfect piece of art for my bedroom!


It looks as if it was made specially for me. It represents my status at home - The King.



Right in front of the car there was a building that was painted inspired by daddy's shirt.


We got on the car right on time, 07:57 PM. Now if only mom could get to work with such precision...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Vacation

Hi all!
Since I don't have anything new to share, I will show you some pictures of a store mom visited while in N.C.



It's called Art Space Studio. Mom had never seen any store like that before.

You go in, choose a piece of ceramic to paint, they give you all the supplies and help you with the technics and once you are ready, they put the piece in the burner and after a few days your piece is ready. That sounds like so much fun! Mom will look for a similar store near our house because she didn't have time to do anything while she was there.


While browsing the samples and painted pieces to be picked up, look who mom found there!
Hi Clover! We miss you!
Just in case you had forgotten already, mom and the family were on a road trip. This is daddy's car, much bigger and comfortable than mom's (they got tired, anyway).



On their way to mom's friend's house, mom and dad found a park. It had hiking paths and a gorgeous view of Lake Wylie.


The couple of hours spent on this park was the only moment during their 10-day vacation where mom and dad really got to relax.


Mom specially enjoyed the puppy kisses. Yes, she managed to find a puppy to kiss, because...
NO DOGGIE KISS = NO VACATION!


Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Working With The Snuggle Puggle

Boss,
I thought I was in big trouble today. I have my monthly vet appointment tomorrow and mom has been getting late to work for a week now. She says it's because she is sick but, how can I afford her to loose her job if she has to pay for my medical bills? Seriously, her boss loves me and all, but he could get mad with so much slacking on my mom's part, right?

So this morning, as soon as daddy left the house, I started barking downstairs. If mom wasn't sick, she would come downstairs right away - yep, I am a good trainer. But she didn't. So I went upstairs and started crying right by her side, on the floor. This bed is too high for me to jump so I have to patiently wait for her to bring me up. She did, without opening her eyes (it's called the antihistaminic effect). So there I was, trying to wake her up on the bed while she was pushing me away, still aslept.

Next thing she hears, was someone tapping on wood. Constantly. Yep, she woke up this time!







Monday, April 20, 2009

Not A Fun Weekend

Friends,
Mom is still sick, so guess what? We didn't do anything exciting yesterday! Mom needs to urgently update her camera with pictures of ME. In the meantime, this is a picture of me, much more younger than today (well, maybe a few months younger...)

Remember I told you yesterday that mom wanted to eat in this place she liked so much? She says she worked there for a couple of months, many years ago, in California. This is her former boss:

He looks like a great guy, even though the job was not pet friendly.




Mom's favorite is the sourdough Jack and the shakes, specially the eggnog shake that was not available this time. Mom will have to contact her former boss to request the opening of a closer location to our home.

Right after mom and dad had lunch they headed towards Downtown Charlotte. What a beautiful city! Mom and dad love the architecture, very modern/classic, with lots of brick walls.










More colorful trees! It totally brightens the streets.












Mom's favorite tree was this white one. It's so white it almost looks unreal. She saw the same tree in Alabama. Does anyone know the name? Dad said it's a Dogwood. It makes sense to me.


So if any of you live in Charlotte and saw this crazy lady taking hundreds of pictures from a car driving in circles, you've met my mother. Daddy said they didn't have time to park and walk in the city... again!