Pug Life

I miss my furry little friend, Kahlua. Everything I see reminds me of her.
Pug in a basket during CicLAvia

And especially now around Halloween, when I keep running into photos of pugs in costume:

Spaghetti and Meatballs via Target


Mr. T via Cute Overload

Teen Wolf Pug via Julia Segal

Teen Wolf is quite possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen. However, I must pay homage, to Kahlua...

iPug

Whale Wars

I've been recently somewhat obsessed with the show Whale Wars. I'm so proud of hippies doing something useful! Some of them are so emotional about their cause. I mean, yes, I will admit that when I see whales in the water, I either squeal or scream, fine.

Apparently some blue whales have been hanging out near between LA and Catalina. My friend saw a bunch last weekend and I'm hoping we get to go and check some out this weekend. Hopefully the fog clears, too.

In the meantime, I'll just amuse myself with photos of blue whales and this fun guy here who looks like he's smiling.

Ambitious Crafting

This could take into account my love for knitting and unnecessary bike customization...

Why isn't public transportation in LA popular?

Maybe I don't take it because having a car is convenient. But seeing that the MTA isn't exactly reaching out to my demographic makes me not feel so bad about driving myself around.

The Real Black Sheep

I think I wanted to be the Real Black Sheep from Chapelle's Show for Halloween so that I could sing this song like Dave Chappelle. One part that was holding me up was the hooves.

Now that LF has come out with these Tribute shoes, I may just be closer to making my dream come true.

Nature Falls

Look at this poor guy. He just wanted to hang out in a tree and got taken down. At least they put down an air mattress for him. Too bad it looks like he didn't land on it.

What I also love about one story, via the Daily News, is that one nearby resident says this was much more interesting than a Kevin Federline spotting at the grocery store. I mean, seeing KFed at Ralphs shouldn't be too much a of surprise. He has to get all of that food he's eating from somewhere, right?

Fauxchella

I like the idea of Coachella, but I'm not into hanging out with a huge crowd of people for days.

When I heard of "Fauxchella", I was sold. Coachella bands? Small venues? San Francisco? Yes, yes and yes.

The first night was Mayer Hawthorne and Passion Pit at the Warfield in the Civic Center. Wowsers. What a great show. The unfortunate thing we found out was that they seem to like to start shows pretty on time. I'm not used to that at all in LA. In fact, if you want to see a headliner and the show starts at 8, you might roll in around 10 and still be listening to opening acts. Not the case here. We got to the venue at maybe 9 and had already missed part or Mayer Hawthorne's set. Boo. Good thing I'd seen him in LA (Hermosa Beach of all places) last year. Passion Pit was off the hook. I was convinced the balcony was going to come down. Here's some pictures of the pretty lights!






The next night was The XX and Hot Chip at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Again, the show really started at 8. WTF? This scheduling is not made for people with jobs. Well, that is if you have to work past 5pm. There is no time for anything else. I couldn't really get any great pictures, as I felt the need to constantly hold my ground in the crowd, so you'll just have to imagine the beautiful theater.

Saturday was spent eating more at the farmers market, walking around by the Golden Gate Bridge, eating Bi-Rite ice cream and wondering how people can so blatantly smoke pot in public. I guess that's San Francisco. Oh, and dinner at Foreign Cinema? Awesome!