Hipster Puppies

My husband came home laughing. He looked sweaty and red and absolutely had "to show me this hilarious website." I'll admit, I was skeptical. I mean, he loves a lot of things that I don't; ESPN, Bro Comedies, Nick Cage...

But then he showed me the blog "Hipster Puppies" and I just about peed my pants. It's basically people taking silly pictures of their tortured pets and adding some kind of hipster, popular culture reference as a caption.

Then, we turned the TV off and spent a few hours dressing our dog up in stupid outfits. It was probably one of the funniest things we've done with her (she was surprisingly willing to submit to our degradations). They didn't use our submission but I'll share our favorite with you. Seems a shame to waste such brilliance...


Bikram really kicked Zoe's ass today.

Enjoy - Hipster Puppies

Dog Beach

My dog is my best friend. I love her in a crazy, borderline unhealthy, I wish I could take her everywhere, kind of way. Don't get me wrong, she doesn't sleep in my bed, she's not allowed on the furniture, she's totally trained and is never fed from the table. I don't spoil her, just with love. So, so much crazy love.

She's almost 11 now and her hips aren't what they used to be. Her thyroid isn't working like it used too and she has terrible arthritis. But here, on the beach, on any beach, you'd never know.

Here, she's a puppy...
...and a fetch machine...
..and a water beast...
...and a ball of salty, dirty boundless energy.
Here, she is the happiest. So here we come. As much as we can.
And it makes us happy too.
Because it's beautiful and she's beautiful and because we love her.
In that crazy, I want to take her everywhere, kind of way.

The Secret Dog Park

My friend Avi took me to a secret dog park up in the Hollywood hills. I don't even know if it's a legal dog park. Probably not because they are normally dirty, dusty and reek of pee. This one was different, clean and grassy with a beautiful view. It didn't hurt that the rain had just wiped the city clean and the wind had driven all the smog away either.
I haven't seen my dog this happy since the last time we drove an hour and a half down to Huntington to take her to the dog beach. This park was like a little slice of dog heaven, and it's right here, in Los Angeles.
I can't tell you where it is, because then it wouldn't be secret. But you should try to find it, I promise it's the best dog park you'll ever go to.