ANNOUNCEMENT: Macy’s Kitten Cuddle Booth OPEN Through January 1!

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Adam Lang

I have two announcements today. So that they both go out on twitter separately, I am going to be posting them separately.

You know San Francisco Macy’s? Sure you do, since it’s the one with the windows that I get a bunch of my kitten and puppy pictures from around the holidays. Well, they now have a booth you can go into and cuddle kittens! It’s open from 12 to 2 PM, and again from 5 to 7 PM, for a suggested donation of $10. (Not sure if that’s per person or per family.)

They are on the 7th floor of Macy’s, in the holiday area. Here is a sample of what you can find if you go in there.

Two Kittens Investigating The Photographer's Right Sneaker

At one point I had all three of the kittens playing with my shoelaces, but the all- black one decided his sister’s tail was more entertaining, and she lit out for safer territories, aka my upper thigh.

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Dog of the Day: Sancho Panza the Basset Hound Lab Mix and Friend

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Adam Lang

I’m really not sure who Sancho’s friend is… I was too busy admiring His Longitude and his retinue. Sancho is 8, and has still shown absolutely no signs of getting any less long.

Boxer Looking Completely Insane Next To Basset Hound Labrador Retriever Mix Looking Cool And Collected

Boxers.

Basset Hound Labrador Retriever Mix Looking Sad

It must be the basset that makes him so good at the woebegone dog look.

Basset Hound Labrador Retriever Mix Looking Exalted

He has a very broad range of expressions, doesn’t he?

 

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Sunday Switchup: How Much For THAT Doggie?

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Adam Lang

I’m guessing that the adoption fee for this one is rather more than for the ones in the Macy’s window.

Pretty Clockwork-Looking Dog In Window Of Shop

Plus he’s less cuddly, less fun, and not nearly as warm in case of heating emergencies.

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Caturday Supplement: Macy’s Window Kitties

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Adam Lang

I was meaning to stop by Macy’s to get some more window kitten pictures today, but things happened and other things didn’t. Fortunately I have a bit of back stock.

Two Kittens In A Macy's Window Display Grooming Themselves

Grooming is serious business when you’re a kitten. And seriously adorable.

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Dog of the Day: Tilly the Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Adam Lang

Just to round out a week of astonishing cute, here’s Tilly, the six-month-old Berner. She has an Instagram. You know what to do.

So I’m not saying I had a really good Thanksgiving break. I’m just saying that every single dog picture I have posted this week was taken last Thursday or Friday. You can be the judge.

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Giving Puppydog Eyes

Tillie has a refreshingly direct way of letting you know what she wants.

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Giving Puppydog Eyes

And what she wants is cuddles. LOTS of cuddles. (Plus: note Tilly still has puppy fro. Yay!)

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Giving Puppydog Eyes

She wasn’t getting her cuddles. Can you believe that?

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Giving Puppydog Eyes

If you’re wondering whether there was a treat involved in her amazing focus, you are a very perceptive person.

Man Petting Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

Yes, that is my brother. In a Hipmunk hoodie. With ears. And flying goggles.

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Getting Belly Rub

Smugdog. Bellyrubdog.

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Dog of the Day: Franklin the 13-Week-Old Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Adam Lang

So it’s probably worth noting that I ran into more than one puppy on the same day I ran into Winston (and Pepper). And that although Franklin here is within a week of the same age as Winston, he’s like six times his size already. It is hard to say which one is cuddlier but I’m going to have to go with “whichever one happens to be in front of me right at the moment.”

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

He was playing with another dog when I got there, but I didn’t get any good shots of the two of them together. But that’s what the ‘frame’ here is.

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy With Puppydog Eyes

The eyes. Help help. My heart.

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

Lesson #209 for Adam: it’s not enough to make sure that your subject and your background both aren’t in direct sunlight. You also have to make sure your camera isn’t in direct sunlight. Bah.

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Dog of the Day: Pepper the Great Pyrenees Collie Mix

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Adam Lang

So, how to top yesterday’s level of cuteness? Well, we’re not going to try. Instead, we are going to go for grandeur and nobility. How’s that work for ya?

Great Pyrenees Collie Mix Lying Down

One thing Pepper has in common with Winston: they both are next to impossible to coerce into looking at the camera for any length of time.

Great Pyrenees Collie Mix

I hear it’s a submission thing, so I always try to look away from the dog. Maybe I should try facing away from the dog too. Might make it hard to aim the camera though.

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Dog of the Day: Winston the Unknown Mixed Breed

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Adam Lang

Oh my dear sweet lord. Winston is a 12-week-old little bundle of AWWW with his own Instagram (worriedwinston) and everything. Which you should go check out. Because if you think these pictures are cute you may go into cardiac arrest when you get there.

Actually, maybe you shouldn’t go there, because I need all my visitors to stay healthy and happy.

Anyway, I have some very vague guesses as to what he might be but I really think I’m going to need to wait until he’s a little older before I indulge in them.

Woman Holding Adorable Black And White Puppy

Getting a puppy to look at you is like getting a bubble to land on your pencil without breaking. Tip first, of course.

Woman Holding Adorable Black And White Puppy

Amazing! And I didn’t even have my squeaky toy with me.

Adorable Little Black And White Puppy Sticking His Nose Into The Camera

Another contestant for ‘most boopable nose of the year’, and a very strong contender indeed.

Adorable Little Black And White Puppy Staring Into The Camera

Oh god that look.

Adorable Little Black And White Puppy On Red Leash

Just imagine that soft puppy fur. Nope, softer. Softer still. THAT’S how soft he was.

Adorable Little Black And White Puppy On Red Leash Sitting

He already knows sit, at 12 weeks! This pup is gonna go far.

Adorable Little Black And White Puppy On Red Leash Giving Mom The Puppydog Eyes OF DOOM

Oh god he’s broken out the puppydog eyes, I’m meeeeltiiiiing…

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From Elsewhere: My Work Makes A Cute Ad!

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Adam Lang

We at Hipmunk are all about the cute. Apparently today we are all about the cute dog ad. WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS IN ADVANCE??

Incidentally, the fares are pretty good too.

Virgin America Ad

Virgin is my favorite airline, too! And no, I personally do not make any money off this ad.

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Sunday Switchup: Ceiling of the Palace of Fine Arts

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Adam Lang

This was slated to be torn down after the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, but some ridiculously rich lady stepped in and paid for it to be preserved. That’s the kind of thing you can do when you’re ridiculously rich.

Sure is pretty.

Ceiling Of The Dome Of The Palace Of Fine Arts San Francisco

And yes, that’s a … balloon.

 

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