Caturday Supplement: Macy’s Window Kittens

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Adam Lang

Someone eats funny.

Two Tabby Kittens

Innovations in eating: the vertical diet. It takes more energy pushing the food UP your body, so you lose weight! Ingenious!

Two Tabby Kittens

Ah well, it was worth a try.

Two Tabby Kittens

That’s some yummy cat food right there.

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Dog of the Day: Declan the Irish Setter Again

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Adam Lang

Okay, I was just going to add these pictures to the original post I made of Declan, but they’re so gorgeous that I think they deserve their own post.

Irish Setter

This is Declan in Levi Plaza, or thereabouts, with Telegraph Hill in the background. I used to jog up one side of that hill and down the other all the time.

Irish Setter

And I think that’s the west part of the Presidio. Gorgeous! (Edit: according to the comments below, this is on the Land’s End Coastal Trail, which is southwest of the Presidio.)

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Dog of the Day: Macy’s Window Puppy

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Adam Lang

Ohhh awww! Macy’s doesn’t just do Christmas kittens… they do puppies too. They’re all pretty cute, but this guy was ridiculous.

Black and White Border Collie Mix Puppy

Probably a border collie mix, but I don’t know what he’d be mixed with.

Border Collie Mix Puppy

I don’t know what’s the cutest: nose-speckles, the puppydog eyes, the white blaze, the TOES…

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Dog of the Day: Bailey the Golden Retriever

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Adam Lang

Magnificent fluff!

Golden Retriever

If the picture looks crooked, it’s because I found Bailey halfway up a rather steep street.

Golden Retriever with Unusually Foofly Tail

Look at that tail. It belongs on a horse!

Golden Retriever

Patented golden retriever gaze. Guaranteed to melt hearts at twenty paces.

 

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Dog of the Day: Phoenix Chihuahua

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Adam Lang

I visited my brother briefly between Christmas and New Year’s. He lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area, in Tempe. He has a good-sized house, and rents part of it out, and one of the people who lives in that part has a dog. I can’t for the life of me remember his name, but he’s quite a friendly little beast.

But, well, not the prettiest: apparently he had sarcoptic mites until quite recently (he’s 2), when they more commonly go away of their own accord before a dog turns 1. Consequently, he’s just growing in his first real coat. Well, I’m glad it’s all working out for him, however belatedly.

Small Cream Chihuahua

Every picture of this dog looks like he’s cringing. I wasn’t beating him, I promise. He wasn’t actually terrified, even. He was just chilly.

Small Cream Chihuahua

Really. Seriously. This is not a terrified dog. Look, his tail isn’t tucked. (But damn, does he do a good whipped dog act!)

Small Cream Chihuahua

Goofy head tilt chihuahua dance.

 

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Dog of the Day: Chelsea the Poodle/Cocker Spaniel Mix

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Adam Lang

I was wondering what Chelsea was, with those ears. They are even more ridiculous in real life than they look in the pictures.

Silver Beige Poodle/Cocker Spaniel Mix With Ridiculous Poofly Ears

I ran into Chelsea a couple days before New Year’s. She was doing her best to spread holiday cheer.

Silver Beige Poodle/Cocker Spaniel Mix With Ridiculous Poofly Ears

Incidentally, that in the background there is part of Ghirardelli Square.

Silver Beige Poodle/Cocker Spaniel Mix With Ridiculous Poofly Ears

I could play with those ears all day. *poke* *floof!*

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Dog of the Day: Golden Retriever Mix

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Adam Lang

I’m having trouble with this one. Almost looks like a golden/Great Pyrenees mix or something, though the’s pretty small for that.

Golden Retriever Mix

Making a golden retriever pooflier is kind of like gilding the lily, but I’m not going to complain.

Golden Retriever Mix

Someone must have trimmed this guy’s toehawks.

 

Golden Retriever Mix

A little blurry, but I really like his expression.

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Caturday Supplement: Macy’s Window Kitty

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Adam Lang

I don’t have many of these this year, because I was out of town for a lot of the time, and sick for some of the rest of their tenure. I’m going to have to hit up my coworkers for kitty pictures this year.

Kitten from the San Francisco Union Square Macy's Window Display of 2012

They’re so amazingly good at looking woebegone.

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Double Dog Day: The Dogs of Le Marcel

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Adam Lang

I can’t believe I never heard about Le Marcel! It was apparently started in Seattle but is now in Pacific Heights (Union Street), and it is a dog bakery. That’s right. They have baked goods for dogs, including plenty of carob products that look just like chocolate. You humans will have to get your baked goods fix elsewhere.

They also have two mascots: an Italian greyhound named Marcel and a foofly wiener long-haired dachshund named Leo. If you squint a little, I bet you can figure out where the name of the bakery came from.

Grey and White Italian Greyhound

I can’t help but notice that they both look a little… on edge.

Wheaten Long-Haired Dachshund

Well, I’d be on edge too if I had that keen a sense of smell and lived constantly surrounded by delicious baked goods…

 

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Dog of the Day: Declan the Irish Setter

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Adam Lang

Got about twenty pictures of Declan last weekend. Eighteen of them were blurry and two looked like this (only worse: this is after lots of screwing around with brightness and color.) But dammit, I want our first Irish setter, and Declan is an absolute adorable sweetheart that gives dog smooches, so to heck with it, you’re getting Declan whether you like him or not! (You’d like him if you met him, I promise.)

Irish Setter

This doesn’t really do Declan justice. Maybe if we ask nicely we can get Declan’s family to give us a few more pictures of him?

 

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