Harpo's acting debut as Det. Herschel Plouffe, Canine Sleuth, of Belgium. Be sure to expand the video to full-screen mode for better viewing ;)
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Monday, July 31, 2023
Friday, March 11, 2016
Dog, not a dog? An existential crisis.
"People tell me I'm sweet, does that mean I'm a baked good?"
An entire breed of dogs have found themselves questioning their existence this month, thanks to the "Chihuahua or Muffin" meme making its way around the internet. "One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become - does that mean I'm going to become a muffin?" asked Linda, a soulful-eyed Chihuahua aimlessly wandering Toronto's Bayview Village Mall. "I'm not going near that bakery, though."
W Network celebrity and canine Master of Flip Chubbs Wilson was recently weighed in on the controversy:
An entire breed of dogs have found themselves questioning their existence this month, thanks to the "Chihuahua or Muffin" meme making its way around the internet. "One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become - does that mean I'm going to become a muffin?" asked Linda, a soulful-eyed Chihuahua aimlessly wandering Toronto's Bayview Village Mall. "I'm not going near that bakery, though."
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| Via @YMPhillips and @teenybiscuit on Twitter |
Dog is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have. Such as a muffin breakfast. Say, you're not going to eat that, are you, Kortney?
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Smells like...Pushkin?
It was a dismal, rainy afternoon so Humphrey took it upon himself to puruse the Holt Renfrew fall catalogue in his continued study of consumerism.
Being of the canine persuasion, of course anything olfactory in nature is of particular interest to him. He noticed that perfumier Arquiste, was featured. "A new scent!" Humphrey exclaimed!
And not just any scent! It was called Aleksandr to tell the story of the last day of Russian literary figure Aleksandr Pushkin’s life. At first, Humphrey wondered if this was a real product - but indeed it was!
Humphrey was fascinated. Arquiste, it turns out, is curated by an architect who specializes in historical preservation, so their scents attempt to conjure the experience of a specific time and place. Just the kind of thing a dog like Humphrey gets excited about!
Aleksandr features "notes of neroli, violet leaf, fir balsam, Russian leather, and ambrette" to re-create Pushkin's last day of life, before he was mortally wounded in an 1837 duel . The neroli and violet are to evoke Pushkin's morning toilette, the leather to refer to his gloves and boots, and the fir balsam to evoke the winter landscape in St. Petersburg.
If only Humprhey could make his way to Holt's to sample this scent!
How would Aleksandr be different from Humphy's typical olfactory experience? It might start with top notes of chocolate and coconut, like the morning coffee brewing; middle notes of fresh-cut grass and perhaps Russian olive to reflect his time outside. Then perhaps a mellow base of vanilla and honey that evoke his afternoon - and evening siestas. Too bad there's no particular scent to conjure the joy of squeaking a plush duck. But probably only Arquiste could get it quite right.
Being of the canine persuasion, of course anything olfactory in nature is of particular interest to him. He noticed that perfumier Arquiste, was featured. "A new scent!" Humphrey exclaimed!
And not just any scent! It was called Aleksandr to tell the story of the last day of Russian literary figure Aleksandr Pushkin’s life. At first, Humphrey wondered if this was a real product - but indeed it was!
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| Drawing of Pushkin |
Humphrey was fascinated. Arquiste, it turns out, is curated by an architect who specializes in historical preservation, so their scents attempt to conjure the experience of a specific time and place. Just the kind of thing a dog like Humphrey gets excited about!
Aleksandr features "notes of neroli, violet leaf, fir balsam, Russian leather, and ambrette" to re-create Pushkin's last day of life, before he was mortally wounded in an 1837 duel . The neroli and violet are to evoke Pushkin's morning toilette, the leather to refer to his gloves and boots, and the fir balsam to evoke the winter landscape in St. Petersburg.
If only Humprhey could make his way to Holt's to sample this scent!
How would Aleksandr be different from Humphy's typical olfactory experience? It might start with top notes of chocolate and coconut, like the morning coffee brewing; middle notes of fresh-cut grass and perhaps Russian olive to reflect his time outside. Then perhaps a mellow base of vanilla and honey that evoke his afternoon - and evening siestas. Too bad there's no particular scent to conjure the joy of squeaking a plush duck. But probably only Arquiste could get it quite right.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A portrait fit for a Queen!
Humphrey is without question a canine patron of the arts. Imagaine his surprise when he found out that his Willowdale friend Molly was immortalized in a painting by this very talented artist in his own neighbourhood!
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| Portrait of Molly courtesy of Kat With Dogs |
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