Music Appreciation Tuesday

When Holden started the school year, he started lugging THIS thing around too...

Usually I run and HIDE when Holden brings it out, but tonight...Daddy held me while Holden performed a concert for us.

Ladies and Gentlepugs....here's HOLDEN!


BRAVO HOLDEN!!!



Mom says I need some music appreciation and concert etiquette so she gave me this etiquette book to read.

Psssshhhhhhhh...whatEVER! I think it makes a nice resting spot for my PugButt!

Happy Tuesday everyone (and way to go Holden...you really do sound awesome!!!)

Critic's Corner with Salinger The Pug

Hi everyone!

Today, I, Salinger The Pug am playing RESTAURANT CRITIC! Mom and Holden took me to downtown Indy (where daddy works) to meet him for lunch (I guess to make up for giving me the SHAFT instead of going to the fair!) We went to Aesop's Tables because they are DOG FRIENDLY and let me sit on the patio for lunch!



Mom and Dad had eaten here before (Mom LOOOOVES Greek food!) but this was MY first time!

"OPAAAAA!"


We were sitting there enjoying the nice breeze on the patio and just soaking up the nice atmosphere of Mass Ave. when one of the nice owners of Aesop's Tables (Kathy) came over to visit me!

I'm telling her that I'd really love a big juicy gyro...but I must have pronounced it wrong because the waitperson brought me water instead. Oh well.


Mom ordered an appetizer plate for her lunch, it had Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) which are one of her most FAAAAAVORITE things! They look like this......



She shared her Dolmades with me!

MMMM!!! Just the right blend of lemon, rice, dill and we THINK we taste pine nuts in there too (they're traditionally in there...so we just assumed).


Holden had a "Pita The Great" (HAHAHA! GET IT???) which was a veggie pita with tzatziki sauce.

Bonus style points for Holden for getting more tzatziki on his face than in his tummy!!!


Dad had a chicken saute (chicken gyro) which he said was DELISH!!! I tried the chicken and it was definitely yummy! Mom tried to get a picture, but the batteries in the camera died! :-(


After I had bites from everyone's plate...I hopped down off my chair to admire the pretty flowers in the pots around the patio.


SO...overall...my rating for AESOP'S TABLES on Mass. Ave. in Indianapolis is a TWO ENTHUSIASTIC PAWS UP!!!!

Food is excellent, service was great, atmosphere is fabulous, menu is diverse (they have a lot of veggie choices and a few things for the less adventurous if you're not into Mediterranean fare) and best of all...DOG FRIENDLY!!!

We'll be back for sure! We highly encourage all of our local friends to get their people to take them there so they can be seen on the patio!!!

Happy Hump Day!

Salinger the Pug's Food Critic's Corner

Bonjour mes chiens! Welcome to our first ever installment of Salinger the Pug's Food Critic's Corner!

Today we will be reviewing MR. PUGSLEY'S PEANUT BUTTER TREATS that Stubby brought me!

Here's me posing with MY box and also the box that mom got for Pugsley for his birthday present (get it? PUGSLEY...MR. PUGSLEY?!)!


Ok...taking in the boquet.....very peanutty on the nose.

I'm also picking up notes of quinoa and brown rice, how INTOXICATING!


Now for a nice bite...



They are VERY crunchy, but not too hard on the ol chompers!

NOM NOM NOM NOM!


I think the fact that they break apart easily makes it more fun because it's like a bunch of little MINI treats to eat!



I'm going to eat another one while Mom puts in her two cents...


**(Mom's note)**Aside from the box and name being INCREDIBLY cute...the box says these are completely vegetarian (no animal by products) and are free of added sweeteners, salt or sugar. I have to think that since that's a good thing for people, it has to be good for doggies too...right? I also like that the only packaging is the cardboard box. There is NO plastic insert, so I feel like I'm being a good human and not adding more crap than I already do to a landfill. OH...and the Pug seems to like them too! **(End note)**


SO...I have to say that Mr. Pugsley's Peanut Butter biscuits get TWO PAWS UP! They are delicious and crunchy and overall a FABULOUS treat! Be sure to whine and give your human "the look" (demonstrated below) until they drive to Whole Foods (or other place that may sell these) and pick up a box. Do your best to make sure the picture of this Mr. Pugsley guy stays HIDDEN or your humans may get some stupid ideas about a new hat for you!


ALSO...since we're talking about food and treats here, be sure to check out Mom's new hairbrained FREEZER PROJECT blog. She's cleaning out the freezer and cooking all the crap she finds in there and taking pictures of it...so far there haven't been anything like Mr. Pugsley's treats...but I've gotten a few tasty bites here and there!
CHECK OUT THE NEW BLOG HERE (CLICK ME!)

Critic's Corner with Salinger The Pug

Greetings everyone! Today we are going to try something new...a MUSIC REVIEW!

We were one of the lucky winners of the "Guess What I'm Posing For" contest over at Murphy Dogg's blog and won THIS...


Mom almost peed herself she was so excited about this! She has been known to suffer from NEAR bleeding ears from blasting some of her old school Punk stuff. She even got ME into the scene in my younger/wilder days! Check this out...

HAHAHAHAA!


OK enough of this fooling around...time to be serious and get on with the review....

AHEM.....

First up, "Punk Rock Dogg"...
LOVED it! The Dead Milkmen have got NOTHING on Steve "Mastiff" Mallon. The lyrics were brilliant (we especially loved the comparison of the PUG to a big fat sausage!)

Second, "My Dog Is a Punk Rocker"
Does Sheik "Shih Tzu" Kolb realize that he totally captured the sound of the dear, late, great Joey Ramone?? The song is haunting, moving and made us want to jump up and down tearing up stuff. Sheena would be proud.

The next two we believe to be original songs sung by the honey voiced Darla "Dachshund" Kitt. "I know a Dog" has this great retro vibe to it that made us want to don a black beret and give snaps, while "Mama's Little Monster" is smooooth and made us want to just chill and then figure out how to play the CD backwards to hear a secret message.

"Punk Rock Dogg Bop" is Ramones-esque and Cedric "Rokkdog" Crouch's style gives the song a great playful feel. Good for rubbing tummies or just running around like a maniac with someone's stolen underwear in your mouth.

Then...our favorite "I'm an @$$hole"...Murphy Dogg's lyrics are even better than Dennis Leary's and mom has been singing it for two days now. The lyrics about the litterbox snacks and licking himself leave you with visuals that are guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and possibly even gag/vomit...but in a good way.

We must also mention that the CD is peppered with vocals from Murphy Dogg himself (barking) which is especially pleasing to the canine ear (translation...it makes dogs go BAT$HIT CRAZY and run around the house looking for the other dog!!!)

So all in all....we have to give "Punk Rock Dogg, Songs For Deviant Dogs" FOUR PAWS UP (crap...no wait....4 paws up would look like someone croaked!....) Make that TWO enthusiastic paws up!!!!

Murphy Dogg's Mom Colleen (who is SO cool, BTW!) says that starting on FRIDAY (4/10/09) you too can be the proud owner of this hard to get CD. CLICK HERE, purchase $40 worth of Punk Rock Dogg merchandise, and the CD is YOURS!

This concludes our first installment of Critic's Corner. We hope you all found this review to be helpful and informative. We're going to keep listening to Murphy and his pals while I do my best RCA Dog impression...


Happy Hump Day everyone!