Pickle BeHolding has her hold on the art world and here she tells us how
What's your favorite neighborhood?
Is the park a neighborhood? If so, then any park where I can play fetch is my favorite neighborhood. But I also like the Lower East Side and Chelsea, I have a lot of friends there at the galleries mom takes me to!
Love will save the day
Love wins always.
DAVID KONIGSBERG PAINTED HIS CAT DOTI
It has definitely been a cat week here at Mrs. Sizzle and this is a favorite painting of mine by my friend, David Konigsberg. He has a show called, "Nigh Season", that opens this evening in Larchmont at Kenise Barnes Fine Art on Palmer Avenue. The opening this evening for the artist is from 6:30-8:30 pm. Crawl over to meet the artist!
TIPS TO KEEP YOUR POOCH COOL AS A CUKE
Everyone and their furry mother has been stuck feeling this insane heat wave taking the east coast by storm...
If you are hot and sticky, just try to imagine what it feels like to be wearing a fur coat 24.7!
Here are some few tips to keep those troopers as comfortable as possible until this heat wave subsides:
JEFF SCHER wants a dog. In the meantime playing with Sid will have to do.
I can't stop watching this hilarious play between man and beast. As Jeff puts it, “This film was entirely the dog’s idea. I just supplied the rubber pork chop and the camera. SID and I shared a summer house on Shelter Island, he belonged to famed graphic designer Paul Sahr. Sid was a foot long and in his prime had more energy than a sack of bedsprings and a stick of dynamite.
Dog & co. took a trip to photograph some of the pooches staying at Sugar Mutts rescue
Many a dog are housed at the brilliant new Sugar Mutts rescue in Brooklyn. Melinda Montney and Robert Stoetzel of Dog & Co. make it a priority to go lend a hand and offer up their love and photography. Pictured here is a motley crew of beauties looking for your love.
C/O The Maidstone Hotel invited Mrs. Sizzle and Olia Saunders over for a sleepover with a few friends from Arf Hamptons
One of the toughest things about being a dog is watching your owners head out on a great relaxing vacation knowing that your future does not include the trip. In the best case of scenarios, you are shipped off to have a sleepover with some of your puppy pals, but an even better idea would be to bring us along.
Pearl and Spike give the author Elizabeth Hess something new to write about
Pearl and Spike were rescued from a dogfighting ring in Alabama. They were part of a multi-state raid, which confiscated 367 dogs. The case began with a routine phone tap in a drug case in Georgia; three years later, simultaneously arrests were made in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, curtailing activities of the second largest dog fighting operation in the country.
Samuel Jurcic and rules for taking pictures of your dog
I was taken by this mesmerizing Instagram account that was irreverent and hysterical, and I needed to know the man behind the DOG:
"Before I started to use Instagram, I hadn't REALLY taken pictures. Sure, I had a compact camera like everyone, and one day I used my Smartphone too, but I was only snap shooting.
Doug the pug hits New York City by storm
Doug the Pug hit the streets of NYC a few weeks ago with a million interviews and a bad ass meet up in Central Park. Mrs Sizzle asked him a few questions about the whole experience.
So when you hopped out of the car for the first time in the city what was the best smell you encountered? "Hot dogs everywhere. The NYC lady pugs smelled pretty good too. "
ANNE CHRISTENSEN IS A CAT PERSON AND HER CATS' NAMES ARE SUGAR EXPERIENCE WHITEPAWS AND SYLVIA BY MARCUS MAM
When people hear the words dog bed in a sentence, their first instinct is to picture some plush bed (in)conveniently placed on the floor of their home. But lately, designers such as Architecture for Dogs and Yark have struck an innovative, yet cohesive, balance between the animal and interior design worlds.
Kim Roderiques photographs the Cape Cod Dogs
"My friend, who had just returned from Arizona, arrived with a very young puppy who had never even touched grass before getting to Cape Cod! We went to the beautiful Wequassett Resort with Murphy so that I could take some photos.
ZAPATA RANCH HAS AMAZING HORSES BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE DOGS
I just got back from the most exquisite vacation I have ever been on in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. I came to meet a dog friend that I had met on Instagram who, it turns out, had also worked at Glamour magazine but in the UK. Kate Matheson is now at Zapata Ranch, a working on a ranch in Southern Colorado.
Pretty in Pink
What does Jackie O', Molly Ringwald and your dog have in common? They all look pretty in pink! This fabulous color looks radiant on both pet and owner. Check out these pink products for your pooch from K9 Couture Co, Penn & Pooch, and Yark. While Reppeto and Dior serves up fashion for you in our favorite shades of pink!
Martin Usborne captures the grace of abandoned hunting dogs in Spain
I have long admired the work of Martin Usborne, a soulful English photographer who has concentrated a great deal on photographing dogs. I had the opportunity to connect with Martin and featured his work,The Silence of Dogs in Cars, on my site a year ago. He now is publishing an important book entitled, Where Hunting Dogs Rest.
My Dog Hikes and swims and plays and licks and shakes - a short by Kloss Films
My Dog Hikes sent me this sweet video that one of Andrea's clients, Alec Maxwell of Kloss Films, made last week!
Alec on Andrea, "'Ru is in love with Andrea and My Dog Hikes. As you can see the pack run and swim all day long. Ru is able to burn tons of boston terrier energy in the beautiful country side and return home sleepy and content. I love at the end of the video, when Ru is back in the car, you can see exactly how exhausted he is."
Robert James Clarke, an inspired dog artist who wants to draw your dog
This wonderful artist has drawn dogs of all shapes and sizes. Here he presents Mrs. Sizzle with his latest commissions on paper that are not to be missed. Get your dog in line for his own custom portrait session!
Mrs. Sizzle and SWATCH took manhattan by storm and we have Amy Lombard pics to prove it
A fabulous writer friend of mine, John Ortved, had the pleasure of attending an event for the dog filled SWATCH launch of the My Pet and Me collection and this is what he had to say about it: