Taking Frank to Fort Funston in San Francisco

One of the most obvious benefits of living in the Bay Area is the beautiful beaches. Duh, that’s pretty much a no-brainer and although Stephanie and I probably don’t take advantage of this fact as much as we should, we have definitely spent our fair share of time in the sand.

But, this past weekend was the first time that we’ve ever been to Fort Funston, which is one of San Francisco’s only dog beaches. I call it a ‘dog beach’ because unlike most beaches where you can walk around your 4-legged friend only if they’re on a leash, this beach allows them to run around as free as the day they were born. This, paired with the fact that beach is ridiculously beautiful, results in a beach that is literally covered up with dogs and the humans that happen to bring them there.

We had a lot of fun taking Frank there and even though he got stuck in the sand after the tide caught him (and myself) off guard (which really freaked out Stephanie), I’m sure he’d be more than happy to make another trip back there anytime we’re willing to take him.

Check out the video of our day at Fort Funston below or over here on YouTube and also be sure to take a look at the shots of Frank that I snapped at the beach. Just when you thought that the little sausage link couldn’t get any cuter….geez.

January 13, 2010 | Filed Under Frank, san francisco, video

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Have we ever told you how much we love our roommate?

Our roommate Nic (facebook) really outdid himself with this Christmas photo that he worked his magic on. It’s the final (and best) photo in a 3-part series that was aimed at adding a little more ‘flavor’ to the Santa Claus of old by suggesting new ways that he could become more awesome this year.

This photo in particular took him an entire night to set up. You can’t really tell, but the stuffed animals are hung from his ceiling with fishing line, he’s holding on tosome ribbon that he bought and he’s riding on his bed whose blankets are rolled up to look like bags of presents. Amazing.

Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any better, here’s the caption that he added to the photo:

DEAR SANTA

I HAV SUM IDEAHS FOR YOU TOO MAKE YOU AWSOME IN TWENTY ONE SENTUREE USA

3. RAINDEER = OUT!

BIG DOGS AND LITLE PONEYS = IN!

Yep, this is why we love our roomie.

January 6, 2010 | Filed Under Frank, great friends, palo alto, roomie Nic

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Check out Four Paws Photography (because pets need great pics, too!)

You know, with all of the technology that us humans have access to these days we tend to take it for granted that we can take some ‘Facebook profile worthy” photos of ourselves at practically any moment. We all have cell phone cams, digital cams and video cams that can fit into our pockets, so getting a great pic or video of ourselves only takes a few seconds. Then, a couple of moments later they can all be uploaded, emailed, tweeted and sent to any family member, friend, co-worker or whoever else we want (and potentially don’t want) to see them.

But, what about our pets? When do they get some photo love? I mean, don’t you think that your dog, cat, iguana, rat, pig or whatever else you have hanging around in your life deserves to get some fantastic shots taken of them, too? Of course, we can snap a few pics of them here and there, but what if they want something that’s a little bit nicer than your average snapshot? What can you do then?

As far as getting the most amazing photos of your dog goes (and I’m sure other pets, too if you asked nicely), I know the perfect person who can help you out. Especially if you happen to be in the bay area. Amanda Bradshaw, owner of Four Paws Photography, is the best dog-loving, great-picture-taking pet photographer that I have ever met and if you need some proof, just check out her blog The Daily Puglet. Yep, Amanda’s a fellow Pug owner and as you’ll see on her blog (and below), she takes some incredible shots of both Puglet and her Dalmatian, named Dutch.

Here are a few of my favs that Amanda has posted on The Daily Puglet:


A Pug named MoonWalk that was decked out for Christmas

Amanda’s non-Pug, Dutch

Amanda’s Pug, Puglet, shows off his incredible will power

Pug twins? Frank on the left and Puglet on the right

So, if you’re wanting to get some sweet shots of your non-human best friend, give Amanda a shout and she’ll take care of you. Be sure to tell her Hup and Steph sent you. :)

December 19, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, people you should know, san francisco

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Hup and Steph are back in Indiana (with Frank!)

It’s that time of year, kids — it’s time for the holidays! As I’m typing this, I’m sitting at my sister’s place in Noblesville, IN with Frank sleeping in my lap (weird, huh?). For the quick ones out there, these first couple of sentences could have potentially clued you in on a couple of things. Things such as:

We’ve now been home here in Indiana for a week and here are a few of the highlights of our trip so far:

Everything has been great so far and Frank is loving Indiana. More coming soon (going to see a movie with my sister)!

December 12, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, local to indy

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Checking out the amazing sign spinners from Aarrow Ads

jumpropecokeOne of the great things about working up here in San Francisco is that I get to walk into the office, which means that I pretty much get to see something that’s interesting, odd, weird, cool, crazy or just down right gross every single day. For some of you out there that might seem like a bad thing, but for me it’s one of the things that makes it awesome to live here in the Bay Area. Pretty much anything goes and just when you think that you’ve seen something that couldn’t possible be topped, it always does — and that’s pretty much the essence of living in SF. After a living here for a while it’s funny how pretty much nothing ever really makes you do a double-take anymore.

Well, almost nothing.

On my way into work each morning I walk past the Moscone Center, which is the HUGE convention center here in San Francisco and every few days there is a new event coming into town that attracts literally tens of thousands of people. Last week the big event to hit Moscone was DreamForce, which is SalesForce.com’s yearly, global conference. Well, if you’re not into the events and conference scene (which, I’m guessing most of you aren’t), basically what happens is a bunch of people pay a lot of money (or their company does) to go meet, mingle and ‘network’ with others who are also in their same line of business so that relationships can be built and some big deals can go down in an old-fashioned, face-to-face sort of way.

Along with the thousands of people who attend these conferences, several businesses also buy up really expensive booths (usually several thousand dollars a piece) as a way to promote their businesses in hopes of working some serious deals as well. It’s a very interesting sort of business eco-system that has gone on for years and years.

Anyways, these businesses that invest their money into getting some booth space are always trying to find new ways to get more and more foot traffic. Some rent semis that pull billboards with their booth number prominently displayed, some hire booth babes to promote their goods and some have even gone as far as attaching tiny banner ads to real, live flies and letting them fly around the convention center (for real).

As with anything else in San Francisco, just when I thought that I had heard or seen all of the crazy ways for these businesses to promote their booths, I ran in to a couple of out-of-this-world sign spinners who were hired from Aarrow Ads, a company that specializes in taking ‘holding a sign’ to a whole new level. After seeing them do their thing for a few minutes, I couldn’t help but stop and get some videos of the guys who were literally causing a scene on the sidewalks outside of Moscone Center. Check out these videos and you’ll see what I mean.

p.s. if you couldn’t tell, the company that was promoting themselves was Jigsaw (who were apparently in booth #1112). I thought that I should at least give them a mention since they paid for the entertainment. :)

November 21, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, san francisco, travel, video

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Some interstingly funny (and somewhat creepy) drawings of Frank at the HubPages office

The past few months Frank has become a fixture at my HubPages office here in San Francisco and although I think that’s a good thing, it appears that some of my other co-workers might not agree. Or, maybe they just have a sick sense of humor? Yeah, that’s probably it. See the drawings of Frank that they have recently added to our office whiteboards over here in the HubPages blog. Sickos.

October 25, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, workin' for the man

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Vote like you’ve never voted before, people — Frank needs YOU!

After posting this poll yesterday about which pic of Frank all of you thought was the cutest, I quickly noticed that the ‘Full Body Neutered’ pic was the crowd favorite. So, as promised, I have now officially entered Frank into the Cutest Dog Competition and now all we need to do is vote like crazy and get Mr. Squishy to the top of the charts. If you’re looking for ways to help us out, here are a few things that you could do to help the Frankster pull this thing off:

  1. Vote every, single day on as many computers/cell phones that you can find. Get after it. You’ll have to register the first time with your email, but then you’re good to go.
  2. If you have a blog, please post something short and sweet about Frank’s aspirations for being named the cutest dog, ever. A few sentences, along with the code below (will display a voting option for Frank on your blog, as shown below).
  3. If you have a Twitter account and you would like to spread the word about Frank’s awesomeness that way, click this link to Tweet it out.
  4. If you would like to tell your Facebook friends about Frank Daddy and his plans for cute dog domination, click here to send something out.

Thanks head of time for all of your help and as usual, we are already behind, so the sooner that we can push this out, the better! Go Frank, go!!


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October 21, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, vote!

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Entering Frank into the Cutest Dog Competition, but first we need your help (which pic is cutest? vote now!)

Considering that this is the last official week of the Cutest Dog Competition and that there are only like 5 days left for all of you crazies to vote (yes, you’re crazy and you are going to vote for Frank — a lot), I figured that it was about time to get Frank officially signed up so that we can all get him closer to winning the first place prize, which is $1 million bucks (whoa). But, first things first and before I go soliciting every single person that I can to vote for Frank, I need to make sure that we have picked the right photo that represents his incredible, yet sometimes nearly sickening amount of cuteness.

So, I have posted a few pics below and whichever one we collectively decide is the cutest is the one that I’m going to post over on the Cutest Dog Contest’s website. This is an important step because if we don’t get the right pic posted on there, the general public might not realize just how cute Frank really is. Which, of course, would also mean that the $1 million smackers would eventually be awarded to some other dog out there who isn’t nearly as deserving as the Frankster.

When you get a chance, check out the pics below and vote to let us know which photo you think is the cutest of them all:

Option #1: Frank On The Couch

Option #2: Censored Frank

Option #3: Frank’s Neutered Face

Option #4: Frank Neutered Full Body

Place Your Vote!

October 20, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, vote!

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Is Frank, the ultimate cuddler? Hup and Steph both say yes.

frankcouchIn just the past couple of days it seems like both Stephanie and I have snapped some pretty priceless ‘cuddling’ pics with our adorable, little Frank. Honestly, we could have posted many, many more due to the fact that Frank is cuddle-master supreme, but I guess that we don’t want to pump our Facebook newsfeeds with any more Frank than we already do right now (which would probably be pretty hard to do). I mean, Frank doesn’t just like to cuddle, he LOVES to and when you’re on the other end of one of his cuddlefests it’s practically impossible to say no to the little guy.

Need to get to work? Yeah, it’s going to have to wait.

Have to go pick up something to make for dinner tonight? It can be put off for a few minutes longer.

Someone just stole your TV right out of your living room? That’s just too bad because Frank isn’t done snuggling up with you just yet (man, you really liked that TV, too).

All I’m trying to say here is that until you get a taste of the infamous Frank cuddle you can’t even come close to ever possibly saying that we have gone off the deep end when it comes to getting up close and snuggling personal with Frank. Basically, don’t knock it until you try it.

To properly close off this post the only way I know how, here are a few of the latest cuddling sessions that both Stephanie and I have had with Frank the past couple of days (don’t be jealous):


Me and Frank getting our cuddle on in the morning before we head into the office.


Stephanie and Frank catching up on some weekend snuggles on the couch.


Some good, old-fashioned Saturday-on-the-window-stoop snuggles.

September 19, 2009 | Filed Under 50 Goals For 2009, Frank, random thoughts, relationship stuff

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Could Frank be the next spokesman for Sam Adams beer? Todd Bellomy says no thanks.

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After seeing the above picture you would think that Sam Adams would love to have Frank represent their tasty beverages, but unfortunately Todd Bellomy, the Consumer Relations Representative at Sam Adams said that they weren’t currently looking for a ’spokesdog’. Well, it was at least worth a shot and I guess that I should give a huge thanks to my always entertaining roommate Nic for emailing it over to Sam Adams without me or Stephanie even knowing about it. Good looking out, roomie.

Here’s the rejection email that Nic just forwarded to me this morning — it’s still good stuff even though they didn’t bite:

Dear Nic,

Nice photo…I’ll let you know if we ever need a “spokesdog”!!

Thank you for your email and you interest in the great beers here at the Boston Beer Company.

Cheers,

Todd Bellomy
Consumer Relations Representative
The Boston Beer Company
www.samueladams.com

September 13, 2009 | Filed Under Frank, random thoughts, roomie Nic

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