Marty Travels

Party time!

2012-02-06T11:32:00.000-08:00

Wow! Marty sure has been a social butterfly lately, going to party after party after party. His new do from Soggy Dog was a success! Marty has been coming in late and has been so tired that he neglected his blogging duties, but now that party season is over, for now, he was able to find some time to update. Marty's favorite party was the puppy's 1st birthday party. It was good to see them all together again.

Betsy! (formally Mopsy)

Leo! (formally Harold)

Excited for cake

Someone say, "cake"!?

mmmmmm cake

Time for a new do!

2011-12-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

Marty looked in the mirror this morning and noticed he was starting to look a little shaggy around the edges, so decided he needed a haircut. Luckily the fine folks down at Soggy Dog were able to fit him in last minute. Marty can be very impulsive about things sometimes.

"This way please....have a seat"

Marty can get a little squirmy while getting a haircut.
It tickles.

Finally! Someone who can manage Marty's cowlick.

Can't forget the tail.

Marty look fabulous!

Lady Beatrice shows of her pawdicure.

Here comes Martyclaus!

2011-12-19T10:05:00.000-08:00

Marty is getting ready for Christmas! With help from Elf Panda, Marty was able to get all the gifts wrapped for all the good cats and dogs.

Elf Panda makes sure the
wrapping paper get the perfect cut

Elf Panda is on guard to make sure no
one sees their present before Christmas.
Matty was trying to sneak a peek.

Tape: the eternal struggle.

Time to check the lights!

They all work

Everyone's ready for Christmas!!

Almost Christmas!

2011-12-12T10:56:00.000-08:00

Marty is super excited that it's almost Christmas, he can't wait to open all his presents. Marty finally found time to decorate and take Lady Beatrice and Panda to see Elvis Santa.

Digging out the decoration

There it is!

Ready for Christmas!

Elvis Santa!!

Beeeeeeees!

2011-12-05T10:58:00.001-08:00

Marty is a beekeeper! Marty loves bee barf so much that he decided that he wanted to help his furry buzzy little friends create the finest and yummiest honey they can. They came late at night and set up camp and a watering hole, and now Marty's 40,000 bffs can help him with the holiday entertaining.

You can buy some of Marty's bee barf at Therabee honey.

"Aw come on mom, I've got my headgear on!"

Who knew bees could bee so heavy that it takes two to move em?

Marty Feng Shuied the hives

Release the bees!

Happy Bees!

Enjoying a sip at the watering hole

Happppppy Martsgiving!

2011-11-28T11:55:00.000-08:00

Marty had a lovely Thanksgiving with his family, and this year was his turn to feed everyone. Marty started cooking the night before and was finally finished just in time for everyone to arrive.

Deciding which recipe is best

It's hard to not get wet when you're washing cranberries

Stirring a witches brew

Chiles are a typical side dish in Marty's Mexican family

The linens get so wrinkly when they haven't been used in a while

Hope there's enough plates and napkins for everyone

Yep, Marty can cook a turkey

Panda is so excited for the guests to arrive

Lady Beatrice is ready to entertain

Eagerly awaiting the mashed potatoes

Glazing the ham

Turkey's done!

With a Thanksgiving success, Marty finally
relaxes and enjoys the company of his family

Mmmmmmmmm Toasty!

2011-11-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

A brand new toaster oven came in the mail over the weekend! Marty doesn't have a stove (well he does, but it doesn't function as a stove normally would) and he is regulated to cooking whatever is microwavable. And cereal. Lots and lots of cereal. So a toaster oven vastly increases his dining choices. Marty has been a toasting fool since the toaster oven came in the mail and was excited to shop in the frozen foods aisle.

Marty had a feast of a breakfast this morning of eggs, hash browns, and Eggos!

Toaster oven goodness!

Marty 's microwave is dirty from the explosion of bbq last night.
He was too lazy to clean it when it happened.

Microwaveably delicious!

Happy Martyween!!!

2011-10-31T10:12:00.000-07:00

It's Martyween time!!! This year Marty dug out his bunny costume from Easter and headed out to the Howl o' Ween parade. Lady Beatrice and Panda were clowns clowning around all over the place.

A Spooooooooky Visit to the Museum!

2011-10-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

Well it's happened. Marty's clothes have word out, so until he gets some new threads he will be wearing a Christmas sweater. Or a bunny outfit when said sweater gets dirty.

But today Marty had a jaunty little visit to LACMA with his bff Nikki. Marty hadn't been there in quite some time since he last volunteered there. So many changes, and so many new exhibits. But Marty went specifically for one exhibit in particular......the Tim Burton exhibit!!

Woooooooooooooooo!

2011-09-13T09:46:00.001-07:00

Holy Moly it has been a long time! You're probably wondering where Marty has been. Turns out he got lost doing laundry and has been under a pile of clothes. Before that he went on an adventure under the bed, and just before that he was hiking the Himalayan trails of the shelf space above the closet. He's been busy.

Marty recently got an invitation to a high tea in celebration of Harry Potter. Of course Marty can't say no to tea, especially when the invite is from someone as distinguished as H.P. himself. Marty donned his robe and hat and grabbed his wand and headed out to Whimsic Alley where he feasted on finger foods with excellent magical company.

Here Fishy Fishy Fishy!!

2011-06-06T10:05:00.001-07:00

Marty spent his weekend with his family and the fishes the Aquarium of the Pacific. Marty had never been there before, and it was very hard for him to not to jump in and chow down, especially since his chopsticks were confiscated by security when got there. They're hard to hide when the chop sticks are taller then you.

Hmmm hard to choose the tastiest

Apparently Swamp Thing lives at the aquarium

Happy Marty-orial Day!!

2011-05-30T10:55:00.001-07:00

Today Marty is remembering all the cats who lost their lives in battle on this the day that no major battle was won, lost, started, or finished.

Marty loves this story from Love Meow

And this one too.

*Please note....the bottom two pictures are not Marty's and were taken to post here from the Love Meow website. Yeaaaaaaaaa Love Meow!

Marty Pride!!!

2011-05-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

Whooooohooooooo gurl! It was Long Beach Gay Pride weekend and Marty was smack in the middle of it all. Marty is neither straight nor gay (he loves everyone equally, and dislikes everyone equally), but he likes all the pretty colors and the fancy costumes and the dancing and music and all the people having fun.

Marty's favorite talk show host Stephanie Miller was the grand marshal

Look! It's Marty's friend from Howloween!

Vrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooom!

2011-04-17T20:22:00.001-07:00

It's Long Beach Grand Prix time in Martylandia! For the past two weeks Marty and his mates have been awoken by the sound of thunder, but there were no clouds in the sky. Perplexed, Marty went towards the sound to investigate what was going on. First there was the Formula Drift. Then there was the big race, the Grand Prix. Marty had never seen car racing before so he decided to check out all the hubbub.

Marty is not official merchandise.

Marty with Helio Castroneves, he's very charming.

Marty with Ryan Briscoe, who said Marty looks like a wombat.

Marty's new ride

Marty always wears a helmet for safety.

Everyone's a winner!

If you squint your eyes you can see Danica Patrick.
Since she's a Go Daddy girl, and Marty's website is hosted by Go Daddy,
Marty wanted to ask her if she had any coupons.
But she must be allergic to cats because
security wouldn't let Marty near enough to ask.

Hamster Ball Derby!

2011-04-03T16:13:00.000-07:00

What's better than a day at the wiener dog races? A day at the hamster ball races!! Marty checked with his bookie to see who was the favorite to win, then headed over to his local Petco for the festivities. He put ten apple chips down for Bruno to win.

Bruno and his trainer. Bruno's gonna go far, Marty can feel it!

And, they're off!

Go Snowflake go!

It's best to steer clear of the track.
Little Nascar drivers, those hamsters in their balls.

Bruno's got his eye on the prize

No helping!

And it was Samantha who came in first, and won all of Marty's apple chips.

Adoption Day!

2011-03-28T20:02:00.001-07:00

Well, the time has come for the puppies to go to their new homes. Marty is sad to see them go, but glad that they are going to good homes, and reports are that they are all doing very well. The puppies wanted to have a party before they left, so Marty went and got a cake, and some punch, and some decorations and they had themselves a little party.

Harold and his new sister, Edy

Mopsy and her new momsy, Maggie. And soon she'll have a new little sister!

Mopsy eating apple from her new dadsy, Josh

Mopsy quickly made herself comfortable on her new brother Vincent's bed
Kate Middleton's new queen mum, Rebecca

Marty Gras!!!

2011-03-07T13:19:00.000-08:00

It's Marty Gras time in Long Beach! Marty celebrated the festivities at the Shoreline Village with his fellow cool cats, and some dogs, and a shrimp, and a sting ray. There was mask making, face painting, a shrimp eating competition which lead to a shrimp off, and a parade. Marty loves a parade!

ScotchtoberFest!!

2011-02-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

Marty got in touch with his Scottish roots this weekend at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Yes Marty has Scottish roots, part of the Clan MacFeline. He went with his friend Mattew from the Clan Bell, and together they banded and fought the other clans to take over the lands of Long Beach and smash their bagpipes!

Queen Mary, alive and well, and with her head.

Marty can do that if he wanted, but he purrferred to climb the pole instead.

Marty learned some sheep herding skills, from his new friend.
Now to try 'em out with the puppies.

Not Marty's Tartan, but he wanted to make sure he got his size right

Arrrrrrgh!

In the fight over the lands, Marty lost his paw, but quickly replaced it.

The Clan MacFeline

Mmmmmm Chocolate!

2011-02-14T08:49:00.000-08:00

Marty has been so busy helping take core of the puppies that he forgot to post this last week. It seems like Marty is at the laundromat every other day and then there's wee wee pads to be changed and making sure every one is fed enough. Phew!

Chocolate festivals are popping up all over the place, but the best one so far was in Long Beach cause there was a pie eating contest for Marty to enter and tasty cat and dog treats courtesy of Pussy and Pooch!

Puppy cam!

2011-01-29T15:38:00.001-08:00

Just in time for Superbowl, Marty set up his own puppy cam

Free live streaming by Ustream

Babysitting!

2011-01-24T10:45:00.000-08:00

Lady Beatrice had an appointment at the beauty parlour this weekend to freshen up since having the puppies and asked Marty to babysit. Marty gladly accepted the job and while the pups slept helped himself to all the goodies in the fridge and the free cable.

The Martfather

2011-01-18T18:50:00.000-08:00

Marty is super excited today because his newest friend Lady Beatrice had puppies and asked Marty to be the godfather to them. Since hearing this blessed news, Marty has spent all day going all over town making offers that cannot be refused to people.

There are three girls and one boy. Guess which one is the boy

Wow a New Year already!

2011-01-13T15:37:00.000-08:00

Man Marty has been out of the game for a while now. Lets see the last post was in November, so what has Marty been doing for that time? He ate too much at Thanksgiving again and spent a few days in turkey food coma. Then he got lost in the shuffle and bustle of all the Christmas shopping. Then while wrapping presents he accidentally wrapped himself and wasn't found until someone finally unwrapped him on Christmas. Then he got sick.

But Marty has a new friend! May I present to you Lady Beatrice of Hollingsworth.

Happy Martyween!

2010-10-31T22:53:00.001-07:00

It's Halloweeeeeeen! Or at least it was yesterday। Marty was a pirate and spent the day with his other four legged friends at the Long Beach costume dog parade. Matty was the Kitteh from

Southpark.

See more pics at www.bettmophoto.com/howlloween2010

Voting Day!

2010-10-18T19:43:00.000-07:00

Marty voted today! How did he vote when it's not election day you ask? He mailed in his ballot. Marty wasn't sure if he was going to have time to participate in his civic duty on elections day, so he requested his mail in ballot from his county registrar's office and they mailed it to him! Matty just slept all day, patriotically.

Mmmmmm Chocolate!!!

2010-10-11T21:38:00.000-07:00

This is how Marty felt today when he went to the Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Marty had to wait in long lines to try all the delicious chocolate

Everyone wants to try Ococoa's delightful little chocolate pieces

Preeeeeetty!

Lobsterfest!!

2010-09-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Marty isn't one to usually eat crustaceans, but when he heard Lobsterfest was in town, he had to go.

ewwwww, lobster guts!

Hello, Lobster Lady!

Oh noooo! Marty ate too much lobster, now he's turning into one!

Coffeeeeeeeeee!!!!

2010-09-12T22:33:00.000-07:00

Marty doesn't function correctly when he hasn't had his morning cup o' jo, so his day did not get off to the brightest start when he opened his cupboard and the coffee tin was empty. But Marty didn't worry, instead he went to his local Trader Joe's and bought some more. It wasn't until he was half way home that he realized he forgot to grind the beans. Still no worries, Marty decided 7/11 has just as good a coffee. Unfortunately to his dismay the construction workers outside the 7/11 had cut the water pipe, so there was no coffee. By that time Marty needed coffee bad. So he broke out his mortar and pestle and paw ground his beans. Finally coffee at last!

Labor Day!

2010-09-06T13:08:00.000-07:00

Marty suited up in his cleanest overalls to help get dirty this Labor Day. He visited the Templeton Farmers Market to pick out fresh veggies to grill, Marty is no vegetarian,but sometimes he needs a little more fruit and veggies in his diet.

Film Processing!

2010-08-24T19:03:00.000-07:00

That Red Bull Flutag thingy was this weekend near Marty's house, but it was much too beautiful a day to spend it outside. Instead Marty stayed indoors, in the dark, processing film!

Sandcastles!!!

2010-08-16T10:05:00.000-07:00

Marty visited the giant litter box to see what the haps where over the weekend, and to his wonderful suprise people were making sandcastles! Now time to train Matty to do that with his litter.

Laundry Day!

2010-08-09T16:09:00.000-07:00

Today Marty had a big load of laundry to do, and since he was running out of clean underwear, he couldn't procrastinate on doing it any longer. Marty likes to wash his clothes by hand. It's a great workout and it makes him feel all old timey and stuff.

Here's some tips it you're gonna do laundry by hand:
1. Wear sandals, cause you're more then likey gonna spill some water
2. Wear some rubber gloves when washing the whites, cause the hot water is really hot
3. Don't take a shower before you wash your clothes, cause you're gonna get all sweaty and your hair will poof from all the humidity
4. The best place to do your laundry is the bathroom, cause the floors are used to being wet
5. Ooooh! and Ikea has some cheap drying racks for sale. Marty wanted the one that hangs from the ceiling to save space, but as with all Ikea stuff Marty looked at the packaging and decided no way was he gonna try to put that together. Plus he's kinda short and can't reach the ceiling to hang it anyway.

Ooooooh The Desert!

2010-07-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

Ooops! Marty almost forgot about Marty Monday, but he remembered late last night. So here is Marty Tuesday, he's even wearing his Tuesday socks!

Marty loves going out to the desert, and this week he went out to the Desert Tower, which is on the way to El Centro. There's some weird stuff out there!

Marty Mondays back on track!

2010-07-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

Bet you though Marty forgot all about you, he didn't! He was in the process of moving back to L.A. and didn't have internet for a month, a whole month! But now Marty is back online and surfing the web like a pro.

Marty still needs to get a few things for the new apartment, like a bed, but he's just real excited to have the internet working

He even has his own Marty sized fridge.

And a little corner to do his work and do some people watching, especially of the people picking through the trash for the cans for recycling and the trash guys who come every morning, except Saturday and Sunday.

And plenty of space for all his books of cats, but he has to make room for his copy of Kitty Wigs, which he hopes to be ordering soon.

Alien Hunting!

2010-05-31T10:55:00.000-07:00

It's a strange strange world out there, and Marty heard it was filled with aliens. Marty packed up his alien hunting gear and went out to find em, and boy howdy did he ever!

Apartment Hunting!

2010-05-24T11:24:00.000-07:00

Marty has been diligently hunting for an apartment, the elusive creature exists somewhere in Long Beach area of L.A. county, and has hard wood floors, built somewhere in the beginning of the last century, and is at a price under $750 and includes most utilities, must accept pets (duh!). Parking is a separate creature in itself and can be tracked down on daily basis. If you see this entity please email Marty at martytravels@gmail.com.

Happy Cinco de Marto!

2010-05-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

Today is Cinco de Marto, the day when we all celebrate the french leaving Martyland. In celebration, Marty is going to sit by the pool all day sharing margaaritas and chips with his friends. Then later in the evening when everyone has a good buzz going on, he will take out the pinata and let all his friend have a turn releasing the cat nip and cat treats.

LEGOLAND!!!!!

2010-04-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

Marty spent the day at Legoland with his bestest friends. They went on all the rides, got wet, and built their own Lego minis.

Eaaaaaaster!!!

2010-04-04T11:45:00.000-07:00

It's Easter!!! The time of the year with the best candy. Marty got his Easter basket this morning and now is gonna spend the rest of the day enjoying his Easter candy and watching Peeps videos on YouTube.

DUCKS!!

2010-03-29T20:51:00.000-07:00

Marty has been killing some time till Easter. He's almost ready, just a few more minor details.....

Marty didn't know it, but there's a giant duck pond in Long Beach! So he went to check it out and perhaps meet some new feathered friends.

One of these things is not like the others

Then after the ducks, Marty spent some time with his bestest friends in the whole wide world! They rode bikes, swung on swings, and ran around together.

Lazy Monday

2010-03-22T15:50:00.001-07:00

Ahhhhhhhhh, Marty has nothing to do today, so he's chillin in the park taking cat nap after cat nap. mmmmmmmm nap!

Happy St. Marty's Day!!!!

2010-03-17T17:09:00.000-07:00

It's St. Marty's Day, the day when we celebrate when Marty drove all the mice out of Martyland!

For dinner, Marty had a traditional Irish meal of corned beef, boxty, banger, carrots, gravy, and soda bread, all made of mice meat.

Arts & Crafts Day!

2010-02-22T10:46:00.000-08:00

Bet you didn't know that Marty enjoys sitting by the fire on the cold winter nights and working on some needlepoint, then sharing his crafts with his friends.

Marty's latest project

One of Marty's finished projects

Marty's other favorite project

Martyeorge Washington & Martyham Lincoln!

2010-02-15T11:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Presidents Day! There have been so many holidays lately that it's almost hard to keep up, but Marty has been able to celebrate every one of 'em.

Martyeorge Washington

Martyham Lincoln

Midweek Field Trip!!!

2010-02-10T17:38:00.000-08:00

Marty took a midweek field trip to Carrizo Plain and Soda Lake in search of the illusive Scorpion Tree and Painted Rock. He found the Painted Rock, but the road was closed from the rain. No Scorpion Tree.

Marty looking at the map to find the Painted Rock

The Plain

The Lake

Marty is on top of the world!!!

That special time of year again....Puppybowl!!!!

2010-02-08T17:43:00.000-08:00

Marty was so excited about the big game this weekend! He got invited to many a Superbowl party by both Saints fans and Colts fans, but he had to decline all invitations and instead invited everyone to his pad to watch the Puppybowl! This year's half time show was the best, so many great purrformances, and who could have imagined that ending!? Whooooooo!

Marty has also been getting ready for Valentine's day, he can't wait to spend time with his sweetie, he has a special surprise for someone!!!

Snooooooooow!

2010-01-25T19:12:00.000-08:00

As is tradition in Southern California, Marty drove up to the mountains at the first sight of snow. After all the rain from last week, there was tons! And everyone from L.A. packed up their leftover tamales from Christmas and drove up to play in it.

No Marty! Don't throw that snowball!

On the way home there was more snow!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! It's Raining and Thundering and Lightning!

2010-01-20T08:18:00.000-08:00

Marty was woken up far too early this morning from the crashing of thunder and the strobing of lightning. As cats usually are, he got scared and quickly hid under the bed with Matty and Sophie. Sophie sleeps under the bed anyway, she slept through the whole thing.

Rainy Day Play!

Marty was lost in the woods

2010-01-17T13:18:00.000-08:00

So Marty was lost in the woods for a while, hence the lack of updates. But he's back now! And today he is reminiscing of his first website, also called Marty Travels. Man it was ugly.

Marty's first website

His favorite parts are his pearls of wisdom that were dispensed on the Marty Lessons page. And the evidence of Matty being naughty on the Bad Matty page.

No pictures today because Marty got lost without a compass or phone or cameraphone, which is why it took so long for him to find his way back.

A special gift!

2009-12-21T10:06:00.001-08:00

Marty has been in the Christmas spirit all week long and brings to you a special gift, a visual gift if you will. The first in a series Marty likes to call, "Pets Under Blankets." First up: Matty.

P.S. The song used is Depeche Mode's See You. Marty didn't ask for permission to use it, but he's given the guys so much money with all the DM merchandise he's bought and he linked to their website, so doesn't that count?

It's almost Christmaaaaaaas!!!!!!!!

2009-12-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

Marty got real busy last week, hence no Marty Monday, but his calendar is clear for today! With Christmas on it's way, Marty is getting all festive for the Holidays. First he went to the Woods Human Society and had his picture taken with Santa, then he decorated the Christmas tree and wrapped presents. Finally Marty took out the Christmas lights so he could check to make sure all the lights were working.

OMG! Sooooo much turkey

2009-11-30T14:48:00.001-08:00

Marty ate so much turkey on Thanksgiving that he was in a food coma on the couch all weekend long. Since Bettina doesn't eat turkey, he ate hers. Then he gnawed on the bones from everyone else's plate, THEN he ate the leftovers that he found on the kitchen counter. Marty is looking very forward to the Christmas ham.

Work Work Work

2009-11-22T23:53:00.000-08:00

Marty took a look at his website and decided it needed to be better and less ugly, so Marty spent all weekend working until the wee hours of the morning to make his website more attractive and easier to look at. Go take a look! www.martytravels.com

He also took some new headshots!

Star Gazing!

2009-11-17T12:49:00.001-08:00

Marty stayed up real late night to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower. He saw three. And two satellites and four planes. But it was nice to sit outside in the cold with Sophie and watch the stars, and where Marty lives now he doesn't have to go too far to see clear skies, just outside to the front yard. But it was too dark and all the little noises from the bushes made Marty's imagination run wild and he got scared and went back inside. Plus after an hour he got real cold.

Wine Tasting!

2009-11-08T20:39:00.000-08:00

Apparently Marty is a wine connoisseur and this weekend was harvest weekend at all the wineries in town. Marty can't pass up free wine, first up Talley Vineyards.

First taste, a nice Reisling

After three glasses of wine, Marty had a nice buzz going on and wanted to check out the vineyard, so he moseyed on over to check it out.

Marty's buzz allowed Marty to let go of his inhibitions and he climbed up into the vine and pretended he was a grape to try to get more buzzed
Finally he gave up and went inside for more tasting.

Marty is kind of a lightweight, four drinks is more than enough for him to handle and he passed out on a chair by the warm window waiting to be carried home. He couldn't make it to any more wineries.

ugggggh!

2009-11-02T20:04:00.000-08:00

Marty wanted to have a fabulous Halloween and Dia de los Muertos weekend, but he was sick in bed instead. Oh well, he didn't have a costume anyway.

Picnic at the Lake

2009-10-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Marty packed up his Trader Joes cooler bag with some munchies and headed to the lake with Jasper and Riko.

Marty had to stop for some more provisions in Santa Margarita

Playing fetch with the dogs, first with a ball

Then with a stick

Go Jasper Go!

Eventually everyone got tuckered out and Marty got a chance to enjoy his provisions

Lights Out!!!!

2009-10-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

The first storm of the season was a biggie and it cut the power to the house for many hours leaving Marty in the dark with not much to do but sit around and twiddle his thumbs.

Marty cooking his dinner in the dark

Marty has to light candles before it gets too dark to see where they are.

Shadow puppets!!!

The storm that turned out the lights

A Day at the races!

2009-10-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

Marty is back from being on hiatus! During that time he moved north to Atascadero and has been exploring the San Luis Obispo county looking for interesting spots. First up, DOGTOBERFEST and wiener dog racing!!!!!! and sheep herding!

Everyone's a wiener!

A day of sheep herding!

Gettin' some RnR!

2009-08-25T22:07:00.001-07:00

Marty is on hiatus until further notice, as he needs a well deserved break.

Sooooooooo Hot

2009-07-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

It has been so hot lately, and every one at casa dos lesbos has been trying to keep cool, from cooling off in the cool zone (aka ari and raquel's room) to hosing eachother off with the garden hose, though some had to be forced to be cooled, but even Myra ventured out of the cave to get some fresh air. Though the cave is the coolest spot in the house.

Then later in the afternoon early in the evening, after the mid to late afternoon nap, ari wanted a haircut. Marty was much obliged to give her one, now she is stylin'!

Sad Sad Day :(

2009-07-15T20:20:00.000-07:00

It is with sad news that I must report that Julio, the beloved bunny has died. Don't know how, don't know when, alls I know is that when I found him he was already dead and nature had begun taking it's course.

oh man! oh man!

2009-07-06T19:39:00.000-07:00

It may have seemed like Marty was MIA these last few weeks, but he wasn't. He was just being lazy. First Marty went to have margaritas and nachos with his fabulous friends, Miss Ari and Lady Raquel

Then he made some lemonade with the lemons from the tree out front

Then there was the movie at the cemetery......East of Eden, and some swimming, and some sun bathing, and a bit of fire works watching. Oh yeah and the drive-in, another movie, dinner dates, and giving the cats haircuts.

Settling in!

2009-06-09T16:20:00.000-07:00

Now that Marty is fully settled into Casa Dos Lesbos and moved on up to the room in the big house, it's time to look for a job. Marty wants a job that will pay him well and give him a nice schedule, and one that he really likes to. Marty has scouring the internet, newspapers, and every job posting he comes across looking for his dream job. Preferably as a photographer.

Marty's Moving Day!

2009-06-03T17:00:00.001-07:00

Marty moved this past weekend, hence the late update, he is now a resident of the classy "Casa Dos Lesbos" apartment complex in the historic Highland Park area of Los Angeles.

Everyone helped to move

Marty's subterranean room, aka: the cave

Shared bathroom

First Place and The Monolators!

2009-05-25T17:40:00.001-07:00

Marty attended the cat show in Glendale this weekend. Somehow he was entered into the competition and one first place! Well not really, since there is no Marty category, but he totally would have won. More pics on Marty's Facebook page and Bettina's too!

After the Cat Show, Marty went to see The Monolators at the bowling alley in Eagle Rock. It was awesome!

Adventure at the Pet Store!

2009-05-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

Marty isn't the only one who has adventures, sometimes Sophie gets to get out of the house and explore. After her trip to the vet, Sophie got to ride the trolley, get kicked out of Starbucks, look at the fish at the pet store, and pick out a stylish new cone. She picked the green one. Marty can't wait to get his cone!

Sophie and her cone!

Sophie watching the fish!

Watch Sophie moonwalk with her new cone!

Demolisten Videos!

2009-05-13T17:49:00.000-07:00

In celebration of my tenure at Demolisten I am sharing my favorite performances from the bands we had play live in our studio.
-Bettina

Here's a few in historical order:

1. The Monolators (ok i wasnt a part of Demolisten when they played, but I still really like this one)

2. Jeremy Jay

3. The Happy Hallows

4. The Movies

5. Pizza!

More coming later.....maybe

Duffezas for all!

2009-05-05T18:13:00.000-07:00

Happy 5 de Mayo! Marty will be celebrating with some red wine (which represent the French) and some Coronas (which represent Mexico), then he will barf up the red wine as a recreation of the French leaving Mexico. Visit your local libary to learn more about the history of 5 de Mayo. Or learn much from here!

Twiddle Twattle

2009-04-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

Marty was a bit under the weather this weekend, and stayed in bed watching Depeche Mode videos on YouTube. His favorite is "Enjoy the Silence," Marty loves Anton Corbijn!

DEPECHE MODE!!!!!!!

2009-04-24T01:54:00.001-07:00

Marty just got back from seeing his favorite band Depeche Mode at the taping of the Jimmy Kimmel show, the same show that Marty saw his other favorite band The Cure a few years back. A big thanks to Octavius for being tall so he could take pics of DM on stage since Marty is kinda short.

Marty's Depeche Mode shirt. Not official DM merchandise

Marty in line to get in. Look! the Hollywood sign, in case you've never seen it.
Marty's friend Octavius from Demolisten

mmmm....After the show at a yummy Italian dinner

Mystery Solved!

2009-04-20T13:09:00.000-07:00

Marty wanted to dress up for his Grey Gardens party this weekend, but he couldn't find the perfect scarf. Instead he's photoshopped into his favorite pics.

Dead lizards kept appearing on the porch, and Marty was wondering why they came to his porch to die. Like the bees do. Turns out Sophie has been sharing her gifts with Marty, but now Sophie's suitors have been leaving gifts for her on the porch. hussie.

Bugs!

2009-04-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

Marty had a bountiful Easter weekend. First he found some ladybugs he needs for his garden. Then he found a caterpillar which he named Rupert. THEN an Easter kitten stopped by to say hello.

Happy Eater!

2009-04-12T15:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter m n f ers!

Free Time!

2009-04-09T16:48:00.000-07:00

Marty has some free time these days, and likes to do free activities. Actually Marty is kinda poor, so he must get creative with his adventures and in L.A. it's not that hard to find fun free things to do.

Here's some activities you can do for free:

Go to free concerts via late night tv shows, like Jimmy Kimmel! Like the time Marty saw The Cure
Go to Octo-mom's house for dinner
Google map search where famous people live, then order a pizza from Domino's and sit on their driveway to wait for it
Eat the pizza on the famous person's driveway
Start a coalition for neighborhood cats addicted to catnip
Bury worms

no type

2009-04-06T18:46:00.000-07:00

Marty wants this book. Available on Amazon

PILLOW FIIIIIIIIIGHT!

2009-04-05T11:57:00.000-07:00

Marty went to Pershing Square to get his fight on, the feathers were flying and everyone was sneezing. So many pics, so more to come soon!

Pioneertown!

2009-03-31T20:01:00.000-07:00

Marty went to visit Pioneertown near Joshua Tree! Soooo many hippies.

Spring Time!

2009-03-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

It's spring time in Marty's hood! and Marty can't wait till the nectarine tree bears fruit this summer. Hopefully no one will steal Marty's nectarines like they did with his tomatoes.

Tea Time

2009-03-19T23:32:00.000-07:00

Today Marty spent a lovely afternoon in the garden with Miss Laura. Miss Laura was eager to munch on all the tea cookies and changed her name to Miss Grabby-Grabb

Later in the afternoon, Marty decided to make spaghetti for everyone, but he needed canned tomatoes for the sauce and had to go to the local grocery. It was a new store that Marty had never been to before and wandered the aisles searching for the canned tomatoes he needed. He asked himself, "Where are the canned tomatoes?" then he turned the corner and there he was, in aisle 9, the canned tomatoes aisle.

click click

2009-03-19T21:51:00.000-07:00

Photo taken by Bettina of Austin

Ice Cream and cookie pops!

2009-03-07T20:14:00.000-08:00

Marty had a nice time out at the Fair Oaks pharmacy! Marty donned his best fifties glasses and headed over for some chocolate shake fun with Bettina and Ari, oh what a grand day...

Farmer Marty

2009-02-24T21:59:00.000-08:00

Marty harvested his carrots today and sophie, julio, and myra enjoyed the fruits of his labors! Matty didn't want any.

New York!

2009-02-15T20:30:00.000-08:00

Marty is back from New York! He had a good time going to the museums, walking around, and visiting B&H, without incident New York was nice. See more pictures of Marty in New York at wix.com/cheshirepixie/martytravels

Marty is in New York!

2009-02-09T18:53:00.000-08:00

Marty is in New York this week seeing the sights and trying to get onto as many tv tapings as possible! Watch out for him on the Today show, Good Morning America, The People's Court, etc etc etc.

Dang

2009-01-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

Daaaaang! Marty hasn't done anything lately, hasn't gone anywhere or anything. Time for him to get out of the house!

Matty snores

2009-01-02T00:49:00.001-08:00

Marty has been workin hard the past few days, actually he's been hardly workin while Bettina has been workin hard. Marty is kind enough to share his bed with his roommate Matty on cold winter nights, but matty snores and keeps everyone awake. Here's a little sample of Matty snoring...

Matty!!!

2008-12-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

Let's see.....Marty hasn't really done much except bum around the house. So here's some pictures of Matty being bad, and cute.

Friday nightssss

2008-12-15T21:40:00.000-08:00

On fridays Marty goes to Demolisten on KXLU 88.9 fm in L.A. And every week they have a live band playing live. This past week was Halloween Swim Team and on the Bombshelter was Hepcat. Naturally Marty stuck around for Hepcat.

Noooooooooooooooo!

2008-12-13T21:40:00.000-08:00

So the Cure is Marty's favorite band in the whole wide world and tonite they are having a free show. Marty woke up early to get on the bus to be in line to get the wristband to see his favorite band, but alas it was not to be this time. No wristband for Marty :( So here are some pics of Marty from previous Cure concerts when he was on stage with Robert Smith and gang. Marty will be listening to Cure records all night if you would like to join him.

2008-12-11T22:26:00.000-08:00

Marty went to his friend Joseph's house to challenge him to game of chess. Joseph accepted the challenge.

From the past two days:

2008-12-09T20:08:00.000-08:00

The other day Marty went to Home Depot and worked in his little patio garden. Its easy to start one and if you don't have a yard then a patio garden is just as nice. Here's how to start one:

1. Get some pots

2. Get some dirt
3. Get some flower seeds and plant them using the dirt and pots
4. water them everyday, or every other day....whichever is more economically feasible

Yesterday Marty went to look at all the Christmas lights in his neighborhood. Marty loves Christmas lights especially the ones that twinkle or the ones that twinkle along with music.

2008-12-09T19:58:00.000-08:00

Ok......so Marty decided blogger was easier to use then updating a website everyday, especially since he doesn't have a team of webmasters to update his website for him. But you can still go to his site and look at his previous travels, at least when it gets uploaded.

So today Marty took the bus downtown to his new job at The Farm of Beverly Hills at the new L.A. Live complex. He had orientation and tomorrow he has training on the new espresso machine. This weekend is friends and family opening!