Hello Balloon | dug the pug

Sunny with a Kiss of Cool // 10 Reasons We Love Brooklyn

Posted by Arlu on Dec 8, 2012 in Art, Books, Culture, Fashion, Featured, Food, Shopping, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 0 comments

Join us for a fun stroll around Williamsburg in Brooklyn, as we give you our top ten reasons why it continues to be one of our favorite neighborhoods in NYC. Oh, and keep your eyes open for a celebrity sighting. You never know… (wink)

Dug the Pug’s Birthday Bonanza

Posted by Arlu on Feb 15, 2012 in Featured, Food, Thought Bubbles | 4 comments

We’re so excited to show you these photos from Dug the Pug’s birthday stroll in Bonifacio High Street last week, as the little fella turned 12.

Warning — Some images may offend.

On the Road with Jaded Pinkett Smith

Posted by Arlu on Sep 17, 2011 in Featured, Food, Travel | 6 comments

There is a magical time during a road trip when the entire vehicle falls silent, as its occupants simultaneously reach S.O., or Sightseeing Overload. In our case, it happened THE MOMENT we got to Tagaytay, as Anthony and I both noticed that Dug the Pug, in particular, had withdrawn into an icy silence. For Anthony, this meant one thing, and one thing only… “BURRITO TIME!”

Pageants and Pineapples // A Road Trip with Dug the Pug

Posted by Arlu on Sep 15, 2011 in Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 2 comments

First of all, we wish to open this blog post with clapping — a full minute of it — as Anthony and I congratulate our very own Shamcey Supsup for a stellar showing at this year’s Miss Universe pageant, held two days ago in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Though I must admit that I used to be a bigger follower of pageants in my younger years — For some reason I feel the pageants of late seem to get less and less sophisticated — I know that in my heart of hearts, I will always derive a sense of excitement from the spectacle and color of it all.

Why hello there, balloon!

Posted by Hello Balloon on Apr 1, 2011 in Thought Bubbles | 0 comments

Hi everyone! It’s Arlu and Anthony, and we’re thrilled to welcome you to our new blog. We’ve been a couple for ten years now and currently live in the Philippines with our little pal, Dug the Pug.

We thought a blog might be a fun way to celebrate our shared fascination for art, fashion, travel, and food. ESPECIALLY food, which is coincidentally central to his being Italian American and my being Filipino.

Just like any other couple, we do have our terms of endearment for each other. In the mornings, I usually greet him with “Hi, Mister! To which he replies, “Hello Balloon.” And that became the name for this blog.

Enjoy!