MY FAMILY ABROAD

People always laugh at Mommy cuz they say she has a funny accent... Mommy tells me that where she's from, everyone has the same funny accent, so no one actually thinks it's funny... She says that even my Cousins have accents, but I wouldn't know, since I've never met them...

These are some of my Cousins, who live on the other side of the world, where it snows loads...

Auntie Alyssa and my newest Cousin

Mi Primo Paco, who lives with my Grandpa and Granny Nan, and can also speak Spanish...

(Mommy taught me to say that!!!)

My Cousin Lola, who lives with my Grandma

FASHION CAKES

Mommy loves to bake; she has an entire drawer full of baking things that she never lets me explore... People really love it when Mommy bakes them cakes; I think it's why they invite her to their birthday parties!!!

A lot of people ask Mommy why she doesn't open her own bakery, and she always says the same thing: 'money'.

These are some of the lovely cakes Mommy has made for people...

Even though Mommy can't actually EAT cake, she can still appreciate a good looking cake when she sees one... Ditto for expensive fashion... The rest is pretty self-explanatory...

Shot by Therese Aldgard, and styled by Lisa Edsalv

ZZZZzzz...

After my hectic week this week, I really needed a lie in... Fortunately, Daddy had the day off, so I stayed in bed while Mommy got ready for work... Even though I TOLD Daddy that I was knackered, still didn't stop him from waking me up by taking these pics... Daddy's so like that!!!

AUNTIE RIVA'S SHOP

Today, Daddy took me to Auntie Riva's shop, cuz Mommy and Daddy are both so busy at the minute, that it's really no fun for me to hang with them... Unlike Auntie Riva's toy shop, which is THE MOST FUN EVER!!!

I had only ever been once before with Daddy, just after it first opened last year; Auntie Riva is always sooo nice, letting me play with all the toys, which are just the right size for little me... Auntie Riva's shop is called R.S. Currie & Co (which was the name of Auntie Riva's boyfriend Tom's Grandpa), who used to sell cars there, a long, long time ago... Now, R.S. Currie & Co sells toys and candy (Mommy says they have The Best wine gums)- but no Chihuahuas...

Auntie Riva pretty much lets me do whatever I like, so I spent a lot of time napping in my new surroundings, namely in the store window on the doll's sofa, and on the counter next to the till, between sniffing out the Benjamins.... Everyone kept coming in to see me, asking if I was for sale, wanting to pet me, waking me from my beauty sleep: being a star isn't too far from being a cheap hussy!!!

And, I got to meet another Chihuahua today too! He came into the shop with his Mommy and I wasn't too sure about him at first, and he was all, 'Is it cuz I is black???' but then we became really good friends, and his Mommy let him stay for over an hour!!! I really hope he stops in the next time I'm there- Auntie Riva says I can come back whenever I want...

http://www.rscurrie.com/

IS THIS WHAT I LOOK LIKE???

Mommy was in Kokon To Zai today, picking up some Marjan Pejoski for her photoshoot with the Loubie-Lou ladies on Tuesday- naturally, she brought me along... The KTZ shop on Goldborne Rd is always packed full of amazing thing like hand-carved wood hangers and taxidermied butterflies... There are big glass cases filled with bird skulls and antique charms, one-of-a-kind jewelry and treasures from the Porte de Clignancourt flea market in Paris, making it exactly how you'd imagine Tim Burton's sweet shop, if he had one...

Anyhoo, while they were packing up Mommy's selection, out of the corner of my eye I spied THIS!!! I stared for a very long time, thinking, wondering- Is this what I think it is??? I know fur hides a multitude of sins, but is THIS what I look like under my beautiful coat??!

http://www.kokontozai.co.uk/

OMG IT'S UNCLE HEATHER!!!

Today, Uncle Heather sent Mommy a link to this crazy video, where Uncle Heather gets to pretend she's Lady Gaga's boyfriend; Bouncy is in the video too, but Uncle Heather didn't have to make out with her... Mommy said it was funny to watch Uncle Heather pretend to be mean, because even though she has very, very big muscles, she's actually a real big softie, which is why her and Mommy have been friends for more than a decade... I really want to meet my Uncle Heather, but Mommy says she lives in a place very far away, where all the women have fake boobies and it's always sunny...

Mommy said my Uncle Heather used to live here, before I was even born! But this mean Stick chased her out of town, so Uncle Heather went back across the ocean, and Mommy hasn't seen her since... I know Mommy misses my Uncle Heather loads, cuz she's always talking about her, but Mommy says that Uncle Heather is much, much happier where she lives now, cuz she gets to wear tank tops every day (to show off her pythons), and make crazy art...

Uncle Heather's Pythons

http://cassils.wordpress.com/

http://www.toxictitties.com/index.html

I ♥ TAKASHI MURAKAMI (AND BRAD)

After Mommy took down Takashi Murakami's 'Akihabara Majokko Princess' video clip, she emailed the nice people at KaiKai Kiki NYC, asking if there was any way they could send me a new link, since I missed the show at the Tate Modern, and obviously couldn't see it online anymore...

Even though they couldn't really send me a new link, a very nice man named Brad did write me and Mommy a letter (which she had to read to me), that tried to explain WHY, so that I understood...

"This is a bit like when you have a bone that you're really proud of and you bury it in your backyard, only to have someone dig it up and show it around the neighborhood. Even if they give you credit for finding the bone, it's still not the way you meant for it to be seen."

Although I am sad that I won't get to see it, Brad's letter did make me snort with glee, cuz not only is Takashi Murakami an amazing artist, but he is also a doggie-Daddy!!! He has a dog named Pom-chan, only Pom-chan isn't a Chihuahua- no worries, I'm not a racialist... I'm hoping that me and Pom-chan can become paw-pals, since I love making new friends; I'm sure SHE gets to ride around in a gorgeous TM for LV pet carrier... Mommy's already taught me to bark: Konnichiwa!

Pom-chan Murakami

http://english.kaikaikiki.co.jp/news/list/pom_chan_arrives/

Hey Pom-chan, you on FaceBook??? FaceBook me bitch!

DADDY MADE ME A FACEBOOK PAGE...

So come be my friend! Or my fan, I'm not too sure which since the people at FaceBook wouldn't accept my name for a regular page, so Daddy had to make me a Fan Page...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Noodles-the-Chihuahua/357173586660

Show me some LOVE!!!!

POODLE ENVY

So, the other day, I was thinking about colouring my hair, like some of these sexy bitches... Mommy said it was up to me (cuz she is very easy-going about these things, and is always changing her hair colour anyway), but Daddy said, 'Not my girl!'

*sigh*

Woe is me... I have total Poodle Envy!!!

Not these two though... What's wrong with some people??! Crazy bitches...

NAILS FOR MY BITCHES

Whenever Mommy gets a chance, she does her nails really pretty, with stripes and sparkles and rhinestones sometimes... She often gets asked where she gets her nails done, but since Mommy and Daddy are poor, she has to do them herself... If Mommy could ever afford to go get a REAL manicure again, she would definitely get something like THIS...

But since we live in London, not Tokyo, she may go to Wah Nails (like Auntie Danni) and get something closer to THIS, though Mommy normally doesn't do Dalston...

http://www.wah-nails.com/

Mommy even found this OPI Pawlish for me, but Daddy said

'No Way!'

Even after we showed him this photo of a model from a magazine...

THANKS AMELIA!!!

Mommy just googled me, AGAIN, and found this amazing picture of me and her at London Fashion Week on Amelia's Magazine (online)... Thanks so much Amelia (I'm choosing to ignore the Gremlin comment)!!! I'm always free should you need a model for your magazine...

http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/london-fashion-week-aw-2010-catwalk-review-bora-aksu/2010/02/24/

NOODLES SOUP

Mommy said I needed a bath cuz Daddy had started calling me his little Peshwari Naan...

THE SIMPLE THINGS...

Before Mommy and Daddy got me, they went to see the Pop Life exhibit at The Tate Modern, which is sadly over now, or else Mommy said she would have taken me to see it for myself...

Mommy said was one of the best shows she's ever seen (even Daddy liked it), largely due to the fact that they were showing the same Mick Jagger Warhol that my Grandpa has, an 'over 18' Jeff Koons installation, and entire room devoted to Japonism, Mommy's true calling...

People often ask my Mom if she is part-Japanese, but it probably has more to do with the fact that she wears hats with ears, and LOVES Hello Kitty! She also loves this guy, Takashi Murakami, who Mommy swears should be given the Nobel Prize... This madness is called 'The Simple Things' and is a collaboration between Takashi Murakami, Pharrell Williams and Jacob the Jeweler; it sold for over $2M in under 20mins flat... Mommy says it recalls Warhol's glorification of everyday objects and Koons's notion of artificial luxury, by crafting everything from a condom to a ketchup bottle in 18Kgold and diamonds, which are then displayed in the open mouth of Mr. DOB, who is really, REALLY high on Magic Mushrooms...

I'm not really too sure what this means, but I can't help but think Takashi Murakami knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he made everything my size!!! I bet if he had met me, he would have asked me to make a guest appearance in Mr. DOB's mouth... It could have been my 15mins...

And just in case you weren't convinced, Takashi Murakami went and made THIS video ('Akihabara Majokko Princess') with McG and Kirsten Dunst, who if you ask me, has never looked better... There are so many good bits, I wouldn't know where to begin... Takashi Murakami in a Flower Ball suit??? Priceless!!! It's almost enough to make me want to dye my coat blue- almost...

[OK, there USED to be this amazing video clip here, where Kirsten Dunst ran around Tokyo in some Harajuku school-girl outfit and blue wig with a glittering wand, and Takashi Murakami donned a gigantic Flower Ball suit and bounced around a studio, and people like Nigo (A Bathing Ape) made random guest appearances, all the while singing the famous Vapors tune 'Turning Japanese', but sadly, the link has become null and void for copyright reasons... ]

Oh, and he's also gone and made the first 'designer' QR code with MJ and the peeps at Louis Vuitton- who else?! Don't you think that looks like me in the middle there???

http://www.takashimurakami.com

MUCH LOVE FROM MY AUNTIE SALLY & UNCLE DIEGO

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This is us at London Fashion Week, waiting for the show to start...

You'd never guess Auntie Sally was running on less than 2hrs

sleep, would you??? I think it's cuz she's got such a nice smile...

And she's smiling loads cuz she finally got to tell the evil man

she used to work for to go DO ONE...

Uncle Diego cracks me up cuz he loves to make fun of me and

always says, 'Ciao Bella' like I speak Italian!!!

What can I say, everyone loves me!!!