In my web browsings, I discovered this website: thehippohouse.com. Here’s a screen shot: I love the website design and it looks like a great place to stop by for sandwiches and drinks. I just wish they had put their city on the website so we know where to find them! Well, if any of you [...]
Archive for January, 2009
January 15, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Places to Go
Social Tagging: Restaurants
Filed under: Places to Go
Social Tagging: Restaurants
A hippopotamus attends the fair. By chance, the first thing she sees is her own reflection in the fun house mirrors. “How beautiful I am!” she cries, preening and proud that her diet is working. Afraid of being trampled, the crowd scatters before her. “Everyone here loves me! They treat me like the Queen of [...]
January 7, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hippo Tales
Social Tagging: Children's Books
Filed under: Hippo Tales
Social Tagging: Children's Books
Okay, so this book doesn’t exactly feature hippos, but there is a very handsome hippo character who gets insulted by a talking melon. I wish I could show a picture but of course, the book has copyright restrictions. Here’s a link to the author’s website: http://www.janetstevens.com/books/anansi_books.html I’m sure I can show the cover so here [...]
Here’s a new one: a zoo hippo who turned pink overnight! Here’s the article from OK! Magazine: Zoo keepers thought they were going hippo-potty when they came in one morning and found their star animal had turned pink overnight. Four-year-old hippopotamus Svetik has stumped vets in Zoo Park in Kaliningrad, Russia, who believe he has [...]
January 3, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hippolarious
Social Tagging: Cartoons
Filed under: Hippolarious
Social Tagging: Cartoons
Sign me up for a pygmy hippo! This cartoon by Nate Smalley is my new favorite: Here’s the link to his website: http://natesmalley.blogspot.com/2008/12/comic-can-i-interest-you-in-pygmy-hippo.html. Give us more, Nate!!!
Here’s a delightful blog post about a woman who dreams in hippos: http://birthsong.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/the-birth-hippo/. She also has some interesting information on an Egyptian hippo goddess named Taweret, protector of woman and children. And here’s more about Taweret from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taweret.
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