Seven Decades of Balloon Dogs

Balloon dog made by Dale Obrochta, Balloon Artist

The first balloon design you learned is? The balloon dog. The first balloon animal, any performer, learns to twist is the balloon dog. The balloon dog has become so popular that kids demonstrate to me how they can make a balloon dog, which makes me think about how the simple balloon dog has developed over the seven decades of … Read more

Practice Makes Permanent

History of the balloon animal dog

Chef Morimoto scurries around Kitchen Stadium tossing ingredients into pans with passion and percise measurements. His measuring technique is like all Master Chefs, by eye.  Years of experience has taught him what a dash of basil feels like between his fingers. The Master Chef waste little effort as he mechanical and methodically prepares a seven-course … Read more