thenextwave

Meet Zuke (short for Azuki Bean), the shop dog. Twelve years young.

He was found surviving off of garbage at a rural chicken sale in Oklahoma. There's a rescue that brings dogs from Oklahoma to New York for adoption. I fostered many dogs for them over the years, but Zuke was my only “foster fail,” as they say.

While living in NYC, Zuke did a short stint as an e-commerce dog model and was cast in a Buzzfeed-style video called Does Your Dog Love You More Than Food? The set up: they release him and see whether he’d choose me or an enormous meat bone.

He walked past both me and the bone... and went straight for a trash can off camera. Offensive, maybe. But I respect an independent thinker who refuses false choices and lives by his own script.

Building a little space by the ocean. More information at /thenextwave coming soon.

Hi Zuke! 

So cool you found each other! 15 years ago, I invited a street cat to come home with me - we’ve been happily living together ever since. The most magnificent creature I’ve ever seen in my life 🩶

Architectural designer, crypto enthusiast

Zuke says hi back and likes cats too. They say cats choose their owners, so having a street cat pick you is very special.