{"id":1586,"date":"2007-06-26T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2007-06-26T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2007-06-26T17:47:33","slug":"seven-days-of-the-dog-carnival-of-the-bloodhounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1586\/seven-days-of-the-dog-carnival-of-the-bloodhounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Days of the Dog: Carnival of the Bloodhounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

My father manufactures mens’ outerwear — overcoats, raincoats, jackets. He was with Windbreaker and London Fog for many years, but for the last couple of decades he’s been a private-label vendor: He supplies the goods, the designer or department store supplies its label. One year Consumer Reports reviewed mens’ raincoats and my dad took first, fourth and fifth place with the same raincoat. Different labels, different price points, same coat. The winner was sold by J.C. Penny for $99. Second place went to a $900 Aquascutum.<\/p>\n

The Bloodhounds made a run at winning that decisively at this week’s Carnival of Real Estate<\/a>, but judge Mike Simonsen was smart enough to see through us. I entered three times, and Kris Berg and Brian Brady entered from their home weblogs. A small demonstration of the volume at which we can howl, when we want to. These are the entries I know about (there may have been others from other BHB contributors):<\/p>\n