Monthly Archives: July 2009

The dog days of summer

I’ve focused far too often in recent posts on problems with our San Diego trip: the logistics of getting there, the illogistics of forgetting my camera, the public humiliation of pee collection… For the most part Sirius, the dog star –  believed by the Romans to give off excessive heat in mid-summer, thus the negative [...]
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What’s in a (Dog’s) Name?

Plenty. In my case it explains why I celebrate Frankie’s birthday on the 4th of July. Frankie is a rescue and he came prenamed, after the golf partner of his rescuer’s husband. Frankie’s not a duffer-type pup — although he has been known to pee on the greens at resort courses — but the name [...]
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The pee strip chronicles: San Diego

Picture this. You are enjoying a relaxing drink, perhaps some appetizers, on the outdoor patio of McCormick & Schmick’s, an upscale seafood restaurant at the Omni San Diego in the trendy  Gaslamp Quarter. You spot a small dog lifting his leg on a strip of grass flanking the sidewalk directly in front of you. Not [...]
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