AhHa--Random Celebrity Sunday

This weekend was amazing, gorgeous weather, fun dog park time, and a crowded household. I have Legs ( i love legs) staying with chandler (my adorable orange kitty cat) and myself. So i completely have every reason to hang out at my local dog park, as going there without a dog or with a cat for that matter would just be completely ridiculous! While not at the park my two boys took the time to bond and show that cats and dogs too have a chance at friendship. Sadly Legs will be leaving us tuesday but until then, its all about the park time. I went with Legs on Saturday he made many a friend but nothing too exciting to report. Then as fate would have it today while we tried to make the most of the last day of no rain for a while we had an interesting sighting from inside the dog run. Richard Belzer folks, so random i know. I am a big fan of Law and Order SVU and never miss an episode so i didn't miss this sighting and as fate would also have it, i did have my camera close at hand. He has two dogs one i believe he called Mango. I don't see too many of his kind within the walls of the run but i thought it would be fun to share it with the masses.
Legs didn't seem to notice the star amongst our outdoor fun time maybe he was busy thinking about how he could terrorize Chandler when we made it back to the apartment. Silly Legs.

2 tails wagging the best relationship ever

Shea & and Mr. Ranger (a pappion of Mr. status) are to me the perfect couple. They only see each other 1-3 times a week depending on the day's business and only for 30 minutes at a time. They respectfully greet each other with a sniff and a lick. While walking down the street they are sure to respect each others distance and wishes to sniff other dogs behinds (just to introduce themselves of course). While at each others abodes they both make sure to keep things tidy by not making a mess. And sometimes Shea likes to mix things up by doing something unexpected like taking Ranger's ball but she is always sure to return it by the end of their time together. Ranger likes to mix things up by sneaking a taste of Shea's lunch though she doesn't seem to mind. Ahhh yes in a perfect world we could all be like Ranger & Shea, things would be so simple, they never growl or fight and have such great respect for each other. I think Ranger fell in love with her long legs and wavy hair, as Shea couldn't resist his charm and big ears (very will smith). And so this lovely couple spend their weekends apart only to wait until the chance they should meet up again, schedules allowing. Until then they will send "Barks" (which are like a text but sent over high frequency signals only dogs can hear) across Upper West Side streets and avenues.

Here's to 8 paws and 2 tails forever:)

Day of the Golden Doodles!

So looking back on yesterday no stars were to be sighted outside of the heavens, but i did have a lovely run-in with more golden doodles than i can throw you with. (that didn't even make sense to me) Anywho I was out with Shea on the Upper West Side and i had some time to spare so we journeyed over to the riverside park dog run around West 86th Street. Shea the cutest Golden Doodle you ever did see, isn't usually one for having a blast with her fellow canine, she is more of a people dog if you will. It was just hard to resist the lure of the young 4 month old doodle by the name of Riley in the run. He seemed to know right off the bat, well after romping around with another puppy of the same age, that Shea was his future self. Riley's mom is thinking about a career in dog walking her self so i gave her a few pointers, as its been a 4 great years with Shea by my side. after a good 30 minutes or so it was time to move on to a place called home, but we had just enough time to meet a 2 year old Mini Golden Doodle (his name escapes me). Shea liked the looks of this one but he wasn't in the playful mood so Shea barked and he took off, poor Shea she tries so hard to impress the boys.

Forward to Today! It was the most beautiful day to be a Dog Walker! though the beautiful people (celebrities) did not come out to play. Its all well and good, i didn't need them anyway. While i was walking in the Lower East Side just about to get to my buddy Napoleon (who i didn't properly introduce the first time as the one and only bunny/monkey/napster toy poodle) and i saw what can only be described as a low rider pimped out bike, red with booming speakers on the back (the speakers were bigger than the bike mind you). And the guy riding the bike, well lets just say he was older than a child. Everyone could not help but stop and stare while the music blasted a familiar hip hop song, and i would have taken a picture but alas i was on the phone with my BFF ( do people still say that? or is it now "my besty"? whatevs). I'll be keeping a look out for his next L.E.S. street performance as he only comes out when the sun shines high in the sky and its not necessary for a jacket anymore.

Also Penelope the pug (Peeps to the people who know and love her), and i enjoyed a lovely Hudson river stroll, who could resist on a day like today that we were privileged to enjoy.

I hear the temp will reach 70 tomorrow and i hope that brings more adventures to share and weirdness to prevail!

In the begining there was a dog and a walker

I was thinking the other day that all my adventures in the world of dog walking in New York City might be interesting to more people than just me. We seem to live in a world of "reality television". How about some "reality life"?

Yesterday I was walking from the Lower East Side (L.E.S.) to the West Village; I had just finished a visit with Napoleon (yes, he does have the complex). I was walking behind a typical L.E.S. couple — skinny, cool, dressed in leather :) and I thought to myself, "that guy looks really familiar", but at the same time wondering why the girl didn't seem to have a purse. Well, my questions were answered when we arrived in front of Whole Foods and a woman with a shopping cart called to the mystery man "Hey, how are you?" "Do you still talk to Madonna?" It's as if she wanted me to know why I thought this man was familiar, and yet at the same time this sentence made me realize it was Carlos Leon, a.k.a. Lourdes' father, a.k.a. ex-boyfriend of Madonna. Why do I know this stuff? Because, like you, I do read, and watch gossip in the world of celebrity and fame. I don't need to be famous, but it's nice to be near someone who is.

Farther down the block on my way to Squishy the pug (and she is very squishy) around Houston Street and West Broadway I then spotted Agnes Deyn, the British supermodel, a common spotting for me as she lives in that area. If she didn't want me to see her then why dye her hair platinum blond and be so stick thin & tall? Not that there is anything wrong with either of the two but you tend to stand out when you are in that 2% of the total population.

Finally, I made it to the six-floor walk up to pick up Squishy and we had a lovely romp in the park just before the dark skies released the unwanted rain. She always makes a splash at the run, even that day with the two other dogs who dared to show up.

Until the next time I should run into the random celeb and a familiar dog :)