"'d be happy to have my biography be the stories of my Dogs.
To me, to live without Dogs would mean
accepting a form of blindness."

~ THOMAS McGUANE


Antiquity Celebration
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CONCELEBRANTS
Adam Barnett
Paul & Edith Callaghan
Lee-Ann Cudmore
Jean & Daryl DeWolf
Lella Gmeiner
Thomas & Heather Leeman
Mark & Kelly Lipton
Greg & Marjory MacNeill
Mary Ann & Tony Marissink
Lisa & Ulf Mattson
Christopher & Rhea Snow
Simone Spears & Beau Prokopetz
Miki Suzuki
Janice Wells & Brian Frizz

ACOLYTES
Rodin, Sophie, Frida Coane

HIGH PRIESTESS
CYNTHIA

OLDER / ELDER
B
oB


Menú

Sherried Onions
Mushrooms a la Grec
Pitted Dates
Hot Olive Mix
Spiced Mixed Nuts
Cherries

Corn Chips
with
Guacamole
Black Bean Dip
Salsa Cruda

Chorizo in White Wine
Spanish Omelet

Cocktail Shrimp with Horseradish/Sriracha Dipping Sauce
Scallop Ceviche
Mussels in Parsley and Garlic Scapes

Herbed Potato Salad
Cherrt Tomatoes with Basil Salad

Grilled Baby Back Ribs
Chicken Ajillo
Beef and Pork Meatballs in Almond Sauce

Manchego Cheese Wedges Topped with Guava Paste

Libations
White Sangría
Ice Tea Sangría
Propeller IPA & Bitter
White & Red Wines
Seltzer

• • •

 


Remains of the Day
The Stages of Life

from Michelle DiMarzio, Mark Simpson & family, NY

 

 

     
11 August 2013


19 March 2013
Local Scene


Jesse Dwyer responds to a question . Incumbent Barbara Moore awaits her turn to answer.

Greenwood Lake Trustees Chris Casse, Kelli Kelm and Jesse Dwyer and Deputy Mayor Wayne Russo
THE DECIDING FACTOR

8 November 2012
Back to Wolfville

(INSIDE THE CAR)

6 November 2012
ELECTION DAY
ROMNEY'S ROUT



CLICK ON IMAGA FOR FULL RELEASE



WINNER!

24 October 2012
Ladies' Lunch


Renee

The Ladies Get Paella

Stephanie

29 October 2012
HERicane SANDY
6 Days: No Power, No Heat, No Water, No Internet, No News

18 October 2012
New Pupmobile "Frida"
Before ~ During ~ After











29 November 2011

Boobie Park 'Jardin' Inauguration



23 November 2011
First Snow at Chateau les Chiens





19 November 2011

First Dinner guests at Chateau les Chiens
Grammy Dolores & Auntie Penny (the Legend)

Deeleeshoes "Boeuf Bourguignon"
(that's French)

18 November 2011
Our Stuff Arrives
(oh, so much stuff...!)


Half empty


Half full

29 ~ 31 October 2011
The Journey



First Meal


Click on sign for Chateau les Chiens

4 October 2011
Rodin

12 June 2011
Rodin @ Seven

 

25 March 2011
Cousin Pugsley has arrived at
Rainbow Bridge

and is waiting



Click for Story


You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.

~ ANONYMOUS



PUGSLEY LÓPEZ KLEIN
1997 ~ 2011


Click on image above for MEMORIAL

13 March 2011
Frida @ Six

14 Daugust 2010
Sophie @ Six / Daddy Bob @ Sixtyfive

DON'T MAKE OLD PEOPLE MAD.
WE DON'T LIKE BEING OLD IN THE FIRST PLACE,
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO SET US OFF.

Daddy Bob birthday is on the 11th. Sophie Beagle wuz borned on the 13th -- this year, FRYDAY the 13th.
Uh.... And both LEO's, big cats, to boot! Whoarf!




Sophie~Sophie gets ready to pawty with Nala
Mommy Cindy wishes Daddy Bob "Happy B'day"

Getting things ready

"A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down,
desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning and plot.
As in a work of art, not only the overall form,
but also the details matter intensely."

~ MARGARET VISSER

Final details

Pawty favours for attending Dognataries
Poop Art sculpture "Pirouette", my gift to Daddy Bob.

The Girls, ready to pawty

Or try to ... open it ....

A door is what a Dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
~ OGDEN NASH

Guests start to gather

Nothing so unites us as gathering with one mind to murder someone we hate,
unless it is coming together to share in a meal."

~ MARGARET VISSER


Introductions
ATTENNNNNNTION!!!!!!!

How you like my ticksido? Pawsome, huh?

Daddy Bob presents me to the celebrants


Baby Frida in lace -- a little too girly fer Ferocious Frida

Daddy Bob introduces Baby Frida
Daddy Bob introduces Auntie Lee
Note the strong fambly resemblance
Daddy Bob's OLDEST friend present, Marcos, and wifie Nora

Auntie Lee and the girls

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.”
~ MORDECAI JOHNSON
Sophie B. with friend Big Sophie and Baby Frida
Birthday girl, the life o' the pawty

 
Doglebrity Mona: "How do I get outa here?"
Big Sophie: "A BONE!!!
Where's the FOOD?"


"Where's Laura?"

"I shall take it kindly if he be not too often gratified with tidbits between meals."
~ HENRY JAMES

Arf d'arfs for hoomins

Sorry, not for Doggies, Nala
Mariah - Service with a smile
Watering hole
Emily sneaks a snack
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog,
he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.”

~ FRANÇOIS RABELAIS

Barflies

Pamela and Yiye

Sue, Stephanie, Mommy Cindy

Iced Tea 'Sangría' ?
ALL HANDS ON DECK
LES ARTISTES:
Mark, Marcos (no relation), Nikolai, Adriene, Lee, Brian
Pamela, and Adriene / Marcos and Nora

Auntie Lee, Loordezz, Nikolai and DCDugan

"Scratch a Dog and you'll find a permanent job."

~ FRANKLIN P. JONES

Sophie with DCDugan, her favourite manssoor
Lee, DCD, Brian, Nikolai
Adriene, Chris, Mark
Daddy Bob, the Altieris - Peter, Sandy, Briana-
and Raggedy Andy
Mixing it up
Hot corner of the woods
With Estiven and Pamela
Mommy Cindy, Estiven, DB, Pamela, Yiye, Auntie Lee
Larry, Yiye, Pam
Mark, Pam Yiye
"Food, glorious foooooooooooooood...! Hot sausage and mustard!
While we're in the mood -- Cold jelly and custard!"

~ APPETIZERS ~

Octopus Cocktail
Guacamole & Salsa Cruda with homemade Corn Chips

Celery & Carrot Sticks with Blue Cheese - Yogurt Dip
Roasted Almonds with Cayene, Brown Sugar & Rosemary
Olive Medley

Chorizo Cooked in Wine
Guava, Cheese & Chicken Empanadas
Alcapurrias (Puerto Rican 'Kibbie')

~ LUNCH ~

Mixed Greens, Avocado, Apple, Coconut & Gorgonzola Salad
Pernil (Roasted Pork Loin)
Grilled Coquito Chicken
Rice with Pigeon Peas
White Rice & Red Beans
Tostones
(Fried Green Pl;antain)

~ DESSERT ~

Guava Shells & White Cheese

~ LIBATIONS ~

Open Bar
Beers: Stella Artois Lager, Palm Belgian Amber Ale
Wines: Red, White, Rosé
Iced Tea Sangria (non-Alcoholic)



 

Lunch is served !
Joyfully reminiscing about 'X'
Lonely boy Steven:
"I wish Adwina was here...."
Happy couple -
John and Michelle

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together?
I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves and then we have to say good-bye.
I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I
need more hellos.”
~ SNOOPY

The end is near. Loordezz signs the guestbook. Michelle looks on.

REAL PAWTY ANIMALS, THESE TWO...!

"The great pleasure of a Dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and
not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

~ SAMUEL BUTLER


Photos courtesy of Michelle Kang Fagan
The rest by Daddy Bob

GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER


ROSALIE
LÓPEZ

MICHELLE
KANG

JOHN
FAGAN

LOURDES
SANTIAGO

STEPHANIE
DEIHL

STEVEN
GIL

NIKOLAI
KLEIN

ADRIENE
EISENBERG

PAMELA
MATSUDA

LARRY
DUNN

VIN
VARGAS

MARK
ROBERTSON

CHRIS
MAGERL


PETER ALTIERI

SANDY
ALTIERI

BRIANA
ALTIERI

RYAN
BELL

MARCOS
ABRIL

NORA
ABRIL

YIYE
CHO


DAN C.
DUGAN


BRIAN
COAPE-A.

LEE
BECKER

SUE
SINCLAIR

GARETH
HILL

STAFF ASSISTANTS


MARIAH
P.

EMILY
IURATO

MISSED THE PHOTOG


CATHERINE
DESEZ

AURELIEN
DESEZ

DOGNATARIES


MONA


BIG SOPHIE


NALA

MISSING the ACTION AND SORELY MISSED
You shoulda been here. Next chance, 2045.


PUGSLEY
KLEIN

SARAH
KO

MARTIN AHLGREN

LAURA
KOKOPUFF

JANINE
COLÓN

SEIKO


POOCHIE
COLÓN

GIZMO
CANINE

JOSEPH
PONS

TAMSIN
PICKERAL

ZI-EN
YIP

LISA
MAGERL

ADWINA
GIL

NASIM
KAHN


SUSAN
HOMAR

TOM
OLINYK

DAPHNE
OLINYK

JOANNE
MATTERA

KATHY
MILLICH

CHRIS
MILLICH

EDITA
NAZARAITE

JOSE M.
GONZÁLEZ

MELISSA
MOO

WARREN
HOLZMAN

PIRI
PONS

FERNANDO
BLANCO

MIREIA
TORRENT

XOCAS
SILVA

MAÍTO
FERNÁNDEZ

Well, Daddy Bob didn't do a thing for this one. He wasn't allowed to and was severely scolded any time he tried. So we all owe everything to Mommy Cindy, without whom there woulda been no pawty and to whom we should ALL remain extremely grateful and obligated.

THAT MOMMY CINDY CAN SURE PLAN A PARTY!
Daddy Bob done trained her well.

A special mention should be made of server and traffic director Mariah, bartender Emily, Warwick Party Rental (tables, chairs, bar, tablecloths, glasses), Peck's Wines in Warwick, Tulcingo Restaurant in Monroe (guacamole and homemade chips) and my good friend Marta of Old San Juan right here in GL (empanadas and alcapurria appetizers), Coquito Restaurant in Warwick (octopus, salad, main courses and dessert), Greenwood Lake Taxi (deliveries and transportation).


12 June 2010
Rodin @ Six

 


FOUNDED IN 2006

BETTER BEARS IN THE WOODS
THAN UNBEARABLE OVERBEARING NEIGHBOORS
IN THE BEAROUGHS


 





THE LOOK OF LOVE




With Stephanie and Cathy
< Lourdes, Penny, Lois
Anthony toasts >

Chef Michael Howell of TEMPEST >

THE GIRLS FROM SHEET HARBOUR
Kelly ~ Mary ~ Marjorie

 

 





WELCOME
Look what Santa brought me!!!

 



While we wait for dinner ....






Haven't been HERE before


Nice Boobie Park!


Wonder what's there....
Gotta check this out

To each his own

I think I prefer the shade


This cushion's set kinda high

Ah, this is much more comfier....

Sophie so pretty Doggie...in any light


Through the looking glass....


So many toys!


Cousin Pugsley





Juanton and Ping pay a visit

Have we met before?

Does anyone recognize him?


Now that we've met, let's play.


I'm 'sausted!


We're leaving? SO SOON???




"Hi, I'm Morris the Corgidor."


"WHAT he say he is???"


"We never heard of a CORGIDOR!"

"Hey, CORREGIDOR, that's Ferocious Frida you messin' with!"


"So..., this is where they do IT."

 





Looks like we finally got ourselves a b'tician in Boobieland....
First was drunk, second scalped us,
3rd time lucky!



MOMMY CINDY Makes Breakfast for Uncle Anthony and Auntie Cathy


Cousin Lisa

Cousin Jules
Mommy Cindy chit-chats

Daddy Bob does rosé

Auntie Cathy tries to figure out where th'heck The DOGHOUSE is....



Mommy lights the candles on Sophie cake

Let's all sing...then CHOW DOWN!!!



" m-mmmm...goooood...."










 



 

 

 












Photos: Janine & Seiko





Special Guest: MR. POOCHIE



 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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