DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 7 (Part One) “If they could see me now, that little gang of mine, I’m eating fancy chow and drinking fancy wine…” – “Sweet Charity” (If They Could See Me Now) My little friend Bri, and I were excited to be together in Paris, and at night, we would sit on the sofa and…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 6 (Part Two) We had a really fun day at the Clignancourt flea market but Ms. Lisa only had one more day in Paris so the next day we made our way to another famous market located in the center of Paris… Marché aux Puces de la Porte de Vanves. This market was much…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 6 (Part One) “Today, I am going nowhere and everywhere- and it will all start with a single step.” – Millie LaRue Mummy and I were in Paris, France! We only knew a few words but it was enough. Most of the people here spoke English but Mummy insisted on at least TRYING to…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 5 (Part Two) WE WERE IN PARIS, FRANCE!!! Just me and Mummy. For a whole month! Several friends would join us at different times while we were here but first we had to get settled into our rented apartment and get unpacked. We had rented a cute little basement apartment from one of the…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 5 (Part One) “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron I started off the year recovering from the vicious dog attack and all of my siblings were very sweet to me. I was either on a fluffy bed on the floor or cuddled up next to Mummy,…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 4 (Part Two) Time was marching forward and we were all getting older. Our sweet Bebe, the matriarch of the family, had sadly made the journey across the rainbow bridge and Sophie was struggling to stay with us. She had suffered with varying health issues for most of her life and we coddled her like a…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 4 (Part One) “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” – Edith Head The years seemed to fly by and I was happy as a pig in mud. I was traveling between New York City and Florida, meeting up with friends that I had made in the doggie…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 3 (Part Two) We were up bright and early, hitting the highway and heading home. We would spend the night somewhere in Tennessee and be home in two days. Mummy had the tripped all planned out, sort of. We weren’t sure where, exactly, we would stay… but we would drive as far as we could…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 3 (Part One) “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck We were back in the car and headed to New York City… the city that never sleeps. After a night of very LITTLE sleep in Boston, we actually NEEDED sleep but…
DRESSING THE DOG Chapter 2 (Part Two) The car was packed and we rolled out of the driveway, singing songs to the radio like one big happy family. And we WERE happy! Even Katie was happy. We made pit-stops along the way and took walking breaks at the roadside rest stops and life was good. We stayed at…