Maggie in Venice

Maggie reboots for the new year

2012-01-01T13:12:50-06:00

ABOVE: Maggie tries out her Zack & Zoey high-top neoprene boots. Maggie is currently in the United States, where she's likely to stay this winter so we (and she) can be closer to our 9-month-old granddaughter. Thanks to a New Year's Eve snowstorm that left our local sidewalks and streets covered with ice, Maggie had to wear a new pair of dog booties before going on a walk today. While Durant held her upside down and Cheryl fitted the boots onto her feet, Maggie did a great impression of a protester practicing passive resistance: She went limp, proving that a...

Hot dog in Savona

2011-12-06T12:10:39-06:00

This photo has nothing to with Maggie--or with Venice, for that matter--but we liked the sign so much that we wanted to share it: It's above the entrance to a fast-food shop in Savona, a small and attractive city in Liguria, about an hour north of Genoa by train.

Rome's Quirinale Palace Gardens: An unofficial dog park?

2011-10-30T13:48:37-05:00

ABOVE: A Wired-Hair Fox Terrier and a West Highland White Terrier meet and greet in the Quirinal Gardens. A week ago, we were in Rome without Maggie, who hates automotive traffic and has a tendency to herd Vespas. It was a pleasant Sunday afternoon, and we wandered up the Quirinal Hill to the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Republic. There, we discovered that the Giardini del Quirinale--the gardens next to the palace--were a meeting place for dogs and their owners. Here are some pictures from our visit: The Wire-Haired Fox Terrier in the photo...