http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy Xiao Nu's Views: A pug's eye view Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:06:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow, what a long trip. I’m glad to be almost home, but I wanted to take advantage of the laptop and the ride from Vegas to get you all updated on the trip. We left last Saturday. There was a lot of activity involving suitcases in the ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2007/07/07/montana-vacation%e2%80%94a-%e2%80%9crode%e2%80%9d-trip/ You get a challenge, you show up in best form, you win...BY FORFEIT!!!! Sunday was my church's annual birthday-party-dog-friendly-service-in-the-park. It's my kind of day. Humans of all sizes eating (and spilling) in the park, some great music, good company, and HUGE amounts of praise and adoration--for ME!! ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2007/06/04/winner-paws-down/ The church my mom goes to (and I visit occassionally) is Pasadena Mennonite Church (PMC). Every year they do a peace parade on Palm Sunday to walk from the margins of the city to the financial/actual city center. This is a reinactment of Jesus' triumphal ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2007/03/28/the-palm-sunday-peace-parade/ Some of you may not know who I am (I can’t imagine WHY, but I think it’s possible.) so here is a brief introduction. I am Xiao Nu Huang. This may look confusing or difficult to say and, indeed, if you were going to be authentically Chinese it ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/12/26/2006-the-year-of-the-dog%e2%80%a6and-other-things-my-primary-human-wants-you-to-know/ So there is this annual event that has GOT to be my new favorite event--it's called Thanksgiving and the humans call it a howliday. It went on and on in my mind and boy did I need a two-day nap after. On a Sunday a couple weeks before ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/12/02/thanksgiving-is-a-great-howliday/ My Friday Night routine entails hanging out at happy hour at McCormick & Schmicks. (www.mccormickandschmicks.com/) I love it, the waitresses and customers LOVE me, and everyone is at least a little messy. The tomatoes from the Cajon Fish Tacos are my favorite, but I’m willing to help clean ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/09/29/friday-night-out%e2%80%a6/ After a very exciting morning of pug play and swimming, I chose a lunch spot for the humans. We went to my 4-paw rated California Skewers. Image my surprise when it was closed for the weekend!! My humans suggested that we take grandma to a place called Corner ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/09/09/dining-at-corner-bakery/ My human decided we should go to the new doggie park in Pasadena on Saturday. It was the monthly “Pasadena Pug Meet Up.” My human said that there are 55 cities that have a pug meet up! Wow-there must be lots of pugs. I had quite ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/09/06/pugs-pugs-pugs%e2%80%a6/ My human FINALLY took me to the Arroyo Seco casting pond. I had a great time swimming in the pond. I swam more than ½ way across to get my fetchy toy. I love going in there b/c I can walk in and walk out. The ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/09/06/swim-time%e2%80%94/ Last night we got to go to Baja Fresh on south Lake. It was a lovely summer night and we had the patio almost completely to ourselves. My human said they have a new combo plate that was very tasty--a salad and mini burrito. I agreed that ... http://urbvil.org/blogs/doggy_bloggy/2006/08/29/monday-at-baja-fresh/