From ‘Luna the Domesticated Dog’ to ‘Lola the Downtown Debutante’
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 6:00AM | by Elizabeth Today is my 31st birthday (gasp!) and like I mentioned in a previous post, we all celebrated my birthday last weekend, since D had a short-fused meeting out-of-town and would miss my actual ‘big day’. I couldn't have a more thoughtful husband; once he found out he’d be gone, he very quickly orchestrated an overnight getaway at our favorite hotel in Seattle, a fantastic (and wine-filled) four course dinner downtown, AND he gifted me two (yes that’s right ladies - TWO) purses I had been drooling over. The best part (okay, not really, but humor me…) was that our favorite hotel (a Kimpton boutique) is pet-friendly (all shapes and sizes), and our little Luna was able to accompany us!
When we checked into the hotel the concierge greeted us and asked for Luna's name, proudly announcing that all of the visiting dogs’ names were displayed on the ‘dog chalk board’ in the lobby. We grabbed all of our things and proceeded up to our wonderfully-appointed room, got ‘prettied-up’, settled our pooch princess in her travel crate, and headed back down for a cocktail before dinner. On our way past the front desk we paused at the dog chalk board to scan for our little girl’s name… only to find it missing. We did, however, find a freshly-erased leg with the name LOLA scrawled out! LOLA?!?!? But how? Whaaa? Huh?!?? We each scratched our heads and glanced at one another trying to determine if we were going to say anything to the folks at the front desk. We decided, instead, to grab that cocktail first. I will admit that D came up with the title for this post while sipping a martini in the hotel’s restaurant/bar, and we then mutually decided to let sleeping dogs (or, more precisely – sleeping chalk dogs – lie), and not correct the mistake.
Now please enjoy a few pictures of our evening!
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Happy Birthday! Looks like you and um, Lola, had a great time! :)
Woof! Woof! Happy 31st to your mom, LUNA!!! Looks like you guys had a great FUN time. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Bella's very jealous..she hasn't stayed in a hotel...yet!I think she would bark her head off if she had to stay in the room without us,no one would get any peace.
Looks like you had a great birthday..and if you can't be spoilt then..when can you be!
Bellaboo :o)
WOWOWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Happy happy happy birthday to your sweet mommy dear Lola.....ehhhmmmmmmmm....LUNA!!!!!Hiihihihihiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!
You guys had a great day all together!!!!!
You're such a beautiful and special family!!!!!!!
Please Luna...could you give sweet licks to your mommy for us????
HAve a great week!!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Sweet kisses and licks!!!!
Her name was Lola - she was a show girl! :)
Looks like a wonderful way to spend a birthday no matter who or how old you are!!! :-)
Happy Birthday! Looks like a great time was had by all!
aren't pet friendly hotels the best! They sure know what family is all about
Wooof on a great pet friendly getaway! You do have the most pawesome husband. I hope when I get married to find someone as considerate as he is. I'm only 3 though so I can keep looking.
Happy birthday!!!
Twinkie and family
Happy birthday! It's always fun to spend special days with those we love, isn't it? I love hotels that are dog-friendly!
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth!! You are still a youngster :) That is so cool your hotel was dog friendly and you got to share your weekend with Lolaluna...
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth. Love Luna's new alter ego.
Tucker, Daisy and Heidi
Happy B-day. How great that Luna was able to join in the fun. does she prefer red or white wine?
Ben
I'm jealous! Just not of the purses of course. :)
Happy birthday!
Lola (grins), that looks like a great vacation, though we want to know why you get to stay in the motel and we stay in the RV? Hu-dad said something about quantity versus quality, whatever that means.
Hee hee, Lola? What a very fine way to spend your day--Happy Birthday!
How wonderful that you could bring Lola... um... Luna with you! I love the first picture - is that sheer happiness on her face or what? Happy Birthday!
Sam
You are one lucky gal to have such a thoughtful husband who not only bought you 2 purses but also found a hotel where your beautiful dog could be a guest!
Love your blog!
That looks like an awesome way to spend a birthday! BTW Congrats o your award too.