A walk around the neighborhood...

Hi everybody! Thought you might enjoy going for a walk with me and Bear through the West Village. Some of these were taken on the way to the dog run (where I play with Asta!) and others were taken on our late night walk before we go to bed. 

It's 11:10 p.m. Time to head to the elevators!

This is our doorman Robert. He's very nice, sometimes shares some of his sandwich with me, and is very good at playing tennis ball in the lobby late at night.

Here's Bear, waiting for me outside the door. He's wearing his ASPCA support bandana. I have one too, and when we both wear them, we really look like we're in a gang!

There's a restaurant around the corner from us on West 4th Street called The Place. They serve wonderful food and great cocktails. And the girls who work there are super nice. They always take the time to give us a good back rub!

My very favorite restaurant is at the corner of Bank Street and West 4th Street. It's an Italian restaurant called La Foccacia. Ever since I've been a puppy, I've stopped by their door and they've fed me a piece of foccacia.  Here I am, waiting (im)patiently for tonight's treat!

This shot is kind of a blur because I was leaping in the air to catch a bit of foccacia! It's delish! A scene in the movie "Sex & The City" was shot here.

We walked past the Marc Jacobs for Kids store. (There are FIVE Marc Jacobs stores in the neighborhood. Where's the one for dogs? All we've seen is a Barc Jacobs teeshirt for $200) Anyhow, Bear and I really like this car and wish it was ours. What a great time we'd have motoring around to visit all our friends. (And there's already a Bear in it!)

This is an old-fashioned book with wonderful illustrations of New York. It's one of my favorites.

Then we ran into our friend Pasha and his new baby brother who looks exactly like him, only smaller. His Mom kept calling him "Boo Boo" and it stuck. I like to call him "Little Boo." He's very camera shy. He's people-shy too, but very cute.
We went past the famous Magnolia Bakery. On a nice evening, there can be a line of 50 people or more waiting to get CUPCAKES! They even have a doorman to control how many people can go in the bakery at once. It's crazy. Bear's Daddy wants to sell teeshirts that say "They're JUST cupcakes!"

Across the street is Biography Books. This is a great old-fashioned Village bookshop. Open late. Dog-friendly. And they always have dog biscuits on hand. It's an institution in the Village.

Across the street from Magnolia Bakery is a little park where people go to eat their treats. Mommy calls it Cupcake Park because there are hundreds of cupcake wrappers and boxes all over the ground. I'm always trying to gobble them up but she's pretty good at taking them away from me. Just look at the overflowing trash can - you just know there's some tasty icing in there.
Our last stop on our late night walk is the Abingdon Square Market. It's a deli/grocery store but they always have the most beautiful flowers for sale. It's like a lovely garden! Ahhhh!

On our way to the dog run yesterday, we saw this fellow painting "i heart" on a wall in the Meatpacking District. He was playing some groovy music and we just liked the look of this!

What do you heart?