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Uncle Arlo Gets a New Knee (Carl Hurley)

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Dubai #1: old and new and ...

Set Elhabayib Ya Habiba (Hossam Ramzy)

Dubai is: old and new ...

traditional and aspirational ...

calm and chaotic ...

and always HOT!

A Valentine's Heart to the Eiffel Tower

J'aime plus Paris (Thomas Dutronc)

old postcard

very old postcard

Dogs just wanna have fun: #3 Manny of Melbourne

Most days after school

Manny and his friends Mia and Clara go to the park.

They run and run.

And run.

Back, forward, every way.

They turn themselves inside-out with running.

And then it's home for tea.

Dogs just wanna have fun: #2 Paris Post Script!

"KEEP YOUR CITY CLEAN"
Action Centre for the Cleanliness of Paris (CAPP)

Since the 1960s the CAPP has aimed at reducing 

dog caca, standard litterbugging and ... human pipi in the streets! The fight goes on ...

Dogs just wanna have fun: #2 Les Chiens de Paris

A busy little French tune for busy Parisien dogs: Chien (Saska & Helene Bohy)

Dogs everywhere love to spend time with their humans.

 The dogs of Paris are very happy in that way

And very busy.

They go nearly everywhere - shops, cafes, bistrots, bars, workplaces

Trotting along with their owner, waiting patiently while they chat

Or maybe riding on a motor scooter or a bicycle or in a car

Always well-behaved and on their leash or even in a little bag.

Shopping and socialising on Rue Montorgueil 
- a story everywhere you look, and les chiens are part of it.

For many years there was also a big problem with all these dogs -

The caca problem!

Too much chien-caca on the footpaths!

Paris has lovely parks large and small - but often dogs are Not Allowed.

 Now if you allow your dog to poo on the footpath and don't clean it up, you risk a 450 Euro fine. 
But of course, like all criminal activity, it still goes on.

Here is a lady walking her two lively dogs on Rue Saint-Sauveur.

And then ...

Oh la la! Not again? Clearly she is displeased - but she has her plastic bag at the ready! 

Merde indeed! ... but she will not get fined.

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Finally, we present the living cliche, the postcard moment: the actual French Poodle

 ... and truly this was in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, at the Champ de Mars. 

Next: Manny of Melbourne

Silly Smiling Time #1

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Time After Time (Chris Montez)  - 1966, the original and the best!

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Dogs just wanna have fun: #1 New York City

Dogs everywhere love to have their fun. They can be a good example to us silly old humans.

This week we will see some international, multi-lingual characters from three diverse cultures. (And, occasionally, their owners ....)

Today's song is Who Let The Dogs Out? (Baha Men) - a classic conversion of doggy fun into musical fun (mon)!

First we visit two Manhattan dog parks (called "dog runs"). Manhattan is a small space crammed with millions of people and thousands of dogs. The lucky dogs live near a dog run. There is an impressive number of dog runs in NYC and this is good for dogs and humans alike. Most Manhattan dog runs are within public parks, but were started by local owners and are maintained improved and funded by volunteers.  Dogs and their humans enjoy regular festivals and parties, swimming pools, free tennis balls and other essentials. Some even have their own websites - this is NYC after all!

Then we make a brief trip uptown, where the owners may be too busy to take their dogs out to the local dog run ...

Tompkins Square Park in the East Village - the party is always on!!!!

Tompkins Square Park dog run is called "First Run" because it was the first in Manhattan. Twenty years ago, local dog owners were desperate for a safe place to exercise their dogs amid the seriously mean streets of the East Village at that time. City Hall granted them a space in the park on condition that they would manage and fund it. Today it's a big, lively and happy place.

 Union Square Park - a peaceful corner to contemplate and chat. 

Upper East Side - nothing but the best ... (the best dog-walkers)

A nice brisk walk alongside Central Park ...

... and time for a rest and a catch-up on E. 97th St.

NEXT: Les chiens de Paris