Bostons in Boston

Rocco and Dexter took a field trip to Boston to make a new friend, Balki, who is the mascot for his Mom and Dad's store "PAWSH BOUTIQUE" off of Newbury Street. It was a beautiful store and Balki and his Dad were very gracious hosts. Rocco and Dexter enjoyed some play time and cookies (and they enjoyed bringing home a new stuffed animal to play tug of war with). I hope they get some tshirts soon as I love their logo!



Rocco and Balki (laying the smackdown on a foo foo poodle)

Balki- official store mascot/host/greeter

Our Bostie booties and Balki in the background (hard to get pics they were all wiggling around)

BT huddle!


*My Fave* A Trio of Bostons- Balki (in front), Rocco, and Dexter

Just a cool, dome crate

Rocco sampling the goods

Balki and his Dad while Dex checks out his digs

Rocco trolling for goods


Balki at his window seat

How do you get the attention of three BTs? Did someone say "Cookies"?


Smiling Rocco with Balki in the background

One More Balki (Just because he was so cute)


Dexter and his Dad

Rocco and his Mom

Post-fun smiles


...and tuckered out...



Lobster tug-o-war

The Good Dog Tags Are Here! The Good Dog Tags Are Here!

Navin R. Johnson: The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here!

Harry Hartounian: Boy, I wish I could get that excited about nothing.

Navin R. Johnson: Nothing? Are you kidding? Page 73 - Johnson, Navin R.! I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now. [the Sniper points to Navin's name in the phone book]

Sniper: Johnson, Navin R... sounds like a typical bastard.

My Woofboard friend, Chen, made this custom tag for Rocco. It is handmade and takes 3-4 weeks, but is heavy-duty, long-lasting and after a year will look exactly the same as it does today. Dexter got one too, but was sleeping so I will take his pics and post them later.

http://www.mygooddogtags.com/

Baked Salmon with Avocado Fruit Salsa

COOKING METHOD: Oven
PREP TIME: 10 mins
COOK TIME: 8 to 10 mins

AVOCADO FRUIT SALSA
(1) lrg ripe mango or papaya- peeled and coarsely chopped
(1) firm-ripe avocado- chopped
(1 1/2) tbsp minced fresh cilantro
(1) tbsp minced green onion
(1) tbsp minced seeded jalapeno chile
(1-2) tbsp fresh lime juice (1 lime)

(2-3) tbsp olive oil
(2-3) tbsp unsalted butter
Salmon fillet- skin on
Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
Juice of one lemon

1) To make salsa combine all ingredients mixing gently
Leave at room temp., or cover and refrig. in advance
2) Preheat oven 425F
3) Place oil and butter in 9x13-inch baking dish and place in oven 2 mins to melt
Remove from oven- let cool a couple mins, stir to mix
Place salmon in dish and turn to coat both sides
Season both sides w/ salt and pepper
4) Bake 8-10 mins
5) Baste with butter mix and pour lemon juice on top
6) Serve with two big spoonfuls of the fruit salsa

3 Hour Tour

Went for a 3 hour tour on the Captain John out of Plymouth Harbor today. The weather was perfect, couldn't have asked for better temps and not a cloud in the sky. The whales were apparently enjoying the weather too as the majority of the ones we saw were "logging" (a behavior that is exactly what it sounds like, whales laying at the surface of the water like logs). Not too much tail action, but the benefit of observing the whales logging is we were able to approach really, really close while they were in this inactive/resting state. We saw about 10 whales, mostly humpacks (some juveniles, an adult and a mother/calf duo) and one finke whale, no basking whales and no dolphins, but lots of big striped bass swimming right under the surface. It was Joey's first whale watch. A great day topped off with some great fried clams from Woods.

4th of July

Fourth of July

Trip to Plymouth Beach

Walk around Downtown Plymouth/Plymouth Harbor and to the Farmer's Market

Lobster/Quahog/Baked Potato Dinner

Ice Cream Sundaes

Life is Good.

Happy GOTCHA Day!

How quickly time flies when you are having fun...

Here are a couple pictures from over the last year...

We have had Rocco in our lives for a whole year as of July 3rd- we couldn't imagine our home without him and to say the least it has been an amazing journey.

Thank you Rocco for always keeping us laughing with your giant-size personality and clownish antics.

~love, Mom

p.s. and thanks for making your Dad a "dog person" too

Rocco spent his "Gotcha Day" taking a trip to Pawsmopolitan for an official Red Sox jersey, a trip for McDonalds Nuggets, a nice long walk, and some yummy chew treats.