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Frenchies are popping up in my world a lot lately — my last Curbed featured a Frenchie snoozing in San Francisco — so that probably means one will show up on my doorstep. Right?

Meanwhile, this is Frenchie, enjoying the surrounds at Raymond Vineyards in the Napa Valley. He is a Frenchie, but this Frenchie is also named Frenchie. Frenchie belongs to, appropriately, Raymond’s French proprietor.

Frenchie’s likeness has already graced a bottle of wine, in a portrait by artist Carol Lew. Each bottle includes a donation to the ASPCA. Since Frenchie is such a benevolent leader, I’ll be watching his career very closely, indeed.

Can you imagine what his digs must be like? I have to be friends with this dog.

Jojo, of double trouble, strikes again. I went outside into my backyard to see what my Poms were barking at and saw that my neighbor’s dogs had made a hole in the fence. I ushered my pups inside the house and my husband patched up the hole with a new plank (we keep extras on-hand since my neighbor’s dogs think they live at my house) but not before taking a photo of Jojo’s adorable snozzle.

My husband, Jeff, took and sent me this squee-worthy afternoon treat.

Please don’t tap on the glass, sweet slumber in progress in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood.

Last weekend my brother, his partner, my boyfriend, and I all took a trip to Boonville, CA. We met some pretty rad animals in the short time we were there. Like this little calico lady, who we met at the Philo Apple Farm. She was so friendly! We nicknamed her Frances. Read the rest of this entry »