I joined my son and his girlfriend on a day’s outing to find a dog to adopt. Val, Justin’s wonderful adopted chow, died 7 months ago. The healing has taken place and they are both ready to take on a new creature.
We went to the North Shore Animal League and Manhattan’s ASPCA. It was probably the most emotionally draining, difficult day I have spent in a very long time. Sandy, above, is 13 and a mixed lab breed. She is sweet, healthy and, like all of them, simply needs some TLC. I have Oliver – most of you know him buried under leaves or snow, always with his ball – and Max, the cat, who is a “high rise” cat. 7 years ago he went out the window and dropped 5 flights, a fall that earned him very expensive titanium back legs. One more animal to love and care for? The loving is easy but the caring is more difficult and certainly more expensive. I demurred and came home, heart broken and still considering.
Because we are in New York, we have a large number of pit bull mixes. I am a little afraid of them but America and Baby, above, with gentle dispositions, are beloved by all the ASPCA volunteers. And then there was Ona, a chihuahua whose owner died a week ago, and who simply cried. And so many, many more.
We have to take care of the forgotten. Oliver and Max may well have to share their home with someone else. And, as always happens in life, we’ll get on with it, and certainly all be happier for the effort.
Tim and Kit Kemp, founders of Firmdale Hotels, have just opened their second NY property at 18 West 56th Street, 2 blocks from Central Park and steps away from great shops, restaurants and museums. The Whitby is as stylish as their downtown Crosby Street Hotel - in fact, I prefer it, finding the public spaces warmly inviting and the top floor 2-bedroom suite with furnished terraces divine. All the comfortably spacious rooms are flooded with light and delight with the choice of art, fabrics and attention to detail. Each room is unique and so, if you come and go with regular frequency, try them all until you find the one that perfectly suits!
https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotels/new-york/the-whitby-hotel/"
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