Sara Waxman, OOnt, is an award-winning restaurant critic, best-selling cookbook…
A tail-wagging message to fur babies and owners:
Awww, please take me with you! Don’t leave me alone when you travel. I love you and miss you so much, and I know that you are lonely without me too. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts care about us dogs so much, that every one of their properties has appointed a resident hotel dog as a Canine Ambassador. They’ll meet me in the lobby, show me around and we can hang out and play. There are maps with pet-friendly parks and walking paths to guide us on fun walks whenever we feel like it. You can go to your business appointment, and I’ll be waiting for you when you come back, just like at home. I will have had a Brush and Fluff at the Spa, and you know how much I love that!
Don’t worry that I will be hungry or thirsty. Every property has a menu of gourmet dishes. In Sonoma, there is a Bone-Appetit menu with Chicken Chow, or Dog Day Afternoon for in-room dining. And you won’t believe what I heard from my pals in the park, that in Boston they had Codfish and Caviar. I know you like that, and so will I.You can even take me to New York. We could stay at The Plaza and have the Pampered Pup Package. They give me my own plush bed for a post-travel curl up. Then you and I can explore the wonders of New York City and when we come back there will be a refreshing treat for me of Macarons and a big bowl of Evian water. Travel broadens one, don’t you think?
– International Dog Day on August 26 – Take your dog with you on vacation –
Sara Waxman, OOnt, is an award-winning restaurant critic, best-selling cookbook author, food and travel journalist and has eaten her way through much of the free world for four decades, while writing about it in books, newspapers and magazines. She is the Editor in Chief of DINE magazine.