October 7, 2017: On the homefront!

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Hey!  Check out the birthday boy Anthony Lemke with not one but TWO birthday poudings de chomeur!  Perfectly appropriate given that we met for brunch in Old Montreal.

If Akemi and I get one of the places we’ll be checking out Monday, we’ll be a mere ten minute drive away from Anthony’s place.  I couldn’t imagine a better dog sitter for Suji and Lulu while we’re away traveling.  He acts, he debates, he expresses bladders, he drains anal glands.  He does it all!

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Anthony looks forward to his birthday gifts – biscottis from mom, and ghost peppers and carolina reapers from sis’s garden.

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This morning, Akemi was at it again, this time drawing the assist on mom’s Friendship Cake.

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Akemi covets sis’s pitbull shoes.

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Sis enjoys the capunti e ceci.

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Some of the colorful culinary creations we enjoyed last night at Restaurant Damas, Montreal’s premiere Syrian restaurant.

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This angelic-looking treasure has actually been a little terror on this visit, bossing the other dogs around and just being all around pain in the ass (at times, quite literally, as she’s taken to nipping some dog butts as well).  Beware!