March 16th, 2009:
Foxy’s Big Adventure
Fetch is a pet store in Old Town Alexandria that sells gourmet doggy-treats and other high quality gourmet goodies. I thought it would be fun to take my dog Foxy on a field trip to Fetch and the bakery that makes these gourmet doggie biscuits.
Foxy was eager to leave River Towers on her big adventure, even if she didn’t know where she was going.
So we jumped in the car and took her around the corner to Old Town Alexandria VA.
Once we were in Old Town, Foxy decided to read the doggie-newspaper. One can learn a lot from a green patch on a brick-sidewalk.
Then it was off to Fetch and to see Marion.
Foxy is Marion’s adopted grandbaby. Marion always greets Foxy with a big hug and lots of kisses.Foxy loves the cookies at Fetch, but she was soon distracted … she saw trouble coming.
Yep. Trouble at least that’s what Foxy calls that adorable Jack Russell Terrier named Magnum. Magnum wanted to play, but Foxy didn’t like sharing Marion’s attention. Foxy’s not on the man-hunt and had no interest in Magnum.
So we left town and headed to Beltsville, where they bake the Zanadu cookies sold in Fetch and Chateau Animaux.
The art work at the bakery was wonderful, but Foxy wanted to see where the action took place.
She toured the bakery and found that everything is human grade, made with great loving care. Here’s the cookie cutter.
She grabbed a green tea and cookie and they put her to work, bagging and labelling cookies.
Over the years, Doolittle’s Chateau-Animaux has been featured in numerous articles, radio and television broadcasts, both national and international, including: USA Today, Pet Product News, Pet Business, Dog World (Japan), Washingtonian, Washington Business Journal, WASHINGTON spaces, Sam Donaldson’s “Live in America” (ABC radio), Washington, D.C. Style, The Vicki Gabereau Show (Canadian Television Network), The Hill Rag, Voice of the Hill, Roll Call, The Hill, The Washington Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Post Magazine, NBC Style: A Show for You (WBIR-TV 10, NBC, Knoxville, TN), It’s Christopher Lowell (Discovery Channel), The Delta Shuttle Sheet, Pleasure-Scene, Budget Living, WTTR radio, CHAMPS’ Capitol Hill Business Quarterly, CHAMPSdc.org, Barracks Row Bulletin, WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; KHOU-TV, Houston, TX; KING-TV, Seattle-Tacoma, WA; KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ; KMOV-TV, St. Louis, MO; KGW-TV, Portland, OR; WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC; KENS-TV, San Antonio, TX; WVEC-TV, Hampton-Norfolk, VA; WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA; KASA-TV, Albuquerque,-Santa Fe, NM; WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY; KOTV, Tulsa, OK; KVUE-TV, Austin, TX; KREM-TV, Spokane, WA; KMSB-TV, Tucson, AZ; KTVB-TV, Boise, ID; NorthWest Cable News, Seattle-Tacoma, WA; TXCN, Texas Cable News Network; Newswatch on CH 15, New Orleans, LA; Local News on Cable, Norfolk, VA, and others.
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Chateau-Animaux regularly sponsors community events in Washington, DC, including weekly dog and cat adoptions with Capitol Cats, Homeward Trails, K-9 Lifesavers and the Washington Humane Society, “Pride of Pets” fundraiser for PETS-DC, the Washington Humane Society’s “Bark Ball”, and the annual Halloween dog costume contest — “Howl-O-Ween!” Dennis Bourgault has served as President of the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals, and the Boards of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, the Capitol Hill Business Improvement District and Barracks Row Main Street.
A walk at the Belle Haven Marina
Last weekend Julie and I decided to take a walk on the trails near the Belle Haven Marina. The weather was warm, one of the first nice days of Spring, so we had a nice little walk to the water’s edge.
The trail follows the edge of the Potomac and is relatively quiet even though it’s just off the George Washington Parkway.
The day was not so gloomy as these pictures turned out and it was very pleasant just off the trail.
There was a bird here and I tried hard to get him on camera, but he was much too quick. He would dive and then surface with a fish in his beak. We saw him eat at least six fish. I was amazed by how much one little bird could eat.
Foxy came with us and she trotted into the water to bark at ducks but didn’t have the courage to take a swim.
About the Author: Will Nesbitt is the principal broker of Condo Alexandria / Will Nesbitt Realty in Alexandria VA. He specializes in condos, townhouses and single family residences in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Crystal City, and Kingstowne.
The Beltway
The Capital Beltway is interstate I-495. It circles Washington DC by way of Virginia and Maryland. The Beltway crosses the Potomac at two points. South of DC the Beltway crosses the Potomac via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. North of DC, I-495 crosses the Potomac just south of Great Falls on the American Legion Bridge. The bridges are area choke-points and often snarl traffic at the bridge approach. The sign above is 5.5 miles south of the drawbridge at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
When construction or problems narrow the flow of cars, traffic starts to back up.
But often the Beltway is like any other interstate in America—any other interstate that is 10 lanes wide and circles the capital that is. To search for a home near the Beltway or to find a residence that will fit your commute check with Condo Alexandria.
About the Author: Will Nesbitt is the principal broker of Condo Alexandria / Will Nesbitt Realty in Alexandria VA. He specializes in condos, townhouses and single family residences in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Crystal City, and Kingstowne.
