What's so great about a poodle in Beijing, anyways?

I just love being the resident dog at the Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa. I look forward to the regulars coming in every morning for their coffee and muffins (and hopefully not noticing when I steal said muffins!) and I like checking out the new people visiting from all over the world. When my fellow canine friends visit me it really makes my day. Sounds like I have a great life, right?

Well, something has gotten my goat. Since I’ve become all blog-savvy and had a chance to explore this internet thingy a bit more, I came across an article in the latest issue of Traveler magazine the other day. It was about pet-friendly hotels around North America that also have resident canines on staff. Naturally, I expected to see my picture in the article. I figured that enough people take my picture in a given week that one of them must have been from the magazine, and that maybe everyone was just keeping things quiet and not telling me about my sudden leap of fame. I don’t know why, maybe to keep me so humble?

I clicked through the ten or so photos, getting more excited with each one as I anticipated seeing my own gorgeous face on the next page. Hollywood, New York, Atlanta and Boston all went by, each featuring an animal that worked at the hotel.

But where was I? Not in this article! Who are these people from Traveler magazine? Have they never been to this awesome hotel? Have they never even heard of beautiful little Sidney-by-the-Sea? Probably not. So I guess I can’t blame them for not putting me in their silly ol’ magazine after all. We all know that Sidney is a special secret spot that only the really smart people know about, right? And besides, if the rest of the world found out about Sidney, the town might do something drastic like start charging for street parking, which I know would drive my guardian absolutely bananas. So I guess I’ll leave it alone. Here’s the link to the article if you want to check it out and send me your thoughts in the comments below:

http://www.concierge.com/ideas/hotels/tours/501883

Don’t forget that the great photo contest ends in two weeks! I just heard that the Star I wrote about a few weeks ago is submitting a photo, so I’m going to put some of the contest pictures up next week. Make sure you check back then. Oh... is that an unattended muffin I see over there?