LITTLE APPLE | BARCLAY'S SPOT
BEST FRIENDS Downtown’s Pawblisher, Barclay Hudson, gets the 411 from so cool canines. by Dan Metz IT IS A NEW YEAR and spring is already on its way. With the turn of the decade, we get another big milestone this spring: it’s the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day. I don’t want to think about how old Earth Day is in dog years! I interviewed some pups who love the environment about their passions and plans for the new year. BUBBA loves playing pranks, but also hanging out at photoshoots with his pawpa Jason Goodrich, a photographer. BENJI is an aspiring dancer who loves to keep his mama, Downtown’s own Aida M. Toro, company while she writes. MAX, a great outdoorsdog, loves to explore, taking pawpa Mark Butler with him through Central Park and Upstate New York. When GUSTAVO (GUS) gets outside, he loves to relax with mom Thema Emanuel and smell the flowers before going home for some cheese and a bit of DogTV. FERDINAND likes to sit back and smell the flowers with mom Kate O’Brien, a buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue, and dad John O’Brien, who is a portfolio manager at Crestline Investors. DT
BENJI “I love salsa music. My mommy and grandparents pick me up to dance because I could dance on my two hind legs like a human.”
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BUBBA
MAX
GUSTAVO (GUS)
FERDINAND
“My favorite game is barking at the door when no one is there. My pawpa looks every time; it must be his favorite game too.”
“My new year’s resolution is to get my pawrents to take me on vacation with them, instead of staying behind.”
“I’m trying to be more active this year, but my mom and I still unplug every weekend and spend quality time together.”
“When the weekend hits, I like to kick back and relax with my pawrents, or treat myself to a shopping spree at Tribeca’s best pet stores.”
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DOWNTOWNNYC THE REFORMERS 2020
