Apologies to All Involved* (*Double-click on Images for Full-View):

Vintage (right) w/ Pam (but not The Anderson):

Brooklyn:

Brooklyn:

West Village:

Brooklyn:

Back in the days of my old blog, I'd have got real upset if I didn't complete a post. But now that I'm on long intermission I take things a bit easier. Besides, as I read it now, Lulu Winds Me Up stands well enough on its own w/out a Part 2.

Course my multi-part post was gonna cover a lot broader thematic territory. Its subject-matter was lifted from the roadtrip conversations I had with Vintage as we drove with Lulu down to Pennsylvania. Revolutions, the loss of love, dried-up old towns, the lack of honesty in modern relations. We really covered it all. And our conclusion? That people suck (of course). And dogs are great.

Of course.

The post was gonna conclude with a conversation that actually took place between Vintage and a woman that we bumped into at a New Jersey rest stop. She'd watched silently as Vintage walked Lulu thru the front door of the Starbucks, but eventually her apparent outrage willed her to comment with derision:

"That's a dog you know--not a person."

To which Vintage replied with a step forward,

"I know, that's why I love her bitch."

Anyway, if not for my vacation, Lulu Winds Me Up would have been one of the ten greatest blog posts ever written; as opposed to just one of any of a thousand others. So apologies to anyone who got invested. But nothing was gonna keep me from this vacation; and now I just got back. So new posts will have to wait.

In the meantime, I've posted a few pics and a clip (below) that readers of Stays Put might recognize. See you in a few days y'all!



* NOTE: All pics taken by Lodo Grdzak. All rights reserved. (5) Boroughs of NYC.