Published Travel Vignettes
Copy by Stephanie Ager Kirz. Photos by Howard L. Kirz.
As seen in the Dallas Morning News
The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, has a love affair with cycling, which is very good news for all cyclists in the city. Designated bike lanes and bike rentals that offer five-speed bikes as well as helmets, bike locks, baskets, water bottles and even child seats are springing up all over the city.
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As seen in the Four Seasons Magazine
Paris has always been crazy for its chats and chiens, but finding a fancy gift for Fido or Fiffi has never been easier, with hip entrepreneurs opening fashionable pet boutiques all over town. The city’s first, wildly popular doggy day care was started a year ago by Sophie Kauffmann and her husband, Laurent, at Canicreche.
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As seen in the Seattle Times
One glance at the shiny, polished Sheffield knife blades retrofitted on the hotel silver and I knew this was no ordinary Irish guesthouse.
The pedigreed pugs, Bunter and Babs, and the Maltese, Blinkey, politely greeted my husband and me right along with proprietors Juliea and Paddy Foyle at the Quay House in Clifden, Ireland.
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