{"id":8721,"date":"2008-05-23T11:23:50","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2008-05-23T11:23:50","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:23:50","slug":"bow-wow-and-a-little-yo-ho-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2008\/05\/23\/bow-wow-and-a-little-yo-ho-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow wow and a little Yo Ho Ho"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I told you about some of the creative minds we have here, so now let me share some of what they\u2019re working on for this year\u2019s Fair. In-house we\u2019ve been getting daily updates on what the 2008 Fair has in store. Now let me whet your appetites. Upstairs here in the MarCom department we arrrrrgh so excited about A Pirate\u2019s Life<\/span> <\/a>\u2013 one of the new attractions for \u201908. A Pirate\u2019s Life will have everything Pirate including a pirate show, Cap\u2019N Calico Jack\u2019s Pirate Academy, Ship Wreck Reef where you can dig for treasures, and special fun planned for Sept. 19 \u2013 Talk Like a Pirate Day. I\u2019ve always wanted \u201cscurvy dog\u201d as part of my everyday patois. So bring your buccaneers of all ages and hop aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>As an animal lover, I am really thrilled about this \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Bark Park<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Bark Park (the entryway is flanked by two\"\"<\/a> giant fire hydrants \u2013 a dog\u2019s dream!) is the one-stop shop for all things canine \u2013 and we mean all things! There\u2019s spa treatments, aromatherapy, gourmet doggy treats, massages, \u201cpawdicures,\u201d and the finest in canine couture. Essentially, everything for your muttrosexual. Oh yeah, and custom designed dog houses (I feel like I want to say that like Oprah when she really gets into something and her voice goes deep \u2013 fabulous dawwwwg howwwsesss!). These aren\u2019t just Rover-sleep-over dog houses \u2013 these are go-to-the-special-doggy-design-center-pick-your-favorite-granite-water-bowl abodes. We\u2019re talking mission design, southern plantation, English countryside. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But in addition to the special treats, Bark Park is also charged with a very important mission \u2013 publicizing the plight of the thousands of homeless animals in shelters who need loving, caring homes. And this is a great thing. My husband and I adopted our beloved dog, Fiona, from the\u00a0Inland Valley Human Society<\/span> <\/a>soon after we married nearly 15 years ago. It was a wonderful experience for us; she was an amazing member of our family. Fiona is now in doggy heaven, but she made a great impact on our lives, and we feel strongly about providing a home for one of the thousands of loving animals in shelters awaiting warm, comfortable homes. Bark Park will feature local shelters, who will offer adoptions. I can see it now \u2013 \u201cOh, hubby dear, can I talk to you over here by this cute, curly-haired pooch?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I told you about some of the creative minds we have here, so now let me share some of what they\u2019re working on for this year\u2019s Fair. In-house we\u2019ve been getting daily updates on what the 2008 Fair has in store. Now let me whet your appetites. Upstairs here in the MarCom department we arrrrrgh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,14],"tags":[95,305,614,917,934,1104],"class_list":["post-8721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-attractions","category-funatthefair","tag-bark-park","tag-dogs","tag-la-county-fair","tag-pet-adoptions","tag-pirates","tag-talk-like-a-pirate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}