… A manly Boston terrier in a blue floral scarf!
Basil is secure in his masculinity and loves to add floral into his wardrobe. This blue scarf (made by Juicy Couture. Okay, it may be mine…) is in honor of Blue Friday where ever 12th man, woman, and dog wears blue to support our Seattle Seahawks.
What is everyone’s plans for the weekend? Is everyone enjoying the fall weather? Let us know in the comments below.
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Thank you everyone who voted! We can’t wait for Halloween and to dress Basil up in his costume for our many fall events. It’s going to be a blast!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Hi Friends! Its that time of year again where we let you choose what Basil is for halloween. Last year was a great success and everyone (including Basil, Nate, and I) loved the Boston turtle costume that you guys voted for. This year there is a few different options. Take a look down below and make sure to cast your vote. Whichever one gets the highest number a votes by next Monday, September 29th, will be Basil’s Halloween 2014 costume!
Hope everyone finds at least 1 costume you think would suit Basil. If not, make sure to leave a comment down below as to what you think he should wear!
So, get to it! Remember polls close end of the day Monday, September 29th! Happy voting!
1) Sir Barks A Lot – Knight of the round table
2)Batman
3)Thor – Norse God
4)Walrus
5) Indiana Jones
6) Spock
I can’t wait to find out what wins! Thanks for voting and make sure to share on Twitter and Facebook! Find us on both @basilstravel
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Happy Sunday Funday! Yesterday was Charlotte’s annual Woofstock event. This was the 2nd year Basil, Nate, and I attended and it was a lot of fun. We met a lot of new friends; big and small. It was at the Amos South venue in the Southend neighborhood of Charlotte. Benefitting Blue ridge boxer rescue and Great Dane friends of Ruff Love, so the event was filled to the gills with Great Danes and boxers. Basil loves his big dogs and couldn’t have been more happy. There was plenty of vendors and a huge silent auction. It was a good Saturday afternoon and we are happy to be able to support two great local rescues.
More great events coming up in the next few months! Can’t wait for what fall has to offer!
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Hello all! Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was fun and/or productive. Basil, Nate, the cats, and I spend this last couple days hanging out at home. My husband had a lot of work to do so it was laundry, snuggles, food, sleep, and repeat for Basil and I.
We missed out on, what is an almost every weekend occurrence, brunch. For todays B.F.T I’m going to share a few of our families favorite dog-friendly brunch spots. If you don’t do the occasional brunch in your city, you really should! Grab your dog, check the weather, and hit up Google to find a great restaurant with a comfortable patio.
Here in North Carolina there are a few places that we regularly haunt. Check out the list below and if you are in the area make sure to hit them up. Not only are they dog-friendly but food is amazing! Also, I’ll include a few hot Seattle brunch spots for our friends and followers out that way!
The String Bean
106 N Main Street, Belmont, NC 28012
Saturday Brunch starts at 9am
Great friendly staff!
Nan & Byrons
1714 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203
Saturday & Sunday Brunch 10am to 3pm
Bottomless cocktails!
Tavern on the Tracks
1411 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28203
Saturday & Sunday Brunch starts at 10am
Order the wings! Great drink specials!
Posana
1 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Saturday & Sunday Brunch 10am to 3pm
100% Gluten Free menu!
King’s Hardware
5225 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
Saturday & Sunday Brunch starts at noon
Dogs allowed inside and on the patio!
Best Burger in the World!!
Ocho
2325 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107
Saturday & Sunday Brunch starts at noon
Seat outside… Water views… Order a cocktail!
Mmmm brunch! I can’t wait for the weekend so we can go to brunch!
Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming Basil’s Brews, where we will be visiting a lot of North Carolina breweries. Basil’s such a booze hound!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Make sure to love a dog today! Every dog gets it’s day and today is every dogs day!!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Hello Basil fans! Happy hump day! So many awesome events are coming up soon, we are getting really excited. Also, Basil’s Travels 1 year blog anniversary is on August 25th! I can’t believe it was been a year already; so much has happened!
We are going to be celebrating this milestone at the Pints for Paws event at Noda Brewing Company next Thursday August 28th. If you are in the Charlotte, NC area and would like to hang out with Basil and donate to some good causes make sure to swing by.
Check out all the events below and mark your calendars! All events are dog friendly!
Pints for Paws
August 28th 5pm -8pm
Noda Brewing Co.
2229 North Davidson St. Charlotte, NC 28205
Bring your dog and a bag of dog food to donate to the Spay & Neuter Clinic of Charlotte. Brewery tours, raffles, and prizes.
WoofStock 2014
September 13th 1pm
Amos Southend
1423 S Tryson St. Charlotte, NC 28203
$5 donation
Furry 5k
October 11th
WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
Check here to register and for more details:
http://www.secondchancenc.org/2014furry5k/
If you aren’t in the Charlotte area and are looking for some dog friendly events try hitting up BringFido.com and searching your area.
I’ll be posting photos from all the events as they happen and I’ll be adding more events to this list as I hear about them. If you know of any events that I’m missing make sure to leave them in the comments below!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Hello everyone! This summer has been a good one. Filled with love, laughter, and new adventures. We have been struggling with the heat and humidity here in North Carolina but because of that, I enjoy these stormy days all the more. Last week we had some professional family photos taken by the fabulous husband and wife team at Snow Dog Studios. Melissa & David showed us to a beautiful park in a gorgeous neighbor and took some truly amazing photos. Of course, Basil was the star of the show. When we got the photos back, very quickly I might add, all I wanted to order was every photo of Basil. As if I don’t have enough alright… geez!
Thanks again to Melissa & David for your time and skills! He had such a great time at the shoot and I think the photos show that.
If you are in the North Carolina area and need family, pet, wedding, engagement, or any other type of pictures make sure to contact Snow Dog Studios. You will not be sorry!
Hope everyones Monday is off to a good start! Just remember only 5 more days until the weekend! Xoxo
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Happy Monday everyone! This Monday started with a smile. Mostly because we had such a causal, fun, relaxing weekend. Saturday was spent at my parents yard sale and just hanging out with family. Yesterday, Sunday, was a hot one! We decided that Basil needed a little dog park time and headed to our favorite local park. Although it was hot outside the large trees at the park gave us some much needed shade while Basil and his newly made friends ran around like crazy.
After a few buckets of drinking water got turned over a nice, new mud hole appeared. I’ve never seen Basil interested in mud. I mean this is a dog that walks out of his way to avoid a puddle but today was different story. Once he realized that mud was cool on his hot belly our little black and white dog turned into our little brown dog!
Check out these photos and the video of Basil’s first adventure in mud! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen my dog this happy!
Hope you aren’t having a case of the Mondays! If you are just watch this video a couple of times… it will help!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
-Abbey & Basil
Hanging out at Nana & Papas yard sale today. Dogs not for sale!
Travel well, nap well, live well!
Abbey & Basil