{"id":9278,"date":"2016-02-13T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=9278"},"modified":"2016-02-13T10:48:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:48:36","slug":"a-sweet-and-yappy-valentines-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=9278","title":{"rendered":"A “Sweet” and “Yappy” Valentine’s Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Noella Noelophile\u00ae\"gorgeous<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Valentine’s Weekend is upon us.\u00a0 And anyone<\/em> can make dinner reservations, buy chocolates and send roses.<\/p>\n

If you’re in the Southern California area, you get to do much better than that.<\/p>\n

This afternoon, Seaside Studios San Pedro<\/a> hosts their “Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social Fundraiser”, at Anderson Senior Center<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only will they have all kinds of the sweet, tempting stuff (make mine mint chocolate, please), but guests get to choose and keep a handpainted bowl in which their dessert will be served!\"Regina<\/a>This is truly a special community event–not only because it’s fun and supports a great cause (Harbor Interfaith Services<\/a>) but because Gayle Fleury and Regina Fernandez, artist\/entrepreneur proprietors of Seaside Studios, have been inviting the community to paint these bowls, for free, in their studio.\u00a0 The results have been breathtaking!<\/p>\n

Seaside Studios’ “Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social” happens from 2 to 4 this afternoon, Saturday, February 13th, 2016, at Anderson Senior Center, 828 South Mesa Street, between West 8th and West 9th, Streets, in San Pedro.\u00a0 Tickets are $25 each; here’s the link<\/a> to reserve them, to guarantee a seat.\"black<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Then–tomorrow morning, you’re very likely to fall in love.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, for Valentine’s Day, Justin Rudd’s nonprofit Haute Dogs<\/a> hosts twenty “Haute Dogs Contests”, at Long Beach’s Marine Stadium.\u00a0 The main event, at 10 am, will be the popular “Bulldog Beauty Contest”. \u00a0 Eight new dog competitions will also be included in the festivities.\u00a0 Admission’s free to if you’d like to be a spectator, but you can rent a front-row seat for $5.<\/p>\n

The new contests include “Best Dog With a Disability”, “Most Photogenic”, “Prettiest (and Most Handsome) Dog”, and “Best Junior Handler”, for kids ages 8 through 16.\"frolicking<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’d like to enter your favorite four-legged friend, registration<\/a> is $10 through this evening, and $20 onsite.\u00a0 Again, this is a great time for a fantastic cause–proceeds benefit spay and neuter services, adoption and rescue services, and Justin’s nonprofit Community Action Team.<\/p>\n

And–you just may come home with a new “forever” family member!\u00a0 The Pet Adoption Fair starts at 9:30, with the first dog competition at 9:40 tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

Justin Rudd and Haute Dogs present the “12th Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest and Haute Dog Contests” on Sunday, February 14th, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at Long Beach’s Marine Stadium, 5225 Paoli Way at Eliot Street.\u00a0 Here are links for their competition schedule<\/a> and directions.<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Noella Noelophile\u00ae Valentine’s Weekend is upon us.\u00a0 And anyone can make dinner reservations, buy chocolates and send roses. If you’re in the Southern California area, you get to do much better than that. This afternoon, Seaside Studios San Pedro … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[1462,1460,295,1131,1094,1150,293,1095,1018,1461],"class_list":["post-9278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-the-year","tag-12th-annual-bulldog-beauty-contest","tag-anderson-senior-center","tag-bulldog-beauty-contest","tag-empty-bowls-san-pedro","tag-gayle-fleury","tag-haute-dogs","tag-justin-rudd","tag-regina-fernandez","tag-seaside-studios-san-pedro","tag-valentines-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9278"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9293,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9278\/revisions\/9293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}