Ruby’s Dlog – Autumn in NY

Swimming in Ischia at the Regina Isabella Resort

This summer was such a blast. I learned how to swim (as you can see from the photo). Got pretty good at the doggie paddle! But now summer is over and it’s Autumn in NY. The cooler weather has me feeling pretty frisky so most days Allan or Pat take me down to the Hudson River to run and socialize with other dogs from the ‘hood. But the nightlife in NY is still the best reason to live here and lately I’ve seen some amazing shows …from Nicki Parrott @Metropolitan Room with one of my favorite pianists, John DiMartino, to @Ne-Yo for Children’s Miracle Network at the Hard Rock Cafe, to the beautiful Rene Marie singing at the Jazz Standard, I’ve been really enjoying myself. Oh yeah, and I finally started a facebook page…where you can see a lot of my photos. Tonight Allan and Pat are attending the Metropolitan Opera’s debut of Das Rheingold and I can’t convince them to take me with them, but that’s alright, ’cause there’s lots of things I can chew up while they’re gone to keep me occupied!

Chick Corea in Ischia

So cool hanging with Chick Corea in Ischia

One of my biggest thrills this summer was meeting Chick Corea. He is such a great artist, and humanitarian (he’s pretty crazy about dogs too!) After breakfast one morning he took some time out to be photographed with me on top of a piano (pretty cool, huh?) I was a little worried about scratching it up with my paws (I needed a manicure truth be told). But, I saw all three of his performances while we were in Ischia. The last night he played with Roy Haynes (drums) and Miroslav Vitous (bass) and the power went out in the middle of the 2nd song. They just kept on playing, in fact Roy Haynes took a beautiful drum solo that was made more spectacular because of the darkness. The audience loved it … and the power did eventually come back on. Chick seemed pretty calm in the face of it all. That’s why audiences love him the world over. Summer’s over now, I really enjoyed swimming in the Mediterannean (check out the photos on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5042447&id=617353019&ref=fbx_album)