The previously staid, gray New York Times is attempting to liven its pages. To that end, they have created a snide column, the Nocturnalist, covering social events. In this story, the lead concerning a poodle’s puddle “marked” a new low for the newspaper:
NOCTURNALIST, April 13, 2011
At Carnegie Gala, Cameo by a Canine By SARAH MASLIN NIR
Poodles, despite their airs, know little of pomp and circumstance. That might account for why Valentina, a little white dog, left a puddle on one of the three red carpets lolling out of Carnegie Hall into the rain on 57th Street on Tuesday night before James Taylor’s gala concert celebrating the 120-year-old hall.
No matter; there was a brigade of attendants with vacuum cleaners who swooped in among the uncouth canine, and guests like Bette Midler, Michael Douglas and Steve Martin, to clean up footprints and other little messes.
I do believe that the world is a better place now that we know about Valentina’s gaff.
“I know that dogs are pack animals, but it's difficult to imagine a pack of standard poodles . . . and if there was such a thing as a pack of standard poodles, where would they rove to? Bloomingdales?” Yvonne Clifford
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