Feb. 8, 2009 Flight from Knoxville to Newark.
| Beautiful Clouds
| Continental
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Coming down over NYC
| New York from the air
| Hudson River
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Ship graveyard
| Coming in for landing.
| Our Room Stayed at The Muse near Times Square.
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Lacey acting silly. Living area of our room.
| That bed sure looked comfy. And it was!!! (Duck feathers)
| A short rest before we hit the asphalt trail.
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My beautiful daughter. She turned alot of heads on the streets of NYC. The best was walking toward two men and they said "God bless you, God bless you...thank you Jesus"....for her pretty self LOL.
| Feb. 9, 2009. Westminter tickets Compliments of David Frei.
| Entering Madison Square Garden
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Above the arena.
| Wall of Fame. Past Westminster winners.
| Madison Square Garden was very impressive.
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During the day Breed Competitions.
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| Benching area. As you can see there was NOT much room in a station.
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Bichon Baby Doll This pooch was a cutie, performing for the crowd. He'd hold his head upside down and stare with those big brown eyes.
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| Wonder what this lady is saying to her dog???
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Interesting hairdos in New York.
| Lacey thought this was so neat!
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Grooming.
| This lady looked tired. And no wonder...the benching area was small and tons of people wanted to talk to dog owners...I don't think humans or K9's got much rest.
| I loved this Collie. All white except for head markings.
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| Times Square
| New York City Empire State Bldg.
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Times Square
| Times Square
| Times Square
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Times Square
| Cocktail hour. Much needed after all that walking!
| Wine tasting. Compliments of The Muse
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Mom looking at NYC artbook.
| Starting to feel relaxed. Sightseeing is hard work!
| Lounge area in The Muse.
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I thought this Light fixture was stunning. Inside The Muse. (who remembers Clackers???)
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The Muse was full of surprises! Wine, cheese, fruit and chocolates were waiting in our room!
| Westminster Show Monday, Feb. 9, 2009
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UNO - 2008 Winner What a character!
| Angels on a Leash
| Gorgeous!
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What a face!
| What a tongue!!!
| Massive Bulldog!
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I LOVE Dals
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| YES Won the Group.
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Winners of Group
| Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009 Empire State Building. Gift shop entrance.
| View from Empire State Building
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Miss Liberty
| A bit Breeeezy don't ya think?
| The needle on top of ESB
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It was cold up there!
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| MSG (round gold)
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Didn't know pigeons would fly this high. 86 stories on top of ESB. I had to play with them and my daughter told me to stop, I'd get a disease...LOL
| Uno flipped the switch to turn the night lights on top of the ESB to Purple and Gold.
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Info about Uno in the ESB Lobby.
| Uno's Best in Show awards
| Lacey
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Rockefeller Center and Ice Rink
| Rockefeller Skating Rink
| Rockerfeller Center
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This skater was SHEER entertainment.
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| whoopsie
| NBC Studio
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Studio where people stand outside and are seen on TV.
| Subway dancers
| Setting up the ring for the BIG night!
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| Media staging area
| BEST IN SHOW
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| 2008 winner - Uno
| The Today Show crowd Al Roker, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, Natalie Morales
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Al and Matt
| Pre Show Fun The 4 Today Show people did a Fun Show for the crowd.
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Matt with a crested
| The dog in front was so strong he pulled the handler down. (not seen by TV crowd) Then they rolled on the floor a bit. When the dog got up he left a package. The pooper scooper scurried to get it up and off the floor.
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Al Roker with a poodle
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| Golden and Lab
| Golden Retriever
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Sussex wins Group
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Stumpie the Sussex
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Great Dane
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| Best in Show 2009
| Best in Show
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Best in Show
| Standing ovation for Stumpie
| Sussex wins!
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Wed. Feb 11, 2009 Preparing for Valentine's Day on Times Square
| Lots of signage on the Square
| Where the ball drops on New Years
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Camera crew talking with a mom and her son. The boy wanted to be the camera man, and they allowed him.
| Funny Face
| May I have your autograph????
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Who is that cute guy???
| It's Rene Fris of Shear Genius
| Church near World Trade Center
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Near World Trade Center
| Bell in cemetary
| Info about the tree stump.
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| Staten Island
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Where the Twin Towers stood
| I was so happy to see grass and trees!!! Staten Island
| and so thrilled to see wildlife!!!
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and birds!!!!
| There SHE is...
| Statue of Liberty
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NYC
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| Taking a much needed rest. Lacey
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Ellis Island
| Staten Island pier
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Lacey feeding the gulls. (hey young lady, you might get a disease LOL)
| on your head???
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| More entertainment..... be ready to make a donation!
| and we did. These kids worked hard.
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Silly boy
| Dangerous work
| Good bye New York We flew home from Newark on Continental. We were saddened to hear the next day a plane crashed from the same departure. Our sympathies to the families who lost their loved ones.
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Sign on each end of arena.
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