Our friends from St. Pete arrived in Fort Lauderdale Beach yesterday afternoon with their two teenage sons and their German short-haired pointer. We met them for happy hour at their hotel, the Shorebreak, which accepts dogs. (It's part of the Kimpton group.) In fact, a sign in the lobby, above two water bowls, reads: “Dogs welcome. People tolerated.”
In the bar, we found a beautiful German shepherd-and-chow mix and a gorgeous Newfoundland, both evacuees from the west coast of Florida. We learned that the Newfie had not made it to the room yet because he was scared to walk down the corridor.
Shortly our friends arrived, with their pointer on a leash. Taking him in, the Newfie’s master said, “It’s like the Westminster Dog Show in here.”
