Nice bitch

My Abbey (my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) always attracts attention because she is so damn cute, and not too many people have this breed, but there are many more of them here in Seattle. Today was gorgeous - it got up to 65 and was sunny with little breeze. After my Salsa class, I ran home to get Abbey and go down to Alki Beach, to walk, soak up the sun and watch people. There are plenty of them down there on nice days, including young men (and some old) driving back and forth in their very fancy cars, showing off, trying to impress the ladies I suppose.
We stopped and I had a chicken enchilada and a margarita at Casa Felix, a little joint across from the beach with outside seating. We met another lady with a Cavalier named Roxy. Roxy was a ruby color; Abbey is a tri-color. They were cute together. Upon leaving, we crossed to the beach side, when I heard someone yell "Nice Bitch!" I thought, well how rude, then the dude hangs out the window and yells at me again, "Nice Bitch!" I looked at him and said, "the dog?" Duh...but I've just never heard anyone say that before. So he yells, "what kind of dog is that?" He was in a flashy car with four other dudes. So, I yelled "she's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel!" as they were driving off. I'm not sure he caught it all, but I laughed all the way back to the car.
Even funnier, the other day we went to Lincoln Park, another favorite walking place. As I came back to my car, I could hear loud hip-hop music and heavy bass. It was coming from an SUV parked right next to my car. Inside were four "homeys." So, I smile and I'm loading Abbey into her spot and buckling her into her little safety device, which is really to keep her off of me when I drive. The foursome had all their windows down, of course, and they are watching all of this. The driver says, "what's she got there, a seat belt?" I told him it was necessary to keep her off me. He proceeds to tell me he has to do the same thing with his Shih Tzu or it crawls all over him, too. He says "safety first!" I bid them all farewell, then died laughing imagining this guy with tattoo's and what not with a Shih Tzu.
I love this city. I'm so easily entertained!