The Cheerful Cherry seems a most unusual sort of farm

a) The proprietors of the Cheerful Cherry's stand at the Union Square greenmarket can hardly be accused of being cheery. Grumpy Cherry is more like it.




b) The Cheerful Cherry's dogs are definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks "farm dogs" and the names of these Chinese Cresteds—Penny (left) and Kitty—don't really do much to butch up their image.

Yet another Manhattan bulldog named Lola

Who likes to have her dewlap scratched.

Diamond Jim

So tiny and yet living so large (note the four month-old's cush home and blinged-out leash).

In a rush, the Muttropolitan Diarist didn't have time to learn if this tiny little mouse of a dog was named for Diamond Jim Brady, a hugely successful (and just plain huge) New York railroad man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jim_Brady

Clearly, there's not much in the way of physical resemblance.

hound

hanging around

Ella

a Boston Terrier of tender age

The Muttropolitan Diarist Goes to Cali

With a second-rate camera and not much time on the sidewalks of the more central parts of L.A. (sidewalks? what are they to a car driver?) the Diarist only managed to catch a few west coast specimens: fitting for a dogblog about New York City which, it turns out, after a week away, is seriously lacking in palm trees, hills, outdoor restaurants you'd actually want to eat at, rooftop pools, and gorgeous beaches.

Venice, CA

This is Tres ("like 'three'," quoth the dude).



And then we have pensive little Joe:






And Joe's sister Nicki:



Who is apparently interested in destinations other than the beach.