Please join Barkley Square for our first Yappy Hour of the season! The event is Thursday May 6th, from 6-9pm. Bring your sombreros and maracas for a “seis de Mayo” themed party! Join us in the beautiful Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia for beer, wine, juice, snacks, great music, a bark bar for the dogs, [...]

 
Every year pets are bought spontaneously as gifts, without taking into account important considerations such as the impact it will have on one’s lifestyle with the additional responsibility, costs, the time that goes into properly training an animal. As in choosing a mate, you shouldn’t choose an animal based on looks, you should consider temperament, [...]

 
Celebrate the holidays with your four-legged “best friend”  at Santa Paws is Coming to Town hosted by Barkley Square Bakery & Boutique and Paws, Purrs & Exotics Animal Hospital in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The event will benefit the Washington Humane Society, which will bring their [...]

 
Ladies, be sure to book your appointments for next Sunday at Toka Salon in Georgetown. I’m a “Gibson Girl” and normally go to Ted Gibson Salon in Chevy Chase, but I’ll be at Toka as they are donating 50% of all services to the Washington Humane Society’s Fashion for Paws.
My client, Barkley Square will be [...]

 
This year when your dog is begging for your turkey table scraps, you can go ahead and give in thanks to Barkley Square’s canine-friendly holiday meals.  It’s a four course meal including:
Thanksgiving Doggy Dinner Menu
 Oven-Baked Turkey with Cranberries
(Turkey Breast, Dried Cranberries, Olive Oil, Garlic, Rosemary)
 Animal-Faced Mashed Pumpkin
(Pumpkin, Peas,  “Pupperoni”, Rosemary, Dried Cranberries)
Simmered Vegetables
(Peas, Sweet Potatoes, [...]

I apologize to my readers for not posting yesterday. I needed to take the entire day to do some much needed accounting work for my CPA. Wake Forest University has a phenomenal Accounting Department, so I’m very happy that I took some business classes in addition to my economics courses while I was in college. [...]