For those of you who don’t remember Jinxie, he is Robert De Niro’s favorite furry obsession in the movie Meet the Parents. After a series of cat-related mishaps, Ben Stiller, playing male nurse Greg Focker, finally proposes to his girlfriend Pam, played by Teri Polo, using the high-maintenance himalayan. He ties a ring on a […]
The Cat Fight Chronicles: When marriage is on the line, the fiancee’s cats have got to go
As one who suffered from childhood asthma and is still severely allergic to both fur and feathers, I have had to love animals from afar. So it took my breath away (quite literally) when I met and fell in love with a man who had cats. There were two of them — an exceedingly […]
AF First Person – “Godzuki, the child of Divorce”
It was about the time my boyfriend Mike and I were falling apart. We were living together and close to marriage, but deep down we knew that the relationship wasn’t working. I was walking home on one of those hot summer nights when I passed a pet store. Without thinking I walked in […]
Editor’s Letter: Fun, Fitness and Summer!
This issue is a dedicated to Lucky, my dog, who happens to be the most fit dog of all! Who needs a trainer when she runs around our office each day, in circles in my loft at night and attacks dogs three times her size on our “walks” in Central Park. It’s summer! […]