This Saturday marks the seventh annual Dog Day Afternoon, a dog- and family-friendly event in Bay View that I mark on the calendar never to miss.
It's a dog-oriented afternoon of fun, highlighted by an actual priest who blesses your pooch (if you're into that) followed by a doggy costume contest. I'm proud to say that I'm once again a celebrity judge, which shows just hard it is for organizer Bill Rouleau to find actual celebrities.
The event kicks off at noon Rocco's, 2860 S. Kinnickinic Ave., then everyone walks up the street to the Immaculate Conception Church. The costume contest is back outside the restaurant.
If you've been before, I know you'll agree that Dog Day Afternoon is a free, fun, adorable and silly event highlighting man's best friend. I'll be there, and I hope you will join me.
Can't make Saturday? Brady Street's Pet Parade and dress up contest is Sunday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
