Do you remember back in Feb, I went for drinks at Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle with Dr Ian Dunbar?
Well, after she heard how dogfriendly it was, my friend, Barbie the rescue Greyhound was really keen to visit too – so we decided we’d meet up there for a doggie pub date!
Of course, we had to take our humans along – you know, to drive the car machine, pay for the yummies, etc, etc 
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Well, my human, Hsin-Yi, has had no life recently – because she has been spending all her spare time trying to finish the first draft of her novel – but I told her she needs to take a break and DRAGGED her away for one evening! 
We decided to meet up first in the Esplanade Park near Little Creatures, for a little walk together. Although me & Barbie had got along really well last time – this was only going to be the 2nd time we met and we still didn’t know each other that well – so it’s always a good idea for doggies to meet up for a little walk together first…to sort of “break the ice”! Even if the 2 doggies know each other really well, it’s still a good idea ‘coz they can get their initial excitement over with and then settle down…
There is a big Ferris Wheel near the park which always looks so pretty in the sky. They don’t allow doggies on it, though – not that Hsin-Yi would have gone with me anyway coz she is a bit scared of high places!
Come on, Barbie! I’ll show you the way!
When I came last time, there was a lovely grassy area outside where doggies could sit with their humans – but unfortunately, this time, they had closed that area off coz they were letting the grass grow…so we had to sit at a table just outside the brewery…
…it wasn’t too bad, though! Since it was a week night, there it wasn’t too crowded…which is just as well coz I need a LOT of space to spread out in!
We did get an awful lots of attention, though, from people who were passing by – and lots of people wanted to take a photo of me. Hsin-Yi said that if we had charged for all the photos, it would almost have been enough money paper to pay for dinner – hee! hee!!
Although Little Creatures is a brewery-pub, they also do yummies as well. Me & Barbie were very excited to see the menu – who wants stupid drinks when you can get yummies?
While we were waiting for our yummies to come, Barbie decided to try charming a stranger into giving her some chips!
Look at that smile…how could anyone resist?
Well, the stranger couldn’t!!
Barbie sure liked the chip! In fact, she decided after that one that she would just help herself! 
Good thing the stranger didn’t mind sharing his chips! Humph! Lucky Barbie! How come I didn’t have a generous stranger on my side of the table?
Anyway, it was OK ‘coz our own chips soon arrived…together with the PIZZAS!!
The humans were real meanies, though – they said we doggies had to wait until they had stuffed their faces first!! 
I tried my best Sad Dog Eyes and every other trick in the book (my big “attention-seeking behaviour” is giving my paw – I always keep doing that when I want something) but you know Hsin-Yi has a ‘heart-of-stone’ – she just wouldn’t give in!
Finally, though, the humans gave both me & Barbie some “crusts”…mm, I LOVE pizza crusts!
It was starting to get dark by now – which gave the place a lovely atmosphere…
This was the inside of the main part of the brewery pub/restaurant…doesn’t it look cool? But sadly, doggies are not allowed inside – we’re only allowed to sit at the outside tables so we didn’t get to see this. Hsin-Yi just sneaked in to take a picture!
Well, I hope you enjoyed coming along to my pub date with Barbie…and if you’re ever in Fremantle, you must go check out Little Creatures Brewery! 
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Big Honey Dog novel update
You know Hsin-Yi has been madly rushing to finish writing the 1st draft of her children’s mystery because her best friend in Taiwan was coming to Perth for a visit and Hsin-Yi wanted to have it all done before the big break, so that she could start doing revisions when her BFF left…well, her BFF arrived yesterday and sadly, Hsin-Yi didn’t manage to finish it even though she was writing – writing – writing until the last moment!! But anyway, she’s got almost to the end – so she’ll have to just write the last 2 chapters after her BFF has gone back home.
Manuscript Progress:
So we’ll be really busy now for the next week showing Hsin-Yi’s BFF around Perth – but we’ll catch up as soon as we can!
My humans felt especially sorry for 2 Bulldogs that they saw who were drooling so much with their panting that they were practically standing in their own puddles! Poor things…and they were tied up on leashes so they couldn’t really move around very well, to stay in the shade…
So my humans made sure to keep Muesli inside for well over 4 weeks – and then finally came the big day!
But she’s hoping to make up for lost time in the rest of this week! 
My humans love visiting aquariums. They’ve been to the 
Actually, he was only a puppy – his name was Fletcher and he was about 7 months old.
