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Puppies of Jenkintown: Max Arrow, Private Eye

Who’s the tan and white private dick who’s a sex machine to all the bitches? Max Arrow, Private Eye. Continue reading

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Wall art that’s Superfreaky in Cold-Blooded way…

I don’t know which of Jenkintown’s many framing stores is leaving, but they are selling off some of their old stock on Craigslist including a sweet Rick James record/cover combo. Jenkintown doesn’t need another vacant store, but I’ve always wondered … Continue reading

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Jenkintown Drama, 100 years ago

There are many reasons we like living in Jenkintown — good schools, easy train ride into town, strange people — so here’s a little glimpse into the sort of drama that always seems to be percolating everywhere. This time, Jenkintown, … Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown, puppies both real and terra cotta

Quick point of sanity: You really don’t have to tell the five year-old that your fourteen year-old lab is not a puppy. She gets the distinction. (This doesn’t apply to the pups or their owners below.) Don’t be fooled by … Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown: Bo Knows Posing

Bo, a dog, possibly a female one at that. Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown: Sonny at Sunset

Where Greg gets nostalgic for “nice walks” past and we meet Sonny, a bizhonzhitsu. Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown, lollypop bribe edition

Sometimes the secret to puppy hunting in Jenkintown boils down to two things: luck and bait. Well, not so much bait as bribe. In order to get this family stop their evening walk, we provided Dum Dums. We were headed … Continue reading

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Puppy Season is Open in Jenkintown

You may have noticed that Puppies of Jenkintown has been on hiatus since the fall, but May 2nd marked, along with Julia’s 5th birthday, the official opening of Puppy Season. (We were going to have a Reindeer of Jenkintown series … Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown: Soon to be ripped off by Disney edition

I shouldn’t be doling these out so softly, but I must admit that we are behind in our puppy-hunting. The same walk to the town square as the last two entries yielded Kimba, named after Kimba the White Lion. Also … Continue reading

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Puppies of Jenkintown: Rocket

Last week — or maybe two weeks ago, it all has become very hazy really, that immediate passage of time thing — Julia and I walked up the hill to see an open house jointly hosted by Jenkintown’s fire companies. … Continue reading

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