Al

I love food, people and furry critters and taking my Furballs on adventures

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

To the father at the farmers market who pointed at my Rottweiler today and told his little boy, “Stay back. Those dogs can turn on you.” You saw her size. You saw the heavy scar across her face. But you didn’t see the lives she saved. Her name is Sadie, and she spent six long years working beside my husband on an urban search-and-rescue team. She didn’t learn gentleness in a clean backyard; she forged it in the absolute dark of human disasters. When a violent tornado destroyed an elementary school, Sadie crawled beneath shifting, unstable concrete debris. She refused to move, barking until firefighters began digging and found two small children trapped underneath. Both were still alive because she refused to give up on them. Years later, an apartment building collapsed after a gas explosion. Shattered glass cut Sadie’s face as she searched through the burning wreckage, but she kept working through the pain until she located an elderly woman buried beneath a staircase. That scar you noticed on her muzzle today wasn’t left by a vicious fight. It is the permanent mark of her devotion to us. She is retired now. Her joints are slower, and her face is graying, but her protective soul remains absolute. I don’t know how many more seasons I’ll have with her, but I know she spent her entire life protecting strangers who will never know her name. We don’t need a flawless appearance to be worthy of love. Sometimes, the most beautiful hearts carry the deepest scars. If Sadie’s legacy touched your heart, save this post and share it to your Stories to honor the senior heroes who gave everything for us.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@mikeroweworks Outstanding. Congratulations and here’s to a big win in Shanghai.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. Love and compassion are essential to our survival, not luxuries.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@woofknight That’s Bob he has a long tongue. Good for nose cleaning.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@DMVAdventures I was the in the tv industry producing news features and documentaries. The travel and meeting people all over the world was the best time ever. Long days and weeks but I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Now I’m walking dogs. Another great gig.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

The time has come to take concrete steps to bring about a real transformation in the ways we educate our future generations. We need to combine both an education of the mind with an education of the heart so that our children grow up as responsible, caring citizens equipped to meet the challenges of today's increasingly globalized world.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

When two old guys mean the world to each other

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

She's been at our shelter since 2013. Eleven years. Every person who met her said she was wonderful. Every person walked past her kennel and chose a younger dog. She stopped coming to the front of her kennel a few years ago. Stopped performing. Made a quiet peace with being where she was." Last Tuesday a veteran came in. He said — "I need a calm dog. I'm still learning how to be still myself." I showed him three dogs. He was putting his jacket on to leave. He stopped outside kennel seven. Luna looked at him from her bed. Didn't perform. Didn't come to the front. Just looked at him the way she looks at people when she decides they're worth seeing. He said — "Can I sit with her?" He sat on the concrete floor at her level. Not the bench. The floor. That was 11am. At 3pm I looked in. He was still there. Her white muzzle was in his hand. Their breathing had synchronized. At 3:15 he came to the front desk and said — "I'd like to take her home. I think we need each other." I excused myself to the back room and sat on an overturned bucket and cried for a long time. He texted me yesterday — "First time I've slept through the night in three years. I think she was saving that for me." She was. Eleven years of saving it. For one Tuesday. For him. Drop a ❤️ for Luna. Share this for every senior dog still waiting for their Tuesday. They're saving everything they have for the right person to walk through that door.

[Barred in DC @BarredinDC]

Updated list of DC’s best burgers and pricing.

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[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@Matt_Pinner Protein Shake

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@MayorBowser We citizens that are renters need to keep our TOPA rights. Don’t give in to the landlords.

[Johnny Cadillac @lippyent]

Give a 👍 If still use any of these words today!! Hmm 🤔?¿

[Chowhound @CHOW]

Lobster is much too expensive for you to get sick over it from undercooking. To help you avoid this, here are the can't-miss signs of an undercooked lobster.
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[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@MatthewCappucci Woohoo, what a score. Where’s the butter, smaltz, or bone marrow to slather that awesome crustiness?

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@ericripert @LeBernardinNY @MichelinGuideNA Congratulations.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@CliffBarackman happy birthday

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@JamesLe28908935 I’m so sorry.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@TheRock Another great moment of the Rock helping out.

[Al @Search4Dlicious]

@JamesLe28908935 Oh George, hilarious.