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Thanks to eagle-eyed GVFBA member Hannah Brand, the wandering WTC "French Bulldog" (see original e-mail on right) has been re-united with his very grateful owners, Adrian and Patty. Actually, the pup, named Leon, is really a Pug but given the circumstances we are going to forgive him for that. (Evidently, Patty was walking Leon near their apt downtown when the towers came down. As she ran for her life, Leon got lost in the mayhem.)

This is a nice bit of bright news in an otherwise grim period and it's pretty much all owed to Owen Masiello, the person who found Leon wandering in the rubble and rushed him out of the chaos, and Hannah who saw the missing poster in Tribeca and recognized him from the pictures we posted here on the site. We'll invite Owen, Adrian, Patty and, especially, Leon, to join us at the next get-together. Hopefully we'll be hearing more stories like this in the weeks to come.

Original E-mail sent to the GVFBA on Sept 12:

Hi. Yesterday during the collapse of the towers a french bulldog was found in the wall street area by one of the people who hid from the rubble in a building with me. He didnt think he would be able to take care of him or didnt have anyinterest in it so I am watching him. I was hoping that you may have an idea of who might have lost a french bulldog in the area. he doesnt have any tags but im sure the owner could indentify his collar  and leash.  I am keeping this short because I want to take him to the vet just to make sure he didnt inhale anything while I was carrying him home across the bridge and through manhattan. He seems to be alright but I know my chest and throat are not at 100% so considering this breeds breathing problems Im going to take him to be on the safe side. Im going to try to attach a pictur of myself and him if I can get this damn webcam to work. please be in touch if you have any ideas as to whose this dog is. I am more than willing to continue caring for him. He is the most amazing dog, I can definetly see why this breed inspires the devotion clearly seen on your website if he is indicative at all of a typical french bulldog. Honsetly after seeing what he was doing yesterday as the world was going crazy and spending the past day with him as my constant companion I love him so if his owner cant be found I would love to keep him.  I thank you for your help and im sure the owner does as well. owen masiello

Congratulations Pace!

Well, it was certainly a close, tense and, occasionally, xenophobic competition, but with the tally now complete, our crack team of electoral officials down in Florida have determined that local hero Pace squeaked ahead of his Dutch challenger, Charlie the Wonder dog, in our first annual "Who's the Frenchier Frenchie?" contest. The final score found a hairsplitting 192 votes for Pace beating out the 159 ballots cast for Charlie. As promised, Pace and his four Frenchie siblings will be sharing a bottle of authentic French Vino at our first ever GVFBA Wine Tasting Play Date this summer (stay tuned for details!). We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the excitement, especially those who posted their thoughtful opinions on the poll (see excerpts to the right). Got an idea for a provocative GVFBA poll? Let us know. 

The 2001 GVFBA Frenchiest Frenchie showdown was a heated affair that unearthed dormant international wounds, often pitting staid Old World values against upstart New World flamboyance. A few of the voices heard:

"Pace, do it for America!"

"Shouldn't we be voting for our favorite Hillary hairstyle? Or was that last decade?"

"Why do we have to call them "Frenchies" it makes them sound like a poodle. yuck! I like to refer to my "French Bulldog" as the "Frenchman"

If I hold my pug's ears up in the air, she looks just like Pace."

"I'm sorry to disagree with you all, but Millie was born in France, walks regularly under the Eiffel Tower and the gardens of Versailles. She is the Frenchiest amongst your American beauties! But they're all magnificent!"

"I want Charlie as my personal guru!"

She loves to sleep during the night or day, but then she wakes up and wants to play!
She starts to bellow when I make her dinner, but my Dad always wishes that she would get thinner.

As she lies there, like a round loaf of bread, I wonder what goes on in her little black head.
If she knows me, by the looks or by the smell, My little dog Lulu, she is my best pal.

--Madeline Marcus

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