If you are looking for a Thursday evening on the town where your dog is welcome, check out the "Dog Days of Summer" at the Hyatt Cambridge on Memorial Drive. The staff at the Hyatt is opening their courtyard for a dog friendly cocktail hour. As of now, this new event will be held each Thursday evening of June from 5:30 pm till 8:30, possibly later if there is a crowd.

Tonight we thought we would take the dog and escape from the horrendous traffic that seemed to swallow Boston all day long. We decided to take the dog for a walk and watch the sunset from the Cambridge side of the Charles River. We still got stuck in traffic and arrived on Memorial Drive later than planned. Regardless, the views from the other side of the river are stunning.

I have often wondered why it is my dog is so smart, unless of course I happen to be shaking my head while calling him a knucklehead. Well, today I decided to call someone in the know, I called the Canine Cognition Lab of Harvard University to learn more about how my dog's mind works.

I have to say I was very surprised how nice, large and unused North Point Park on the Charles River is when Moose and I finally figured out how to get there. Tucked along the Charles River on the Cambridge side of the Zakim