Apart from being a new architectural landmark for Miami Beach, the New World Center is a cool place we highly recommend checking out. The building was designed by Frank Gehry and is worth gawking at for that fact alone.

The venue's main role is to be the home of Miami's New World Symphony and its slate of live performances. But even if you don't dig on classical or orchestral music, don't start yawning just yet. You might just like one of other activities the New World Center has going on. For example, you could...

1. Walk Your Dog Through the Park—or Sit and Eat a Sandwich
We love walking our dog here because, unlike Lumus Park down by the beach, it's almost always quiet. The grass is landscaped with little hills and pathways, and there are curved concrete seats to sit on and take five. Sure, you may share the park with the occasional homeless person, but they're usually just catching some zzzs and not bothering anybody. Besides, there is a security guard who rides around on a bike to keep you nice and safe.

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Actual real live dog shows are as hilarious as Christopher Guest's Best in Show would have you believe. But the regional ones that happen year-round have nothing on the Westminster Kennel Club show at the Garden. That's still some months off, but if you're in Miami you can catch something much more action-packed and silly: DOGS: The Show.

This isn't your boring trot-out-the-breeds and judge them in some mysterious process no one can really explain either. Nope, it's under the big top and features dogs jumping, dancing and catching frisbees. Yes, it's a dog circus!

Before you get your animal-rights shackles up, though, you should know that in each city the show visits, it partners with a local organization, in this case the Humane Society of Greater Miami, to promote adopting from a shelter. (Fun fact: shelter dogs are often the easiest to train to do tricks like the ones you'll see in the show. Many have lots of pent-up energy and an overwhelming desire to please.)

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Happy Friday! Finally, right? It's been a long week, but you're mere hours from the weekend and thus, we thought it proper to celebrate by pointing out that even airports like to have a little fun.

We're specifically thinking of Dallas-Love Field—total Southwest Airlines turf—and their outdoor "dog rest areas." You know what we're talking about—the little plots designated as places for your pets to do their business before and/or after flights.

A friend of Jaunted recently spotted one such area at DAL, complete with the cheeky sign above. For pet owners traveling with their best furry friends, taking a flight isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world, and a little injection of humor such as this can go a long way to diffuse the anxiety.

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All that stuff you've been putting off with the excuse "when pigs fly" now has to happen, as a pig has literally flown, albeit onboard an airplane ready and waiting for him and his special swine needs.

The airline that flew "Bosley" from Florida to New York in order to join a farm out in the Hamptons is, of course, Pet Airways and they're quite proud to be the first airline to offer white glove airline service to piggies.

And here we thought Pet Airways pretty much just stuck to dogs and cats, but no:

[Bosley's] journey is possible thanks to Pet Airways, the only airline that flies pets in the main cabin of the plane, not in cargo. The airline has flown over 7,000 dogs and cats since launching in 2009. Other Pawsengers™ have included birds, rats, and even a hermit crab—but Bosley will be the first pig to fly the pet-friendly skies.

OMG. A flying Hermit Crab! That's something we would have liked to see—a little crab all curled up in a little travel cage ready for the little airplane to come whisk its pampered, shell-covered butt to warmer climes. Maybe next time Pet Airways will fly a flamingo? We can only hope.]]> JetSetCD 2011-09-07T13:31:47-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/7/26/85716/1335

If you’re a fan of those smoosh-faced dog breeds—and who isn’t—then you better bid your pooch a fond farewell before heading overseas. Cathay Pacific is good at plenty of things up in the air, but as of this summer they’re no longer willing to transport certain dog breeds that are usually prone to breathing problems and other respiratory difficulties.

It’s kind of a good thing really, as the airline doesn’t want any of these short-nosed breeds to have issues during their flight—especially like an international long-haul. The stress of flying associated with their genetic “features” usually isn’t the best combination, so as of last week these types of canines are no longer approved for travel in the plane’s cargo hold. ]]> kjb 2011-07-26T09:47:46-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/7/25/144259/878

As Jay Leno continues to steal air time from Conan (yea—we're still bitter about that whole thing), he's taken to making fun of the TSA like any good, red-blooded comedian. However, late last week he turned his "c'mon is this real" criticism on the very real Pet Airways.

The sketch is brief. Jay rolls the original Pet Airways commercial, complete with the bits about pets flying in the cabin and being cared for from start to finish, but then he adds his own little bit. We won't spoil the surprise for you, but we will say that it's a crappy piece of CGI.]]> JetSetCD 2011-07-25T16:39:25-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/5/31/20741/5376

Please excuse our recent Hipmunk obsession, but when there's a cute little critter that specializes in some of the awesomest things—namely booking flights and hotels—and they throw in infographics, then we're addicted.

The newest Hipmunk fun regards a travel sector we don't hear enough about: pet travel. Shaun Sanders of Hipmunk lends his skillz to the full report, which you can view here. Amongst other facts, we learned that 14-18% of US adults have traveled with a pet in the last 3 years, with nearly 500,000 pets flying the skies each year.

· View the infographics here and here. ]]> JetSetCD 2011-06-06T17:23:21-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/