Wednesday Travel Ticker: Pet sounds

Fairmont Pittsburgh has enlisted the help of Edie, a white boxer/Labrador retriever mix, as the hotel’s official canine ambassador and welcome committee. The former service dog is also available to accompany guests on walks around the hotel . . . . Heads up, treasure hunters: San Luis Obispo hosts the Remnants of the Past Vintage Show on Oct. 8-9. The event features more than 70 vendors displaying and selling refurbished antique and vintage treasures from all over the country and Europe . . . . Which towns throw the best NFL tailgate parties? Cleveland and Foxborough, Mass., make Cheapflights.com’s list . . . . The famed Carousel Bar in New Orleans’ Monteleone Hotel is hosting “Saintsational” cocktails and bar food parties for Saints games: Next up: the Chicago Bears . . . . Half Moon Bay’s newest ice cream and yogurt shop, Brazzle Berry, is embracing the season with pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin muffins and pumpkin fudge . . . . Jim Heather has been named the new general manager for Keauhou Beach Resort on the Big Island . . . . Outside magazine has selected Chattanooga, Tenn., as the winner in its search to determine the best town in America for its lifestyle, cost of living and access to outdoor activities. The other finalists: Charleston, S.C.; Madison, Wis.; Portland, Ore.; Portland, Maine; Santa Fe, N.M.; Ashland, Ore.; Boulder, Colo.; Burlington, Vt.; Tucson, Ariz. . . . Travel quote of the day: “I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.” (Jean Kerr)