A doggy bag is an insult:David Tulanian...

A doggy bag is an insult:

David Tulanian passed along a Hollywood Independent article mentioning that Brentwood attorney Harold Marsh and his dog are suing a local restaurant.

Reason: The hound, Mec, wasn’t allowed to dine on the open-air patio of the restaurant, which you may have heard of. It’s Mezzaluna.

Marsh, who says the lawsuit is not a stunt, claims Mec’s civil rights were violated. Mezzaluna says it has nothing against animals--it’s just that state health regulations prohibit dogs from the dining areas of restaurants, except for Seeing Eye dogs and guard dogs.

This is no boxer rebellion, incidentally. Mec is a poodle.

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CAN BEL-AIR BE FAR BEHIND? Our dog suit tipster, Tulanian, lives in Victorville, a fact that momentarily confused us. That’s because JM Development recently unveiled a master-planned community in Victorville called . . . Brentwood. So far, there’s no Mezzaluna in Victorville, though.

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MORE DISPATCHES: Carl Ehrlich found this item in the Calabasas section of the “Crime Watch” column of the Acorn weekly newspaper:

“Someone shattered a window at the Indian Hills High School at 4300 Las Virgenes Road. . . . Parents picking up their kids and having fistfights at nearby A. E. Wright Middle School are advised to watch for broken glass in the road.”

As Ehrlich commented: “Sounds like a tough area.”

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MOTHER’S DAY LEFTOVERS: Before we let the occasion slide, we had to pass along two unusual tributes to mom. One was a placard that Bonnie Kramer noticed recently in West L.A. We hope it was taken down before Sunday, for the sake of husbands, moms and children driving in that area.

Then there was the unusual coupon Marion De Fore came across, entitling the bearer to a dollar discount for three Mother’s Day cards. Is the offer a result of reports of egg-switching at fertility clinics?

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NO RELATION TO MACHINE GUN DE MILLE: Elliot Zwiebach of L.A. was in a Santa Monica record store when he saw a CD containing musical numbers from the Busby Berkeley extravaganzas of the 1930s. The section heading, however, confused the director with a star of gangster lore. It said: “Bugsy” Berkeley.

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THIS JUST IN: Metrolink reports it has sold out its entire supply of Metrolink Boxer Shorts ($14.95).

Spokesman Peter Hidalgo admits the commuter rail agency is trying to duplicate the success of the L.A. County coroner’s delightful gift list. You know, the one that offers toe tags, beach towels with the chalk outline of a body. . . .

Not that Metrolink has any macabre designs. Its shorts carry a simple Metrolink logo. And the agency has sold 144 pair. Or is it pairs? Why are underpants spoken of in those terms? Never mind. We’re too close to the end of the column to get involved in deep philosophical questions.

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miscelLAny:

Don’t know if you’ve heard but Beverly Hills has been granted a license to operate an AM radio station, broadcasting primarily information on traffic, parking and, we assume, cosmetic surgery appointments. One wonders what the station’s call letters will be. We’re betting on K$$$.