Robin Abcarian: After a brush with fame, Dexter, the pet peacock who was refused a seat on United, has moved on
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Mar 09, 2018
3 minutes
When the artist Ventiko and I walked downstairs in the spacious Venice home she was visiting, Dexter was perched on a wraparound sofa that had been covered with pee pads. His long tail feathers cascaded gracefully to the floor.
Dexter's claws were painted a vibrant - you might say peacock - shade of blue. Ventiko's toenails, as it happened, were the same color. "Matchy, matchy," she said with a smile.
She stood in front of the bird, cooing. He raised his face to her. She gently cupped her hands around his face and
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