The Carousel

We went to Bryant Park instead of Central Park.  I rode on the rabbit with Zan and Alice rode on the frog with Becky.  Then we all rode on horses.  Then we switched and I rode on the rabbit and Alice rode on the frog. Then Alice and Becky and I rode inside a cat and Zan rode on a horse. We kept going around and around and around over and over.  Then we sat on the lawn and had a picnic that Jenny made:  sandwiches for the girls and fish cookies for the cats -- Dee-lish.

Books of Wonder & The Cupcake Cafe

Zan and Becky love going to Books of Wonder.  It's the best bookstore for children's books and they have The Cupcake Cafe right in the store.  They have beautiful cupcakes and cookies and the girls love them, but unfortunately they're not for cats.  They also have three huge dancing cupcakes on display and they turn back and forth -- you have to go there and see it -- right now!

The girls had cupcakes and Zan read me a story.  She also brought one of Jenny's fish cookies for me to eat.  I wish they had Tallulah's Treats so every cat could eat them when they go to Books of Wonder.

Arranging Our Day

Mabel and I like to start the day having breakfast in the kitchen.  Today, Jenny made blueberry muffins for Mabel and she gussied up a leftover of steamed halibut with tiny bacon nuggets for moi...dee-lish.

Today, Mabel is going to the Metropolitan Museum with the Countess and since school is out, Becky and Zan are taking Alice and me to Central Park.  I heard them talking about a big surprise for us -- I hope I like it.

Cat Kites

Mrs. G took pictures of us watching Charlie fly his fish kite and she sent them to Mabel.  Mabel said if fish could fly then cats could too, and she went right out and bought four kites.  Then she called Nigel and asked him to paint a picture of each of us on a kite.

We love watching ourselves flying up over New York.

Backstage at the Ballet

We went to the ballet to see the farewell season of a famous Russian ballerina with a very long name that I can't pronounce.  Mabel has known her forever so we went backstage, of course.  There was champagne and food and they had a plate of caviar on a little table just for moi.  That night I had my ballerina dream...the one where I wear a beautiful pink tutu.

Eating the Cookie Batter

Jenny decided to make a new version of catnip cookies for Tallulah's Treats and Rupert and I went into the kitchen to see if we could help.  She gave us each a tiny taste of the batter to see if we liked it.  It was dee-lish.

Then the phone rang and while Jenny was talking, Rupert and I decided to have another taste...and one taste led to another...and another...and a big scolding from Jenny, who had to make more batter.

Flying A Kite

I just had the best ever time at Mrs. G's penthouse. Charlie brought his fish kite and everyone was there -- Alice and Becky, Monty and Charlie, Rupert and Mrs. G, and Zan and moi. Actually, Zan has sort of become my step-human since Mabel is always so busy being social -- not that I mind because I absolutely love Mabel.

We liked watching the kite flying all over the sky, but the best part was the string -- we fought over it and got tangled in it and Rupert was totally wrapped up in it. Charlie was a little frustrated, but Mrs. G brought out cookies -- fish for us and chocolate chip for the humans and Charlie was so busy stuffing his cute little face, he forgot to be annoyed at us.

Charlie Joins the Group

Can you believe people are actually allergic to cats?  First Zan's mother and now Charlie's.  

I met Charlie at Larry Lewis' today when I was visiting Monty.  Charlie is  Larry Lewis's nephew and he moved to New York last month.  He plans to visit very often because he loves cats and he's crazy about Monty.  Since Larry Lewis works night and day it seems, Monty will have a human to play with.  

I wonder if Becky and Zan will like Charlie....OMG I hope they don't get into a fight over him like Mabel's friends Muffin and The Countess who are fighting over some guy named  Archibald.  But that's a whole other story.

TALLULAH'S TREATS!

FINALLY -- MY VERY OWN NAME ON THE LABEL!!!

All of my friends were so happy with Jenny's fish cookies that they couldn't stop eating them, so Mabel called Diana at Pets! Pets! Pets! and told her all about it. Diana was very excited and she asked us to come to her office to look at the designs for the packaging.

I love going to the Pets! Pets! Pets! office. They make such a big fuss over me. First they gave us the sales reports for Mabel's Table. Sales get bigger every month, and the #1 seller is Calves Liver Pate with Bacon Nuggets, of course.

There were three different packages to choose from and they all said Tallulah's Treats from Mabel's Table:

* A cellophane bag tied with a pink ribbon -- my color

* A square box

* A round canister

I chose the canister because when I knocked it over, the cookies made noises. Now every cat who has a smart enough human to buy Tallulah's Treats can knock over the canister and push it around to let the human know it's time for a fish cookie...or two.