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Saoirse, freshly awake, on a pillow on my couchTamara and her baby kitten spent some time here this week and last, and we had a great time hanging out and doing touristy stuff in Manhattan. We didn't have a great time dealing with a little car trouble, but when that was all fixed, some fantastic Cuban food at Victor's Cafe cured all that ailed us.

Tamara's kitten, Saoirse (SAIR-sha), is possibly the most active cat I've ever met. She runs around everywhere and constantly pines for a toy to be thrown her way. She's also super cute, as you can see in the picture above.

As for Manhattan, I gave Tamara the whirlwind eight-hour tour of touristy things over the course of two days. It included, in order, Times Square and the Theater District, upscale ethnic dining, subways, the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Battery Park with views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the South Street Seaport and Fulton Market, Grand Central Terminal, shopping on Fifth Avenue, Central Park, and Columbus Circle. Most of that happened in the evening hours, so we didn't get to any museums, but that leaves plenty of things to do the next time she visits the city! I also wanted to get to Chelsea and poke our heads into some art galleries, but we ran out of time in the end.

The lady and her cat are safely back at home in Texas now, so I'm relaxing by trying to determine how the current sub-prime lending mess is going to affect real estate mutual funds over the next few months. It really numbs the mind.