A Springtime Stroll

It's finally starting to look like Spring (even if we did have a snow squall yesterday morning on our walk!) so I thought I'd take you all along for a little walk in my neighborhood. Sn

Look at this cute Easter display at the pharmacy right outside my front door! I like to go in here and sniff around, but they never have any treats so I don't linger (unlike the Mailboxes Etc. and the Bank on either side of the pharmacy which ALWAYS have cookies for me!)

Speaking of cookies, let's start off at one of my favorite places...the Coach Store on Bleecker Street! Hey, is this little golden dog edging in on my territory? (I always like to check out the latest in canine fashion.) Hmmm, if I lost the pink trim, I could wear this on Rosie's blog for Black and White day!

Ah, here's the lady I was looking for! The Coach girls are so nice, I always drag Mommy across the street to go visit them and get a cookie or two...or three. It all depends on how many Coach girls I can charm!

Look at me! I've even doing one of my best treats for a cookie from this cute cookie!

Then we walked past Tommy Hilfiger and I gasped! "Mon Dieu!" Is this one of those snooty French poodles that Eric's  Square-Mom and Square-Dad met on the Portobello Road??? Just look at this pink fop staring down his nose at me!

Take a look and let me know what you think! I love real poodles, but these faux ones are scary.

Yummy! The Ralph Lauren ladies store (there's also a Ralph Lauren men's store, a kids' store and a blue jeans store - all on Bleecker Street. Enough already, Ralph!)

C'mon Mom, I mean it! Snap, snap. There are cookies waiting for me inside. 

(Sidenote: When the first Ralph Lauren store opened on Bleecker Street, we stopped by to check it out. OF COURSE, the sales people asked if they could give "that adorable puppy" - me - a cookie. Mommy said "sure" and started browsing through the racks. When she looked down, I was eating another cookie. Okay, she figured, someone else had given me a cookie. Then she saw me walk boldly behind the counter and help myself! She later figured I'd had about 5 cookies! That night, I farted like Tanner on burrito night. And as Mom points out, it did NOT smell like Polo cologne!)

"How do you do, nice Ralph Lauren lady? My name is Petey, pleased to meet you. What? Why yes! I'd love a cookie! Thank you very much!"

Wowza! That's a whole lotta flowers! This entire store window was packed with a variety of (fake) flowers. Sure they're fake, but they sure are pretty.

It was at one of the FIVE Marc Jacobs stores in the neighborhood. Mommy calls this the Marc Jacobs Dollar Store because they have lots of cheap items, like key chains and canvas tote bags.

It used to be the fancy Marc Jacobs handbag store and I'd always stop to visit my pal Otis, the black miniature poodle. He'd grab me by the leash and show me the latest merchandise in the store, then we'd both try to sneak downstairs where I was convinced there was a mountain of Snausages.

For years, Marc Jacobs would have characters in their shop window during the Christmas holidays and around Easter and invite everyone in the neighborhood to come in and have their photo taken. They'd give you a copy and put the other in the window. By the end of the holiday, the windows would be covered inside and out with literally hundreds of photos. 

Here's mine from last year...

And the year before...what can I say? I'm a chick magnet!

(hehehe, those look like "before" and "after" haircut photos!) Sadly, the fun photos have been a victim of the recession. Hope the economy picks up by December so I can get my photo with Santa again.

So on we go down Bleecker Street. This is the window at Mulberry. I love all the ribbons! Looks like the trophy room at Mangominster!

Mmmm, what's that's delicious scent you're wearing? Chewnel #5? Oscar Mayer de la Renta? Pawda? No...it's Brooklyn! Now, no offense to the outer boroughs, but does any one really want to smell like Brooklyn? Maybe it smells like Junior's Brooklyn Cheesecake...that would be delicious. This is the storefront for Bond No. 9, one of the few artisinal perfumeries in the United States. All of their scents are named after places in New York. There's even one named Bleecker Street. (No, they didn't use my contribution in their mix!)

Speaking of cake, let's see what's cooking at Magnolia Bakery! Don't these cakes look scrumptious? This place was briefly shown on an episode of Sex & The City and ever since then, there have been hoards of people (tourists, mostly) lined up around the block for cupcakes. They even have a bouncer to monitor how many people come into the store at a time.

Now this is pretty and colorful...can you tell what these are?

They're stacks of cheap and cheerful backpacks at yet another Marc Jacobs store. I always like to visit here because the sales people never seem to tire of dropping everything to get me a cookie. Unfortunately, they were all out of cookies this day. 

Now before I head home, I want to pick out some posies for my Rosie... These are pretty, but they don't seem quite right...
Mommy loves these soft-as-kittens Pussy Willows. We're going to get a big bunch to welcome Sei-Chan the kitten, she's the latest addition to my French friends at The Pouponette!

 
Ahhh, tulips... and how I would like to press my two lips against Rosie's... but no, they're not right either!
Now this is more like it! Sweet and beautiful, just like my Rosie-Posie girl!!!

Hope you enjoyed your tour! Did you pick up some nice things? Maybe a new collar at Coach, a doggie polo shirt at Ralph Lauren, a vanilla cupcake at Magnolia and a squirt of Eau de Dog Run at Bond No. 9?

See you soon! Don't forget to send your tennis balls and hard rubber toys to 4 Paws For Ability!