Zee, Zoey, Billy Crystal, and Cheysuli the Siamese. Click photo to enlarge!!

For tonight’s Academy Awards, Zee and Zoey have decided to go with a classic look this year. Zee is sporting a traditional black bowtie and Zoey is resplendent in a simple, but elegant diamond necklace. They make quite the couple and will surely be the talk of the Red Carpet runway. Read more

Well, these darn cats have done it again! I haven’t even been asked to visit our local TV station after living here almost 20 years, and my cats, just like that have been invited to walk the Academy Award Red Carpet! You heard it right, my cats, along with the cats of several other highly esteemed cat bloggers will be part of a live pre-Oscar Red Carpet Cat Twitter party with world famous cat, Gracey, of The Tiniest Tiger, and the Cat Daddy himself, Jackson Galaxy of My Cat From Hell!! Read more

Gracie at her feeding station - one of the Loews cats in jeopardy of being relocated.

Sometimes in life you do something for no other reason than it is the right thing to do. As the weeks continue in the Loews Portofino Resort battle versus the feral cats residing on the property, it appears no real compromise has been made as groups such as CARE Feline TNR, Alley Cat Allies, and Orange County Animal Services try to reason with hotel management to keep the cats safely on the property rather than relocating them as planned. The hotel has no legal obligation to provide for these cats, other than the implied fact of moral responsibility that they have knowingly allowed these cats to remain on premises since 2004 when Bellman, George Ricci, first discovered a wet, cold, hungry, and motherless kitten at the Loews Royal Pacific location (it should be of note that although we refer to the Loews Portofino in debate, the feral cats in both the Royal Pacific and the Portofino are subject to relocation).

Realizing that this story has much more to it than meets the eye, I decided to go to the source himself, George Ricci, for an exclusive interview to get a firsthand account as to the background of this now very complicated situation to try to make sense of it all. George first started at the Loews in Denver, Colorado in 1992 and moved to the Orlando Royal Pacific location in 2003 and then transferred to the Portofino in 2008. He was a Bellman in all three locations and at the end of 2011 he voluntarily went to “on-call” status to devote more time to his studies at becoming a court stenographer. Read more

My virtual book tour for The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey has come to an end and I would just like to take this time to thank all involved. First and foremost –  Dorothy Thompson, Founder of Pump Up Your Books, was a joy to work with and how she keeps all her authors and reviewers straight with her brimming to the rim busy schedule, I can only imagine! I’m just managing myself and that’s chaotic enough for me!

I would also like to thank all of the reviewers. For no monetary exchange whatsoever, they took the time and effort out of their equally busy schedules to not only read my book, but to do a professional and thorough review about it on their respective sites. These men and woman are the unsung heroes of the literary world and I am eternally grateful for all of their support and wonderful reviews they gaveThe Chronicles of Zee & Zoey. Read more

Moderncat is one of those sites that is just great in every regard if you are a cat lover. Wonderful giveaways and product reviews, product testing, and the newest gadgets and inventions on the market! It’s all here in one nice, clean, stylish, and easy to navigate layout! So, you can imagine our delight when we found out The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey would be highlighted for a holiday giveaway contest!!  Even though we  think The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey is a purr-fect book to read year round and a MUST READ for any cat lover, it’s still always nice when you have a chance to win a copy for free! It’s so simple – all you have to do is drop by the Moderncat site and leave a comment for your chance to win.  The winner will be announced on December 26, 2011. Click here for details.