At a private club in downtown Manhattan, Ms. Sarandon, wearing skinny jeans, combat boots and a striped cotton top, sipped tea as her fluffy dog, a Pomeranian mix named Penny who has her own Twitter account, cuddled up by her feet.

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Mr. Nixon took his tea into the living room, where the dog lay by the fire.

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She puts water in the tea kettle, gets the treat, pets the dog, and decides to throw the dog bed covers into the wash, and realizes the wet load in the washer has to be hung on the line (yes, she even hung her laundry in the sun).

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Its website, with pictures of the office dog Harvey and tales of founders Nick and Louise's passion for "real tea", ticks all the cute and quirky boxes.

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Written on the paper, Mr Latham said, was "4.55-5pm got in bath" and "5.40-45 dog in", as well as "6.25 come down to put tea on".

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