{"id":2843,"date":"2018-07-30T04:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2018-07-30T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:15:14","slug":"mindful-monday-a-cat-cafe-adventure-and-more-cats-doing-interesting-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2843","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 A Cat Caf\u00e9 Adventure and More Cats Doing Interesting Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yesterday I visited our county\u2019s first and only cat caf\u00e9. As you know, I\u2019ve written about cat caf\u00e9s and I visited one in Houston when I attended the Cat Writers Association conference in June. It\u2019s interesting how cat caf\u00e9s in the US are all created pretty much with the same premise\u2014to find forever homes for homeless cats\u2014yet they each have their own charm. The Purrfect Cat Caf\u00e9 in Camarillo, California is tucked between some major restaurants and other businesses in a strip mall. Since, in the US, you can\u2019t mix the cats with the refreshments in the same room, we were first greeted by a charming young man who invited us to partake of a beverage (coffee from machine or a canned soft drink), browse among a small array of cat items for sale (we bought tee-shirts), then we were ushered into the cat room. We paid $5 to see the cats ($10 for non-seniors).<\/p>\n

\"\"These photos are all of cats we met at the Purrfect Cat Caf\u00e9. All of them are up for adoption and, in the meantime, are loved, well-cared-for, and have quite a variety of interesting guests not to mention activities, toys, climbing apparatus, tunnels, and cozy beds. Those who want to be petted and cuddled will approach, those who want to be simply admired will pose out of reach, and those who wish for a little privacy will curl \"\"up out of sight until they\u2019re ready to be social. There are plenty of comfy perches for visitors, as well, and a table with an inviting array of adult coloring books and pencils if you want to see if your creative side is inspired by a room full of beautiful cats.<\/p>\n

Visitors will also want to go back again and again because they introduce new cats quite often. Today five new kittens are coming in to join the other beauties.<\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019d like to hear your experiences visiting a cat caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but share some additional cat news\u2014I love this story: Omena, a small town in Michigan, has gone to the dogs (and cats and even chickens). Sweet Tart McKee (a cat) has just been elected mayor of the town with her first vice mayor being Diablo Shapiro, a dog. Penny Labrioloa was appointed special assistant for fowl issues, which is certainly appropriate since she\u2019s a chicken.<\/p>\n

You may recall my writing about Stubbs, the feline mayor in Talkeetna, Alaska. He died last year at the age of 20.<\/p>\n

I love small towns. I live in one and enjoy visiting others. In small towns, there\u2019s a sense of humor involving animals that you might not find in a larger city. For example, I attended a cow pie bingo fundraiser once. Yes, you won prizes if the wandering cow left a cow patty on your number.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t take much to gives us small town folks a giggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I visited our county\u2019s first and only cat caf\u00e9. As you know, I\u2019ve written about cat caf\u00e9s and I visited one in Houston when I attended the Cat Writers Association conference in June. It\u2019s interesting how cat caf\u00e9s in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,37,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}