Urban Mantis

Well, to be fair I don't know what kind of bug this is.  Heidi gave me the picture last night, and said she saw it in Brooklyn.  That's a pretty fancy bug for Brooklyn!

Coddled Cats

I was walking down the street near my apartment today when I saw this adorable cat!  It was very friendly and was rubbing all over me.  When I looked up, I saw a woman laying out a TON of food for the cat... and kitty's friends.  I think they are siblings.

Despite the fact that they're homeless, they eat quite well.  The woman left them lots of real meat, along with regular cat food.

Trouble

Katie saw this kitty who lives at the vet that she brings her dogs to in Ireland.  He apparently struts around like the office is his castle and is not bothered by dogs.  Cute!

Grumpy Art

I saw this Grumpy Cat art in a cafe window on Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay yesterday morning!

Happy

I was on my way home this evening on the train when a this woman got on and sat across from me.  It didn't take long for me to discover that she had a tiny black kitten in her shopping bag (you can see kitty in her arms in above picture)!  I, of course, got suuuuper excited, and because I had a couple of adult beverages before getting on the train, I shamelessly got up to pat the kitty.  The woman couldn't speak much English, but she said "happy" when I was patting the kitten, hence the name.  Eventually the woman sitting catty-corner (lolz) to her got off the train, so I moved myself to that seat to pat the kitten some more.  I have no idea what dialect this woman speaks, but I took my chances with one of the few useful Cantonese words I know and said "mau."  She said, "you mau?" so I said "two mau," since I have two cats.  Then she proceeded to offer me the kitten.  I'm glad I hadn't drank enough to take it!

Hong Kong Cat Cafe!!!

Jimmy went to a cat cafe in Hong Kong yesterday and sent me some pictures of adorable Hong Kong babycats.  Although he liked this cat cafe, it was apparently not as awesome as the one in Tokyo where you can feed the kitties treats and they climb all over you.

Truffle

One of my Instagram followers (I think she lives in Ridgewood, which is why she started following me) sent me pictures of an adorable Persian cat today, Truffle!

Happy Birthday, Gypsy!

Today is Gyp Gyp's 9th birthday!  Unfortunately, she is celebrating mostly alone today because her boymom, Jimmy, is in Hong Kong this week :-C  I went to visit her today to clean her litter and keep her company.  We celebrated by playing with her catnip turtle a bit.

Gypsy expressed her displeasure with being left alone on her birthday by taking it out on turtle:

Grumpy Pumpkin

Heidi saw this pumpkin etched with Grumpy Cat's likeness in Park Slope this weekend!

Even More Japanese Cat Cafe!

I neglected to see two additional attachments in one of Jimmy's emails to me documenting his trip to the cat cafe in Tokyo.  Enjoy!

I think I want him to steal that little black cat for me >^..^<

More Japanese Cat Cafe!

Jimmy sent me more pictures of the cat cafe he is at in Tokyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy made a friend:

Jimmy made lots of friends!

Japanese Cat Cafe

As I write this blog post my boyfriend is in a cat cafe in Tokyo.  He called me through a video chat app on my phone and took me on a tour of the cafe while he fed the cats treats.  He is currently sitting on the floor with a bunch of cats all around and on him.  There are dozens of adorable cats in this place!  I think I'm going to have to go to Japan just to go to a cat cafe!!!

Here are some pictures he sent me, starting with Bibi:

Here is Momiju:

And some more cats:

I'm hoping that he'll send some pictures of the cafe rooms so I can give my readers an idea of just how awesome this place is.

Doodle, One Year Older

Today is Doodle's seventh birthday!  I can't believe I have had Doodle for six years.  I would like to say that Doodle matures as he grows older, but he is just as starving and impatient for breakfast and dinnertime as ever.  Lucky for him, tonight he and Scribble got some delicious tuna fish to celebrate!