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New Water

Cupcake: There’s new water in the house! Mr. Newton, come see this!


black and white tuxedo cat looks into fountain

Newton: What are you doing? 

Cupcake: I think I can suck on this water.

Cupcake: *snort* It went in my nose!

Newton: Yuck. You can have this thing to yourself, kid. 

Cupcake: Fine, he’ll miss out on the real fun. 

Cupcake: This is the really fun part!

If you want to see Cupcake fish in her fountain, check out the video.

If the video doesn’t display for you or you are on mobile, you can view the video directly.

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June 14, 2019 Filed Under: Cats 15 Comments

Cupcake’s in the Kitchen

Cupcake: I heard you were going to be grinding chicken. I like chicken!

black and white tuxedo cat peeks through grinder on counter

Cupcake: You don’t see a cat here. There is no cat here. Why are you telling the cat to get down from the counter?

black and white tuxedo cat sits on counter behind grinder

Cupcake: Fine. I have important things to do like supervise the lawn guy. You missed a spot, lawn guy, come back! 

black and white tuxedo cat watches mower pass outside window

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May 29, 2019 Filed Under: Cats Tagged With: Cupcake 19 Comments

Visiting Mauhaus, the St. Louis Cat Cafe

If you’re visiting St. Louis like I was last week, it’s a great opportunity to visit the Mauhaus cat cafe. Housed in a lovely historic building that dates back to 1900, this friendly cafe is full of light  and cats.

The sidewalk sign outside said it all. Hanging out with cats is a great stress reliever, and it’s nice when you’re far from home and your own cats.

When you enter the cat cafe  through the cafe, a large painting looks over you and the friendly barista. The two culinary cats in the painting are the Mauhaus permanent residents, Lorelai and Taylor. All of the other cats in the cafe are adoptable through Stray Haven Rescue.

Before going through the glass doors and into the cattery, you can order a drink or a pastry. They had the cutest cat-themed cookies!

The cattery itself is built to delight cats. One wall is made entirely of a shelf unit designed for the cats to traverse from floor to ceiling, or ceiling to floor in Taylor’s case in this photo. He had been sleeping above the front windows and used the shelf system and its cat-sized pass-throughs to work his way down to visit.

The middle of the room has an massive cat tree stretching from the floor to the tin ceiling made of wood matching the wall unit. The cat tree leads to a catwalk that spans the room.

The catwalk stretches from the wall with the wall unit across to the cat tree and then continues to the edge of the big windows. Can you spot the cat snoozing on the catwalk?

Huge windows make this space a bright and sunny one. Cats were happily snoozing on beds placed on the broad windowsills in the early afternoon sunshine during my visit.

This kitty is named Catfish. He is wearing a collar to warn you that his tummy is a trap. I thought that was an interesting way of informing cafe visitors which cats were amenable to tummy rubs.

Taylor, the permanent resident cat, likes tummy rubs. Isn’t that a happy face?

Little Binx was eager to play with a wand toy. You can see in the background that the built-in wall units include hiding spaces for the cats. From what an employee said, they also have a basement space, away from cafe visitors.

Drowsy Turbo looked anything but fast.

Visiting a cat cafe mid-day means you are entering during cat siesta time and will find drowsy kitties. Cats crepuscular animals, meaning they are most active in the twilight morning and evening, and cafe cats can’t resist their genetically programmed urge to sleep during the middle of the day. It doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in your company. Pollo Loco, with typical cat priorities, was very interested in what kind of goodies he could find on the table.

Mauhaus is the most architecturally beautiful cat cafe I’ve visited, and one of the friendliest, too. They are a great stop when you are visiting St. Louis.

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May 27, 2019 Filed Under: Tourism 14 Comments

The Great Toast Caper

Ashton: Our human ate toast at her desk today. I got tired of waving for her to pinch pieces of toast off for me and grabbed a slice. This is mine now. 

one-eyed brown tabby cat munches toast on the floor

Ashton: Mine. 

one-eyed brown tabby cat munches toast on the floor

Newton: Hi, Ash.

Ashton: What are you looking at? Did you never seen toast in the bedroom before?

one-eyed brown tabby cat hovers over toast on the floor as orange tabby cat looks on

Newton: That’s a big piece of toast. Can I have some?

Ashton: Mine. 

one-eyed brown tabby cat hovers over toast on the floor as orange tabby cat approaches

Cupcake: Is that toast? I thought I heard the toaster. 

Ashton: Stop looking at my toast.  

Newton: Now you know how Pierre feels when you stand next to him while he is eating and give his bowl the eye.

black and white tuxedo cat and orange tabby cat approach one-eyed brown tabby cat with toast

Cupcake: Make her look at you, Mr. Newton, and I’ll just–

Newton: I’ve got it, kid. 

Ashton: My toast!

one-eyed brown tabby cat looks on as orange tabby cat and black and white tuxedo cat examine toast on the floor

Newton: *lick lick* 

orange tabby cat licks toast while black and white tuxedo cat looks on

Newton: Ugh, that’s dry. Nothing on it. 

Cupcake: I can watch it for you while you go to the water bowl. 

orange tabby cat and black and white tuxedo cat look at toast

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April 29, 2019 Filed Under: Cats Tagged With: Ashton, Cupcake, Newton 17 Comments

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