You know that thing when you’re in a store and it doesn’t matter what they sell but you instinctively find yourself looking for the goods that feature cats in some form or other? Well, that happened to me the other day when I was browsing through a Brooklyn art gallery-slash-store and came across a zine …
I Found a Fanzine that Combines Cats with Rappers! Read More »
With the new year in full swing, Mittens is going through all his belongings and organizing them. An avid Antiques Roadshow fan (don’t worry, Judge Judy — you’re still No. 1), he begins to wonder about the value of some of his objects. And why shouldn’t he have the opportunity to take them on Roadshow? …
Texts from Mittens: The “Antiques Roadshow” Edition Read More »
How many photos on your phone feature your cat? Fifty? One hundred? Nearly all of them? Well, one kitty-obsessed owner took the idea of taking pictures of his cat to a whole new stupendous level when he snapped up a Groupon deal for a cheesy family portrait shoot at JCPenney and took along his kitten. …
Brilliant: Man Brings His Cat to a JCPenney Portrait Photoshoot Read More »
When you hear the word “catnip,” the first image that pops to mind may be an idealized feline flailing about like a lunatic on the floor, or your own cat knocking around his favorite cat toy. Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, has become so widely known as a source of cat amusement (despite the fact we …
We have two very dependent and needy little kittens, Freyja (nine months old) and Lucipurr or Luci (five months old). So we couldn’t leave them all on their own for Christmas. We were headed about an hour out of town to the in-laws’ place for Christmas this year, and they okayed us bringing the girls …
Cats are indiscriminate jerks. That’s the running joke, right? Cats wake you up at the butt crack of dawn to fill their dishes, and you — you poor fool — you begrudgingly rise from the warmth of your bed. You strumble through the darkness, nearly tripping on the kitty who weaves about your ankles, meowing …
My cat Thomas and I have entered the next phase of our relationship. To use romantic-pairing milestones as an analogy, we’ve gotten to something like the “I don’t have to close the bathroom door when I pee” stage, or maybe “This union really feels like home now.” I don’t have a name for this one …
Leaving My Cat for 16 Days Helped Our Relationship Read More »
