Cats Like Us Blog — lifestyle

Our 2nd day (part 1 here)  in NOLA was a little cooler, but warm in the sun. One thing we quickly learned is how close everything is in the Quarter. We had no trouble walking to most everything we wanted to do in plenty of time. Good morning! We started with a wonderful food recommendation from our friends – Cafe Beignet!   Wondering what a beignet is dear northerners? Well it's like fried dough and is the size of a donut. Yum!   VooDoo and Cemeteries Since it was a bit cool we started out doing indoor touristy things and...

Our 3nd day in New Orleans (read part 1 - part 2) included some obligatory sightseeing, Mardi Gras floats, and more tiki fun! Cafe Du Monde Everyone said we had to go to Cafe du Monde, one of the original and most well known cafes in the area, so we did. We were also told that it isn't that great, you just have to go. That was pretty accurate (spoiler: beignets at Cafe Beignet are better!) They really only sell coffee and beignets. I do not drink coffee, and I wanted a hot tea, but they didn't have tea, so...

   We get calls weekly from people a little confused about the name of our store. (I suppose we can’t blame people too much since “cats” is in the name). And to clarify if you were wondering, we do not sell cats or kittens, nor do we board them, and please don’t surrender your cats to us. But we do LOVE cats. You could call us cat people. You may be wondering how just two people can run a successful on-line store and full brick and mortar boutique. Well the truth is that there are several helpers behind the scenes!...

  Boris Karloff as The Monster in the Bride of Frankenstein. His hair and skin is singed, because at the end of the first film he went down with the burning windmill. -MonsterMatt Patterson Also, congrats to MonsterMatt for being awarded the Florida's Authors & Publishers Association 2014 President's Awards for Ha-Ha! Horror. We're so happy for you! -Meagan Kyla

Ghoul Mourning Maniacs! A bunch of us Monster types had a retro TV watching marathon. We focused on the fifties, the atomic age. By the time we finished watching and snacking, I had ATOMIC ACHE! Ugh. We found shows like..... Father Knows BEAST! Dracula was fond of a show called. BATS Masterson! The Zombies and the Body Snatchers really liked BRAINS & BRAWN! The Mutants and Aliens liked The CRAWLING EYES have It! The HORROR fans (all of us) liked Four SCAR Playhouse! There was a show about a ghoulish Norwegian family called I DISMEMBER Mama! What do you call...

Here is part 3 of our blue bathroom re-do. Please do read the other parts here: Part 1 Part 2. It probably took as long to do the little stuff as the big stuff! If you've been following along, then join us on the home stretch! The Sink Area We now had a nice refinished sink top but nothing to put it in...   Here is the old console (and toilet.) Notice the huge space on the left of the console sink....   We decided to slavage the 60-70s era console by filling in the detail, repainting it, and replacing...

We are always so excited and happy to have our in-store events that not only bring in awesome talent, but gather people around to support local artisian's. We had the pleasure of having Leslie Andrews hang out with us in May to share her kitschy plates along with her laugh-out-loud framed cat butt art and her infectious laughter. We asked Leslie about Warning and what inspires her creative process.     How did you start making these hilariously awesome plates? I've had a passion for plates since discovering the ones done by Fornasetti. I saw some one had made their...

The little black dress went to Chopin and Schumann, with accents of pink and heels of black.   Then classical guitar at a garden party, beyond the mansion in the back.   It took me to stomp out some country, with boots of red and a jacket of blue.   It was there with me in San Diego, at No Doubt with Blink 182.   It hung with cool cats of big band, elegant and retro.   Then a festival with flowers in my hair, dancing in the meadow.   Add a cardigan and tutu, for Lowest of the Low....

You might know her as Barbie K, the lady behind the beautiful mermaids that we sell at Cats Like Us, she recently had her annual in-store event and I decided to pick her brain about her interest in vintage collectibles. Chatting with Miss Barbie K is always a pleasure and she always makes me laugh with her quick wit and great sense of humor.   Hi Miss Barbie K! What have you been up too lately? I'm doing this great show at Cats Like Us where I debuted my new chalkware line and some new ceramic pieces. The pin up girls...

The cover of Monster Matt's newest book, soon to be released!   Calling all you groovy ghoulies, joke fiends, and all those who just love some Halloween fun! Monstermatt is producing another book! This edition will again be chock full of monster jokes and even more of his artwork and drawings.   If you're not familar with who Monstermatt is, well then pull up a coffin and let us hip you to where you can learn about this comic book creator, artist, actor and all-around professional goof-off is all about. Monstermatt is a local artist who loves bad horror movies...