Cats Like Us Blog

One of the true joys of operating our store has been the many, many wonderful people we have met, and friends made all over the world. Please allow me to introduce the Official Stand Up Comedian of Cats Like Us! O.K. well it may be a little corny, but we think she's pretty funny, and she wears Cats Like Us well! Here is an interview with long time customer, avid blogger, and retro style enthusiast April Richardson:   1. We discovered you just doing a search for (I can't remember) and were pleasantly surprised to find you talking up Cats...

  My husband and I have been drinking (British) Snakebite's all week. It's an easy drink to make and enjoy on these hot summer evenings in Buffalo. If you're not a beer drinker don't be afraid of this wonderful concoction, the cider negates the bitterness of the lager, so trust me my husband hates beer and he is the one who turned me onto this drink! Ingredients: 1/2 pint dry cider 1/2 pint lager Method: First pour the cider into the pint glass and then slowly pour lager to fill the rest of the pint glass to "float" on top. ...

We're excited to welcome (with a big howl) MonsterMatt Patterson to the Cats Like Us blog, without further adieu, it's time for....... From Ha-Ha! Horror: Which will be soon be published as a book! The Creature From the Black Lagoon, swims in most bodies of "drink."  He can't swim the Hudson River- it has everything, including the kitchen sink. -Matt Patterson You can haunt MonsterMatt on the web: www.monstermatt.com Monster Matt on Facebook Shop Monster Matt's joke book Come on back to the Cats Like Us blog for the last Monday of every month for some more MonsterMatt madness!  ...

A few weeks ago I was looking at our Kitch Towels in the shop and thought more people need to know how great these little towels are, so I contacted Erin, the gal behind the Kitch name and interviewed her. This is the story….   Who makes up Kitch Towels? Myself with help from my sweet husband! We have co-owned a screen printing shop in downtown Buffalo, NY (called Steamroller) for the past 11 years, and Kitch is an extension of that.   Where did the name come from? I wanted to convey a sense of my design aesthetic as...

Phew! I just got back from a whirlwind weekend filled with rum, Polynesian delights, swimming and well, more rum, Ohana was once again a great time! This was our third year enjoying the scenic view of Lake George, NY while lounging about the pool at The Tiki hotel or peaking out the window and seeing the awesome Adirondack Mountains. View from our room We arrived on Friday around 1pm, the drive took about 5 1/2 hours and was a pleasant journey. Derek and I like to sing songs and crack lots of jokes, I think we both get a little...

My love of horror movies has never waned, actually the bloodier the better, so when I was approached by Rockabilly Zombie Weekend for a donation, it just seemed like a perfect fit! What is Rockabilly Zombie Weekend you might ask? It’s a movie being made by a group of independent filmmakers in Florida. The writer of the film is Tammy Bennett, she sounds like my kind of ghoul. After Tammy attended Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender she thought Rockabilly culture and zombies would make a great pairing and I couldn’t agree more. What’s it about? It takes place in Central...

This year Cats Like Us will not be attending Viva Las Vegas, BUT look for Kelvis and if you can’t spot her, she’ll be one of the dolls at the Fashion Show. We also featured Kelvis in our ad for the Viva brochure, be sure to check it out and have her sign it at the car show! She’ll be at the My Fancy Fetish booth most of the day on Sat. Here’s the final ad and some shots from behind the scenes….   Yay makeup, and LOTS of it! (Oh and my giant Earl Grey in the front.) Photo:...

Sometimes Summer can be a bummer with the heat and humidity, but we've come up with ten Summer essentials that will help you beat the heat....and look great! In no particular order! 1)Hair Scarves Hair scarves are great for helping to keep your hair off your face and neck. They are also handy to throw in your hair after a day of swimming at the beach for an instant hair fix! 2)Sunglasses It's a no-brainer that sunglasses are a summer essential and having multiple pairs make for great retro summer wardrobe accessories! 3)Cotton Sundress Having a cute cotton sundress like,...

image Hey cool daddy-o's, let us hip you hipsters to an artist who is wayyy out, El Gato Gomez! This gal can sure sling that paint and ink! Her art is out-of-this-world and we're not just talkin' about the subject matter.... image El Gato Gomez is wild! She's something else! Her subject matter ranges from animals (black cats, ya dig?) to monsters to architecture to sexy sirens to Tiki, all painted in her own unique style. image All the cats at Cats Like Us give this chick snaps for her crazy art. *Snap snap* We dig it. Ahem, ahem. Enough...

Pin up for Death Shriek(Fall 2012)-Monster Matt Patterson Monster Matt brings us some rib tickling rhymes! =================================== Hello Mother, Hello Father. Please send me cake. The food is awful here, at Camp Crystal Lake. There's one thing I have to ask - who is the lurking creep wearing a hockey mask?!   =================================== It's raining, It's pouring, The old Vampire Bat is soaring, Across the lake, to flee the stakes,  That Van Helsing is carving and scoring.   =================================== How many volts go through the neck bolts, of the Monster called Frankenstein? We have no account for the exact amount,...