Founder of That Cat Life, the premier site devoted to cat cafes and cat destinations. Lover of cats and the people that love and rescue them. Mom to cats, dogs, and birds. Current home crew includes Ronan, Whiskers, Betty White and Sweet Pea.
Update: March 2021 After 3 glorious years, this unique cafe with the unlikely theme of waffles and kitties closed due to lingering pandemic challenges. “It was an adventure of a lifetime running one of the first Cat cafes in NC. We have so many great memories and made so many life long friends and Allies…
Crooked Tail Cat Cafe, Greensboro
Catitude Cat Cafe, West Columbia At this writing in June 2019, Catitude Cat Cafe is currently closed while they seek a new location. Despite its popularity, Catitude suffered a setback when the hurricanes hit Columbia causing a down turn in visitors. In its short time, Catitude found fur-ever homes for nearly 70 kitties! The cafe…
River Kitty Cat Cafe, Evansville
Top Picks: Cat Events This Weekend TGIF, cat people! It’s the weekend. Time for cat naps and Caturday. If you’re looking for cat action this weekend, look no further than this week’s Cat Event Calendar. Empty the Shelters, Michigan! Have you ever had a crazy dream where all the animal shelters were empty? Where all…
If cat videos rule the internet, why can’t they rule the silver screen? That’s the plan as Cat Videos Live rolls out across the country. With its debut in St. Louis this week, Cat Videos Live aims to take our love of funny cat videos to a new level with a family friendly mash-up of feline…
Hey cat people! Looking for cat stuff to do this week? We’ve pulled together some great cat-centric happenings into your weekly Cat Event Calendar. Don’t just sit at home snuggling with the cats, get out there and have a cat-tastic weekend! And if your kitty is not a stay-at-home personality, consider a joint outing to…
If you or someone you know is evacuating at risk areas for Hurricane Irma, Atlanta’s Happy Tabby cat cafe is here to help. The Happy Tabby is offering cat boarding FREE OF CHARGE to those evacuating the hurricane. Happy Tabby is opening its doors and hearts to provide shelter for Hurricane Irma cat evacuees, and…
When is a cat cafe not a cat cafe? When it’s a Catcade! Opened in Chicago last week, The Catcade brings together cats, arcade games, and soda pop into a winning variation on the cat cafe. Catcade: Where Cat Nerd Dreams Come True Catcade is the dream of Christopher Gutierrez and Michelle “Shelly” Casey, who had the…
There are a lot of variations on the cat cafe theme out there. We’ve got a arcade game cat cafe, a giant, entire house cat cafe, and even a mobile cat cafe. And now this: a cat cafe train. Wait, what? Oh yeah, there’s a cat cafe train coming down the track. Leave it to…
UPDATE October 2023: The Cat’s Meow Cafe in Miami is Permanently Closed As of October 2023, The Cat’s Meow Cafe of Miami is permanently closed. They opened their doors just a week before the shutdown in 2020, survived the pandemic, and – most notably- went on to find loving homes for over 700 cats. What…
The New Age of Cat Travel and Adventure Hitting the road this summer? Maybe you should pack the cat! Social media gives us a little window into how the other cats live. And they are not just sitting at home. Cat travel is a thing: cats are taking to the highways and hitting the trails.…
Hooray! Another Pennsylvania cat cafe! That’s right, the new Tree Tops Kitty Cafe makes for the Keystone state’s fourth feline cafe. With eleven years of pet rescue experience and 1,500 pets adopted, Tree Tops Animal Rescue is well positioned for success in opening the first Chester County cat cafe. The Tree Tops Kitty Cafe offers…