by Noella Noelophile®
“Meeeooowwww?”
If I heard that outside our window, I’d be out in the yard with a dish of tuna.
You, too?
Then be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, October 26th, from 11 am to 3 pm.
That’s the date of Feline Good Social Club’s official Grand Opening!
Feline Good, Long Beach’s first cat cafe, actually had a “soft opening” in August. I had the pleasure of stopping by shortly afterwards, to fall madly in love with 25 felines.
Most of these are adoptable, and they’re all adorable.
Feline Good Social Club is an outgrowth of longtime Long Beach nonprofit, Long Beach Felines. All the cats onsite at the three-room cat cafe are rescue kitties.
They’re also socialized cats who are extremely loving and approachable.
Although Feline Good isn’t a “cafe” in the standard sense of serving food, they’ll be hosting a special pop-up event for their Grand Opening. According to their Facebook page, hey’ll be partnering with Confidential Coffee,, and you’ll be able to sip a coffee or tea and nibble on a pastry while relaxing with Fancy Feet, Gatita Bonita, et al.
Feline Good also says there are more special announcements coming–there may very well be additional fun events throughout the day.
Why the Grand Opening now? Well, Christmas isn’t that far away. (Try ten weeks.) People are starting to think about gifts–and if someone on your list really wants a cat, here’s your chance to get them introduced to a prospective new friend.
However, if a cute kitten in a Christmas stocking is as far as someone has thought, please encourage them to think again.
Cats can live for fifteen to twenty years (and that’s never long enough anyway, for us “cat folks”!). Vet visits, the cost of food and the work involved in cleaning up after the pet will all be considerations, after Christmas morning.
So will the realities of hairballs (often “buried” in a towel on the floor!), furniture-clawing, and knocking things down. That’s all forgivable when it’s your “fur baby”! But there are some folks who, for whatever reason, just don’t bond with a cat.
In our previous interview, volunteer Tushita Haritwal and owner Pamela Leslie mentioned that, if you plan to give someone a cat as a gift, it must be a well-planned gift. So please, if you have a gift recipient in mind as Christmas season 2019 approaches, make sure that person wants the cat. Ideally, have your recipient meet the kitty you have in mind, first.
And if it’s love at first sight, you’ll know you chose a great gift–for your recipient, or, possibly, for you.
Feline Good Social Club’s Grand Opening happens Saturday, October 26th, from 11 am to 3 pm at 301 Atlantic Avenue, near Third Street, in Long Beach. Here’s information about the cost of a visit to “get giddy with a kitty”. Meanwhile (meownwhile?), if you’d like to support them as they continue to find “furrever” homes for their cute residents, here’s a link to their “Giddy Kitty Wish List”, on Amazon!