Category Archive for People + Pets
IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. BENTO BOX LUNCH, CUTE FACE CHARACTER BENTOS RECIPES & TECHNIQUES.
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Filming for TV shows is fun, but the all-day-and-all-night schedule can be taxing. Especially on travel shows, which try to cram as many locations as possible into a single day. The Canal Plus French crew took a much-needed break for a bento lunch. Famous host Antoine de Caunes holds up his box.
Every time I open up a bento box, a sense of calm washes over me. Everything is so beautifully compartmentalized: the salmon, veggies, rice. Ahh.
Once we were fed, we piled back into the TV crew van. Onwards, to a cat cafe in Ikebukuro.
Every Tokyo neko cafe has a resident Scottish Fold, but this one isn’t nearly as round or earless as my Basil Farrow…
Antoine did a hilarious ad lib gag with the black cat. He pretended to sneeze and wipe his snotty hand on the kitty’s fur!
My Lolita cake hat, gifted from Agent Lover, is not edible. But I brought Antoine some cute food…
After he was through with them, the kawaii faces were destroyed!
Cat cafes are pretty amazing. Felines roam around the establishment, and visitors can pet and play with them, while sipping on cafe lattes.
Antoine also did an impromptu speech with the cats that had us cracking up.
I’ll post video clips from Toque de Tokyo, the Canal Plus French documentary, soon. Til then, you can see behind-the-scenes coverage here on my blog.
Intrigued by Japanese cat cafes? There are more stories and color photos in my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book.
Japanese Word of the Day: Iyashi = Healing
Song of the Day: Muselmix1 Italo Disco Megamix Vol. 1 by Speelycaptor (It has all the essential tracks.)
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CAT WEARING BOW TIE, CUTE CHRISTMAS CARD! MERRY XMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM LA CARMINA & CUTEST CAT EVER, BASIL FARROW.
MERRY HEAVY METAL NIGHTMARE BEFORE DIX-MAS! Here’s the greatest gift of all… Scottish Fold round-head, Basil Farrow, wearing a red and white bow tie.
The knit bowtie is a gift from Tomomi of CamdenLock Clothing. I think it suits my sideways-feet gentleman cat.
You may remember that she sent me a Japanese punk sweater and leg warmers (above). There are more photos of me and Basil in this post. Tomomi is currently collaborating with Yukiro on something… excited!
How about another cute kitty pic? Sebastiano made a “buon natale” greeting for his fans. He’s wearing Sixh Cat Mint; you can see him modeling 9 more styles in our CNN collaboration with h.NAOTO, Blablahospital and other brands.
An extra gift for all of you! I’ve uploaded dozens of adorable photos of my Scottish Fold cat on his Facebook. Add him to see!
There’s more cuteness on Basil’s Scottish Fold blog. And you can see him playing and meowing in his YouTube videos (please subscribe).
How was your XXX-mas? Did you get any epic presents? I’m happy for a variety of reasons right now… this is a good time!
Japanese Word of the Day: Umu = To produce, give birth
Song of the Day: Twisted Sister – Heavy Metal Christmas (Remember this post from last year? Let’s sing along!)
LA CARMINA
