Feline Fashionista It’s Fashion Week in New York City, a chance for hoity-toity couturiers of the fashion industry to show their latest pseudo-highbrow wares. It’s also a chance for the hoi polloi to ask, “WTF is that,” and “why do those rip jeans cost $400”? Since “art” is subjective, The Chester Chronicles won’t attempt toContinue reading “Catwalk”
Category Archives: Cats
Wedding Cat Crashers
With This Cat I Do Thee Adopt Cassie and Jonathon Roth put a twist on the traditional tossing of the wedding bouquet at their reception that was purrfectly suited for their love of cats. The bouquet toss has its roots in 19th century England where it was considered good luck for an unmarried woman toContinue reading “Wedding Cat Crashers”
This is a Joke, Right?
Bathtub Yule Logs A cat in Liskeard, England showed she was a quick learner in how to celebrate Christmas by taking a human joke and turning it into a series of very real Yule log excretions. Sophia Williams thought it would be funny to place an Elf on the Shelf inside the jaws of aContinue reading “This is a Joke, Right?”
Cat Detective
Sherlock Chester Holmes Let’s say you’re a homicide detective called to a crime scene in someone’s home. You see the victim lying on the floor but an initial exam of the area appears to lack any evidence about what took place. No weapon, footprints, hairs, fibers, body fluids, finger prints or DNA from someone otherContinue reading “Cat Detective”
What Hath Cat Wrought?
A Bird in the Mouth is Worth Two in the Bush Our do-nothing cat Chester had a wonderful summer doing what he usually does – nothing. While Chester was chilling, the humans in our home took a vacation to the beach. During that time Chester stayed home and was taken care of by our neighbor.Continue reading “What Hath Cat Wrought?”
Just Like Mama Used to Make
Who Wants Italian? They say you can get anything you want in New York City, but count me out on a new restaurant idea by cat food producer Fancy Feast. The company announced that it is opening an Italian-style trattoria in the Big Apple to “bring the mealtime experience of cats to life for catContinue reading “Just Like Mama Used to Make”
Doggone It!
Closet Case Our cat Chester told me once about an old feline saying – “Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, I must be a dog.” Ever since cats wormed their way into human homes and spied a dog sleeping on the family’s Woolly Mammoth shag rug, they have had a field dayContinue reading “Doggone It!”
Cat to the Rescue
Have Claw Will Travel Ever lose your house or car keys? Nearly a quarter of Americans lose them twice a week according to a Lost & Found Survey by Pixie. Losing keys isn’t reserved just for folks in the USA. A Brazilian woman, Luh Meira, who goes by her TikTok handle, luhmeira7, found herself inContinue reading “Cat to the Rescue”
Power Trip
Chillin’ and Pillin’ Travel anxiety affects 25 percent of the U.S. population. Some forms of travel anxiety are fear of flying, crossing over high bridges, going through tunnels, longing for home comfort, thinking about worst case scenarios and worrying about what happens once your trip begins. Whatever the specific reason for this type of disorder,Continue reading “Power Trip”
Love Crazy
Love Thine Enemy One reason some people have a cat or two, is to deal with pesky rodents. That’s not something we expect from our cat Chester who would rather eat grass than chase a critter. A reddit user who goes by the handle, vladgrinch, probably thought his cat should be a mouser. But aContinue reading “Love Crazy”