December 17, 2013

The Café Cat Café

Cafe Pictures
It has long been a dream to own a café. I spent most of my twenties either working in one or tucked up in the corner reading a book- hiding away and yet found by the people who sat around me, in their own hiding places.

It is actually a combined aspiration with my sister, so similar are our interests but so different the way we precisely see them, that I wonder if we could ever own one together?
For me, the café is a safe haven- it is both inspiration and salvation, escape and immersion, peace and potential. It is a wonderful contradiction and its own culture- mini nests of modern community in a world where the 'self' is its own religion.

While I won't be owning a café for a while, or likely ever, I started the Café Cat in 2010 merely as a portal to capture cafés across Spain as I wandered from place to place, alone, but looking for a degree of company- seeking a window to the world that I could document with pen and paper and then translate online.
When the national bus services went on strike, I found myself not only stuck in a sleepy city but with a project leading nowhere. Some things happen for a reason. And so began a long hike to the UK, to the USA, to Barcelona, to Kent and finally to London. The Café Cat came with me but without that original objective, it became an unfurling narrative of however I was feeling. It became whatever was in my notebook.

And I quite like it that way.

However, now that I am here in London and with a forecast that reads I might very well be here for a while, it can't hurt to start new projects as much as it can't hurt to dream out loud.

Stay tuned for cafés, the city and its sprawl of stories and, of course, obligatory cats.
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December 10, 2013

Turner and the Sea, Greenwich National Maritime Museum

Turner and the Sea, Greenwich National Maritime Museum
There is nothing that quite casts a spell upon me such as the sea, stunning my senses in an awesome trance with its great mystery and expan...
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December 06, 2013

An Interview with I'm Being Erica

An Interview with I'm Being Erica
Good morning folks, It's Friday, which only means one thing over here on the Cafe Cat... BLOGGER SPOTLIGHTS. Today I'd like t...
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December 04, 2013

When Fifi Met Sally: Forever Friends

When Fifi Met Sally: Forever Friends
In the blogosphere, I am grateful to have met so many glorious guys and gals- some of whom I've shared one-off conversations with and o...
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December 02, 2013

Christmas at Aubaine

Christmas at Aubaine
In the hustle and bustle of the Big Smoke, there is always need for solace and respite from the crowds, especially at Christmas-time when t...
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November 29, 2013

An Interview with Lisa Eats World

An Interview with Lisa Eats World
Good morning all, Today's featured blogger is the one and only Lisa from Lisa Eats World , who I befriended months back. I knew sh...
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November 22, 2013

An Interview with Mathilde Heart Manech

An Interview with Mathilde Heart Manech
Dear readers, Welcome to my new Friday series: Follow Friday Spotlights! In the land of Twitter, Follow Fridays are reserved for le...
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November 20, 2013

When Fifi Met Sally: Blogloving

When Fifi Met Sally: Blogloving
Sometimes, you meet people with whom an instant spark flies, igniting the flame of a firm friendship. When Fifi McGee first came to my...
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