Fighting Like Hell on Livestrong Day - Oct 2, 2012

I have lost dear friends, my father and several pets to cancer over the years.  Everyone has been affected by cancer - of a loved one, friend, co-worker, pet.  No one is exempt.  This is why the Livestrong Foundation is so important - they provide support, information and resources to help improve the lives of people everywhere affected by cancer.  

So today, we join in - "Fighting Like Hell on Livestrong Day" to show our support for those with cancer, those who have survived cancer and to remember those who lost their lives to cancer.

For those people who have fought hard and won as well as those who are still fighting, we offer this lovely quote:

"When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold.  They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful." ~Barbara Bloom

And for those who have lost a beloved family member, friend or pet:

"There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen apart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow."  ~The Talmud

 

Weekend Wanderings

Flat Iron Building downtown Aheville

Sculpture of flat iron

Sky Bar on the Flat Iron Building

 
Since Mom has closed our other blog, moving it to Facebook and some of the followers are not on Facebook, she wanted to share some posts about life in the mountains.  So hopefully we will post weekly (maybe) about what the beans have done during the week.

8th floor

Looking down to the 7th

7th floor

This week our post is about the Sky Bar on the 6th, 7th and 8th floor fire escape of the Flat Iron Building downtown Asheville.  The building was modeled after similar buildings in other cities and built around 1920-30.  The Sky Bar is on the fire escape and Pop is known far and wide for his fear of heights so this was a hard sell to him.  He loved it once there. After all the 8th floor s hard a skyscraper!

It is all very mysteriuos - you have to know where the bar is.  There is only a sign next to the old fashioned elevator expalining about the bar - but then it makes it sound like it is a private club so most still won't think they can go up.  The elevator is run by a young man who asks for an ID and then explains the bar - they even have one of those old metal gates on the elevator that he has to close before you go up or down. 
  

Lounge on 7th floor

Once up, there are more signs to tell you where to go and what to do.  There is an indoor lounge on the 7th floor but otherwise it is all outdoors.  Waitresses appear out of no where to take your order and disappear again.  We opted for the 8th floor for a better view facing north. Marble surfaces offer a place to set your drinks and the floor is plated steel sheets so you can't see down below.  No food is served - just cocktails, beer and wine. You can bring your own food and dine at the bistro tables on 7th floor. 

Mom said it was breezy and  cool and fun.  This is for sure the second best place to view the sunset downtown altho they had to leave before that - Pop was worried about all the people coming for sunset that he didn't want to be on the fire escape.  Oh well - some other day and without him!

Grove Arcade

Wall Street restaurants

One of many Art Deco buildings

The lovely Smoky Mountains

Almost sunset

Hope you enjoyed this and we will see you next week for more of the Carolina Mountains!  Have a super weekend!

Mamacita and Rosa's 7th Gotcha Day!

Mamacita on right and me on left.

Rosa reporting today Thursday Sept. 27.  It's our 7th Gotcha Day - wow!  We have been inside for 7 years and Mom thinks we are about 7 years old altho Mamacita being my mom may be 8 since I was born in the spring.  Our human mom found us outdoors and I was a very sick kitten with a URI.  She had to trap us to bring me in for medicine.  Having to take pills and get eye ointment when I first came in made me very shy around beans. But now we are two fat and happy black cats who love being loved altho we can still be a bit shy too.  Any noise or new thing and we are gone - hiding under da bed!!!


We are always together and love to snuggle with each other.  I adore it when Mamacita grooms me but I do get too excited and she has to whap me to calm me down.  She keeps me in line with a firm paw, even at my age.  I guess I am lucky to have my Mom with me and have beans who take good care of us.

Please help yourself to the party foods - a very special choice of tuna cakes, niptinis and caviar - being older now we are having a very adult party!

And for some action ...live mice!    Enjoy!

MEOW Like A Pirate Day!

This day be made fer me. Me moniker be Dread scurvy pirate Snowball Flint 'n I be th' baddest bucko around. Ladies swoon at th' mention 'o me moniker 'n men run fer fear I gunna pull out me sword.  T' last wench port her heart on me arm! See fer yerself.

Come on th' poop deck me ship Th' Dark Lust 'n I gunna regal ye wit' tales to curl ye toes 'o all me adventures on th' high seven seas. Don't pay no mind to me faithful trusty parrot Torgay - he be tame unless I shout th' word.

I gunna spin yarns 'o me travels to far off places, th' ships I plundered 'n th' wenches I loved. If I like ya enough I will give you a clue t' where me treaaye chest full o' jewels and gold be buried! 

 I be th' scurvy pirate 'o band 'o pirates 'n none gunna ever top th' likes 'o me. Away with t' unless ye be a lady - you can meet me in me quarters! Avast Matey!!!!

Urgent - Type B Blood Needed for Squashies

UPDATE
We are doing the ***happy dance***!!!!  They found a match for Squashies! 

TK and The Squashies blog buddies need your help!  Please Tweet, blog, post to Facebook.....

If your cat has been blood typed, and is Type B (Rare but prevalent in Asian breeds,) we need your help. Squashies is in desperate need of a transfusion. We can't find a Type B donor.

We will pay all expenses to bring the cat and you here to Baltimore. With a very generous bonus for your time and discomfort. Call Dee @ 443-527-9226.

Our little girl is running out of options.
Thank you!