Catsters are Meeting Up Across the Country!
In recent months, Catster and Catblogger peeps have been stepping out from behind their web personas to meet longtime online friends. This week I’m spotlighting some of those meetups.
Earlier this month, in an event more hotly anticipated than the new Harry Potter movie, the moms of catblogging superstars Jeter Harris and Daisy the Curly Cat met for brunch in Florida with Sarge Charlie and Auntie Bee.
I don’t know how it started, but Sarge Charlie and Auntie Bee are frequent visitors to the cat blogs (perhaps because their lifestyle doesn’t permit cats), and everyone just loves ‘em, including me.
By all reports, it was a raucous good time and Jeter Harris’ mom left flat-cat versions of Jeter behind with Daisy’s mom and Auntie Bee. (L to R in the photo above: Daisy’s mom, Sarge Charlie, Jeter Harris’ mom, and Auntie Bee [seated].)
In June, midwestern Catsters and catbloggers met at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
(L to R: Moe and Carmella’s Mom; Victor and Nina’s Mom; Pearl, Bert and Jake’s Mom, Rosie & Cheeto’s Mom, Chey and Gemini’s Mom; Sly’s Mom; and Isis, Stinky Pete, Daphne, Chloe, & Spooker’s Dad.
Chey’s mom (who travelled from Washington state for the event) describes the meeting:
“On a sunny day in June, cat bloggers from around the Midwest met at the Lincoln Park Zoo. While road construction on I 90 scared off a few from Wisconsin and matters of new babies kept others away, 9 people showed up to join in the fun at the zoo. The meeting was less a first time meeting than it was old friends catching up after a long absence. Michigan cat bloggers spent the night near Chicago to be part of the meeting. The only draw back was a little confusion on the meeting area. We also realized that it would have been nice to have a sign because not everyone was immediately recognizable!”
Stay tuned this week for more stories of meetups between online cat moms and dads.
Remember to follow best practices for meeting online friends:
- Meet in a public place.
- Bring a friend with you.
- Be wary of “new best friends” who form immediate Super-Glue bonds with you or ask for money.
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Looks like they had a pawsome time visiting with each other!
Oh that’s so exciting!!! Momy would love to meet some of our Catster friend humans!! Actually, Aldo’s mommy will join mommy’s team this year for the 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer in Philly. So fun!!
It was exciting for them to meet up. Our mum is meeting Grr, Midnight and Cocoa’s mum and also Camie’s Kitties mum when they are in LA later in the year when they go to Hawaii and Las Vegas.
Fun! Mommy has met up with Saki’s husband’s mom a few months ago. They both volunteer at the same animal shelter. They’re trying to meet-up again soon to visit each others’ furry children. It would very neat to meet more of our furiends’ mommies and daddies!
My Mommie said she had an awesome time with Jeter’s mom and Sarge Charlie and Auntie Bee!
The Woman really enjoyed getting to meet people. She also met Derby’s mom later in the evening. She is hoping that she can think up a good excuse to get to SF to cheer on Jeter’s Mom as well!
Catzowey! I wanna go to CheeCahGo and FloorEyeDah to meetza them too. Yep, I hosted Catster Mommas in my cat house – datsa speshule fur shure ( they gives good cat hugs).
Ive met a few Catster mums whilst on a Dreams Come true visit to Florida Dec/Jan . Im now planning another visit to Multi states to meet up with many Catster Mums n Dads. Im giving myself a Month to do a Fast Amtrak tour all round USA starting in UK on to Southern Florida traveling anti clockwise around USA , Meeting up enroute . Roll on Oct / Nov Catsterland is GreatPity Alfie cant travel over to USA with me !! He will be tracking my route from UK Purrs Lyn n Alfie
How da heck do you git to Jeter’s and Curly’s pages here on catster, it goes right to their blog, I wanna be their friend gosh darn it. Tell me how do i find them.
Funny bloggers. Gotta love the spelling and talk, I couldnt do it if i tried. (well maybe, but its to much werk) ehehhehe
Mommy, Erin, and I have met Diego’s mommy at her work once. She’s a wonderpurr person! It was great to see the person behind the profile.
Meeting our cat/dogster friend’s would be a dream come true. You are all so lucky !
My parents and I met my beautiful wife’s, Xena’s, human parents last fall. It was important that the families meet before our marriage. They were very nice and they didn’t think I was a little wierdo!
That is so cool!! Mom wants to meet up with my Catster friends. She was suppose to meet some Dogster friends last summer but things happened and she didn’t go.
I got to meet Pooh and Rascal’s mom, Winnie & Chester’s mom and we all stayed the night with Aldo’s mom before taking me to my forever family!
In Southern California last year, our Mom got to meet Grr’s, Midnight’s, Cocoa’s (etc) mom and Victor Tabbycat’s and Nina’s mom. She is going to try to have another BBQ and get more So. Cal people together.
Tavi, Cody, Camie, Miss Jade and Gracie
My mom has met only two Catster moms in purrson so far: Judi, the mom of Guido (http://www.catster.com/cats/800713), and Valerie, the mom of Princess Kitty (http://www.catster.com/cats/300218). (I got to meet Valerie too, and she was furry nice!) Lots of my mom’s friends on Facebook are Catster moms, and a bunch of them have gotten together, but my mom couldn’t join them because they live a fur piece from us. Maybe someday…
SKEEZY! Hey Skeezy! Yur mom goofed on my bloggie address! She putted Chicats insteada 2tabbys. Help her fix it, plz? ::spin:: kthx!
Purrs,
Victor
PS Mom also meeted Grr, Midnight & Cocoa’s mom and Camie’s Kitties’ mom last summer in Catifornia.
Fanks Skeez! Yur the bestest!