Category: Social Events & Pawties

Nipstock/Catnipalooza 2026!

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Nipstock/Catnipalooza’s debut year has finished, and I couldn’t be more proud!

It was four days of nip, music, food and fun!

I planned this for some time. Knowing Nipfest’s end last year, I foresaw the need for August Twitter activities! This was not to replace anything or anyone. Nipfest inspired me, of course, but this was something completely different! I thought that combining live DJ sets, events, and food was an original idea for Twitter.

I feel like I had the BEST team helping me plan! Nipstock never gets off the ground with everyone that helped me plan, made pics and volunteered 4 days of their time! Too many to name one by one, but i love and cherish everyone of you.

Is year two forthcoming? There absolutely will be! We are already planning for 2027 with a new theme and everything!

So long as I am present and folks wish revelry for summer’s conclusion, #Nipstock #Catnipalooza remains!

Nipclub September 3, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub September 3rd, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s the Nipclub North Pole summer cool-off trip!

Me and my trusty malamute sled dog, Keith, stopped at the Nipclub pawty bar to warm ourselves up! Moo was serving blood orange tequila cocktails and smash burgers, so I asked for a drink and burger for both Keith and I. We were enjoying our burgers in the bar when Gator, P & Jeego, and Pearl were all chatting loudly about growing cauliflower and green beans in the garden.

Time to switch barktenders, with Moo off and Pearl on shift. Pearl served some polar bear paw cookies and hot cocoa, starting us off with the sweets. Time for dessert!

Surprise! Sir Pickle Longpaw was there. I hadn’t seen him for ages! Harvey was also there. He talked about an arts and crafts show (a 50-year-old annual event) this weekend that sounded fun.

We discussed cauliflower and whether it grows wild or if humans created the vegetable. Harvey researched and found that Mediterranean farmers have cultivated cauliflower from wild cabbage for thousands of years. I wondered aloud how brilliant these farmers were to make a veg that can mimic a chicken wing when battered, deep-fried, and covered with buffalo sauce! Harvey thought that was pretty funny. 

Pearl served delicious king crab leg sammiches and snow martinis. Keith loves the crab, so I gave him a sammich. Next up was crab rangoon and more snow cocktails. I threw crab rangoon dumplings at Keith, and he caught them in his mouth. He’s a cool dog.

The gardening conversation continued with Gator, Mizz Bassie, and Pearl talking about insects on plants like aphids, ants, spiders, etc.

Angus and Louis were there and talked about playing music for LATE NITE. Louis shared a photo of a yellow and blue macaw his human saw at a baseball game. It was apparently a friendly parrot named Clarice! There were a few Silence of the Lambs jokes, of course.

Louis started off with ice and snow-themed songs like Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice! We hadn’t heard this song for ages! Then he played Van Halen’s cover of Ice Cream Man, Freeze Frame by J. Giles Band, and some songs by Elton John, Vangelis, etc.! 

We kept circling back to gardening and insect stories. Gator mentioned an interesting experience in a big-box store in the linens department where his human encountered an orb-weaver spider amongst the pillowcases.

An escapee from the garden department?

Then we all started talking about creepy-crawler encounters in cars, outside, in shipping boxes, grocery stores… the horrors!

Time for strong drinks!

Pearl had a big storm heading her way. She had to lock down the house and put out a few sandbags, so she left the bar. We all wished her a safe evening.

There was more music, snow martinis, snacks and music, dancing and much silliness! I served up real snow martinis and more crab rangoon with nuoc cham dipping sauce. TJS showed up, of course, to say hello. Keith loves crab in any form!

Wow, the conversation was all over the place: all the bug talk led to The Wrath of Kahn film, tribbles, and then the British comedy/ car geek TV show, Top Gear. Louis hadn’t heard some British slang terms that popped up. There were a lot of giggles!

I served panna cotta with coffee, and we continued talking about various topics. Gator and I stayed a bit later and talked about recipes for wonderful custard desserts and fresh lemon confections from the Amalfi coast of Italy. It all sounded so good!

We were getting so tired, so it was time to lock it up!

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

OTLFP August 2026 Wrap-Up

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Hi everyone, 

Ooh, and there goes another month! 

Hope everyone is keeping well and safe. 

For August’s first show, Peppy shared tales of his wonderful life following his rescue from the snow. Peppy had some funny food stories, tales of fun beach trips, and stories of lots of fun with his pals. 

Next up was Brenda, who shared her growing brood and all their mischief and adventures. Hold up! Where’s the TV remote gone! BRENDAAAAA! Brenda was also super helpful for pals by adding alt info for all her tweets. Inclusive for all! Great job, Brenda.  

For the next show, we had a guest host helper as Pixie’s mama was travelling. Wilbur Wonkey McDonkey stepped in to help Millie and keep the show running. And he did a great job! 

It was lovely to hear about all the summer fun everyone has been having. We also had a marvellous selection of things at our virtual picnic!

The last show of the month, we had Otto on the show. Otto shared about being rescued from a car and creating Catsofanarchy and fun shenanigans with pals and the Christmas tree! Our final August show also featured at Catnipalooza26, too!

We also had the Ruffriderz ride reveal for the September ride to Korea! 

In the OTLFP adoption segments, we also featured lots of pets in rescue needing homes, and we hoped that the featured pets would find their forever homes very soon.

Good luck to Teddy in Wisconsin with HOPE Rescue. 

Sunny in Hull, UK with Oakwood Rescue, and 

Susie in Oklahoma, USA, with Pets & People Rescue. 

We are also keeping our paws crossed for all the other pets in rescue centres who are all waiting patiently for someone to give them a second chance at a forever home. 

We have a fun-filled diary of guests planned for September and beyond, so hopefully we’ll see you there! 

If you have any ideas on guests we could feature, please message @MillieOTLFP @Pixie_Tooth or @OfftheleashFP 

So until next time, stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you all for the shows next month. 

Love and hugs, Millie, Pixie, and the #OTLFP team

Nipclub August 24, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub August 27th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

We celebrated World Lake Day at Nipclub!

We celebrated World Lake Day by boating; it’s a grand summer celebration of boats, campfire food, and fun! We reminisced about two Nipclub friends who are no longer with us: Petie the Cat and human Momma Louise. I vaguely remember Petie and girlfriend Pandafur. We miss our lovely, kind friends and have lots of glorious memories.

Moo had grilled salmon with blackened seasoning and fresh asparagus ready when I arrived, made over an open fire! Gator, Mizz Bassie, and Sir Pickle were already there, along with K-Boi, and I asked how he was doing after Ragamuffin had passed. Ragamuffin has graduated to an Angel Nipclub member and will still be around! K-Boi was doing okay, and it was nice to see him as usual.

Mizz Bassie said Armani the cat was not feeling well and had to go to the vet on Monday. Hopefully, he’ll feel better soon.

Pearl served “Life is better at the lake” frosted cookies and lemonade. Gator was excited about the eclipse visible at his house and possibly northern lights, so he dragged his human outside and disappeared from the conversation multiple times. Gator said it was a blood moon eclipse!

Pearl shared a photo of a sleeping (or hiding) bat that she spotted at her human’s home in the evening. Apparently, it was different but larger than they usually see. We all agreed that bats are exceptional creatures!

This time, Moo tempted me with additional lemonade that featured vodka, crushed ice, and plentiful mint. Delish! Pearl made grilled lake trout stuffed with lemon wedges and wrapped in bacon. So fresh!

We reminisced about Petie and Pandafur. I especially remember Pandafur, the floofy lady cat. She was lovely. I haven’t seen her lately, but apparently, she’s still around. Gator said he remembered their wedding, but I’m not sure I was there. I attended Catty Boy and Pandora’s wedding as a guest, though. I had the invitation and photos to prove it! That was back when Nipclub had a wedding planner.

Pearl set out more delicious cocktails and all the s’mores fixings so we could roast marshmallows over the campfire and make warm, gooey, delicious s’mores. Louis and Angus were like the Glimmer Twins; they showed up for LATENITE simultaneously, ready to party and play music! 

Gator found another wedding photo album and shared a few more old photos. Glorious memories! Gator and others also shared eclipse photos of the moon that were fuzzy but interesting. Louis had a summer playlist queued up, and he started us off with a tune by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Amber and Precious shared some eclipse photos, and I found some others had posted since it was cloudy in Jakku.

I met a new cat that evening, Gen. Viper, of the Cat World Domination Army, which was started by Gen. Cattis. He looks a bit like Angus, a slightly floofy black cat. We’re following each other now. Hopefully, he’ll check out Nipclub in the future.

Summer shandies and snacks were flowing, and Louis played Otis Redding and the TLC classic “Waterfalls”. He played more music by Bob Seger, Joe Satriani, The Beach Boys, and more.

Pearl went home. I took over the bar and served tequila shots and taquitos with fresh summer flavors while we listened to music by the lake and looked at the moon. Angus craved a hot dog, so I made a bacon-wrapped Sonoran Dog. That ended up being too fancy, so I made him a regular ballpark hot dog!

I made some campfire skillet brownies and coffee lattes, and we listened to music in the moonlight before I started making to-go boxes for everyone before closing up for the night. 

Another fun, relaxing evening!

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Nipclub August 20, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub August 20th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s a Bacon party! Everything has bacon in it! And I mean everything! It’s glorious!

I walked into the Nipclub bar wearing my bacon suit and then had to change into my plain clothes bacon sekurity uniform. Moo and Mizz Bassie greeted me. There was a lively conversation going on about hotel bed quality. Moo brought me praline bacon tartlets and a cocktail with a large piece of crispy bacon as garnish.

Later, Pearl served maple bacon cupcakes and caffe lattes to those who needed caffeine. Pearl showed me the small golf course-sized hovercraft she rode in on; it had a giant stack of bacon in the back of it. It was something to behold! It was actually bacon-powered, so it even smelled like bacon (and catnip) outside the bar.

Angel Dominique, a.k.a. DC Kitty made a surprise appearance! She was chatting with everyone, making the rounds. We don’t see her often enough anymore, so it was really nice to catch up. Pearl kept the bacon tartlets, bacon-wrapped grilled shrimp, and champagne bacon cocktails flowing while we caught up.

DC was unaware of Pearl’s new dog plus feline companion. She also didn’t know her beloved ginger cat, Butter, had died. Consequently, more drinks accompanied several Butter anecdotes plus images.

Louis showed up for LATE NITE and asked if anyone was in the DJ booth. I hadn’t seen K-Boi or Sir LongPaw, so there was no music yet. Dominque talked about a newish cat food, Made By Nacho- chef-developed cat food by Bobby Flay. Apparently, it’s very tasty stuff and worth checking out the website! 

Louis was in the DJ booth which meant the real LATE NITE party started! Coldplay was the first cut, then Imagine Dragons, and more fun music. TJS arrived and said hello to everyone right as Dominique said goodbye.  We all hoped she would be back again soon!

Angus arrived and Louis hit his musical stride with some Mongolian metal by The Hu (A LATE NITE Nipclub favorite by now). Moo talked about cactus flowers, the monsoon in Jakku, and asked if my humans had any big storms near their home. Moo showed some photos of a trip to Costa Rica, including a photo of an anteater! Wow, it looked so cool! 

Pearl was knocking the food out of the park with flaming shots, bacon maple cheesecake, bacon s’mores, lasagna, and fruity cocktails. Angus and Louis chatted about music while Moo showed more tropical wildlife photos while we all drank bacon beer.  Fun times! 

Once Pearl’s barktender shift ended and she went home, I stepped in to serve cocktails and potato skins topped generously with bacon and scallions. Louis wound up his set and posted the set list on YouTube. Technology makes it easy to share!

Moo was fading and wanted an escort to her car. Louis, Angus and I were all fading too, so I packaged up some leftover bacon snacks for everyone to enjoy at home this weekend. It was time to go, so I cleaned up, locked up, turned on the closed sign, and headed back to my cloud.

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Nipclub August 13, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub August 13th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s an eclipse party! We’re all wearing special viewing glasses!

I was a little late tonight because of some human-caused thing involving a “networking event”, whatever that is.

Pearl was serving up the sugar group when I walked in and took off my eclipse viewing glasses. Chocolate eclipse niptinis and cake! The gang was there, but Gator was in X-jail for posting too many tweets, but he used an alternate account so he could party with us.

Pearl served deep-fried butter to Mizz Bassie, and I joined in the conversation as I was reluctant to try it; wondering why butter? But humans will deep-fry any food, especially at fairs. If they can fry ice cream, why not butter?

Harvey showed up with his eclipse viewing glasses on, and I asked if he could see the eclipse where he lived.

Gator talked about being in jail back when it was called Twitter and they called jail “Twitmo.“ Pretty funny! In the past, all the Nipclubers that went to jail regularly had alternate accounts with elaborately decorated jail cells. 

Gator showed us his cell, but it was pretty plain.  

Pearl served eclipsed pepperoni pizza and Black and Tans, which was basically a beer eclipsing! We munched on pizza and talked about Godzilla, trains, and bacon.

I realized LATE NITE had already started, but I hadn’t seen Louis, Angus, or K-Boi. None of the usual suspects. Pearl thought she had seen Angus earlier.

Angus arrived and filled in with some tunes because Louis was running late. “Mississippi Moon” by John Anderson was the first song. Delays seemed characteristic of that night. Gator nor I had heard of this artist before. We just know Jon Anderson of Yes. Pearl had made a tray of colorful exotic fruit cocktails, and I tried the dragon fruit daiquiri. Delicious!

Gator stayed up with us and dug up a classic cover (last week’s theme was bleeding into this week!) from the Dead Kennedys. Angus played another moon-themed song while Louis arrived, just in time, along with TJS’s fly-by greetings. Angus was still playing music; and Louis might also play music! It was awesome!

Moo returned for a short while for LATE NITE to say hello. Gator found another cover song by The Arrows, which was a British band we hadn’t heard of. Wow! Great band! The lead singer is Alan Merrill; the song was “I Love Rock and Roll”, made very famous by Joan Jett! I was mind-blown to find out that Joan Jets version was a cover!

Louis played music again: “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden (one of my favorite songs!), and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by George Michael and Elton John; an epic duet. Gator remained to stay up for LATE NITE, and we talked about music.

It seemed LATE NITE was really a music listening party, and we were here for it!

Pearl left the bar with us, so we carried on with the party. It was mostly Angus, Louis, and I playing music. I put out a plate of moon pies for snacks. We were still listening to music, and it was getting late, but I was fading, so I bid my adieus.

Gator, Louis, and Angus kept playing songs longer, and I stepped outside and disappeared behind the moon. 

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Nipclub August 6, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub August 6th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s Cover Song Night at Nipclub! Woot Woot!

I arrived to the smell of crispy fried fish, fries, and K-Boi at the bar. Gator, Mizz Bassie, Moo were there, and Moo had saved me some fish and chips.

Unfortunately, K-Boi had some bad news: his sisfur Ragamuffin has cancer and only has a couple of months left. Ragamuffin is a sekurity officer and has the shift right before me. This was devastating news to Nipclub. I gave K-Boi a hug. It started as a hurt paw that didn’t heal. Luckily, she’s on pain medication and at home with family. Everyone gave K-Boi hugs and healing vibes for Ragamuffin. 

We hung out, ate fish and chips, and I noticed Sir Pickle Long Paw wasn’t in the DJ booth. Probably just on a break, or maybe he wasn’t working tonight? I couldn’t remember. Sekurity was quiet tonight; we rarely have spam zombies anymore. K-Boi caught one earlier.

It was quiet, too quiet, but almost LATE NITE, so I zipped into the DJ booth and played a song, “Brandy”, a cover of the famous Looking Glass song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Then I played Sergio Mendes and Brazil’ 66 cover of “Fool on the Hill” by The Beetles. Had to keep the bar happy while we got LATE NITE going!

K-Boi was back in the DJ booth. He lined up his setlist and started with Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah”. Stunning!

Pearl had to leave earlier than normal, so I went behind the bar and worked with Moo making drinks and tacos. K-Boi played some great stuff: Johnny Cash covered a Nine Inch Nails tune, “Hurt”; a Patti Smith cover of “Gloria”, and the Cowboy Junkies cover of the classic “Sweet Jane” by The Velvet Underground.

He programmed 7 hours of music and shared the entire set list; it’s on YouTube!

Louis prepared to play tunes next. First up was a cover of an Elvis song by Robin Lee, and then Bananarama covered “Venus” (that’s not their original song; the original is from 1969, by a Dutch rock band called Shocking Blue), and I served more drinks!

Other than the music, it was pretty quiet! The cats were getting hungry, so I served French onion soup, pretzel bites, and various cocktails. Moo stayed late, and I walked her out to her waiting car. Louis, Angus, K-Boi and I were still there, so I served nightcaps like cognac and tiny blueberry tart desserts. Gotta have snacks when listening to Apocalyptica, Panthera, and Joan Jett covers!

At the end of the evening, I realized Angus, Louis, K-Boi, and I were all black cats and the only cats left. It’s a Void party!

TJS showed up again to say hello. Louis and Angus stayed to close the bar as they had more music to play, and I was getting tired. I walked outside and disappeared into a cloud of black smoke. 

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Nipclub July 30, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub July 30th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s Shark Week at Nipclub!

I was in my scuba gear and had Bruce, my sekurity sidekick shark to help meowt. Everyone snacked on sharky cupcakes and ice cream with Gummi sharks when I arrived. I greeted Moo, and she talked about all the delicious noms that were on the menu tonight and showed some photos.

Angus waited by the entryway where his usual friends had arrived.

The drinks and food came out; Gator had made shark-shaped pizza, a crudité platter with shark-shaped flatbreads, white chocolate-dipped strawberries with shark teeth and blue frosted details…. Incredible! Nipclub took the shark theme to the nth degree!

Moo shared a beautiful photo of a field full of flowers in Australia, known as red desert peas, Swainsona formosa, for all the plant geeks. Truly spectacular! Attendees admired the flowers, novel to most present and indigenous to South Australia specimens. We don’t have them in Jakku.

Pearl hoped her humans wouldn’t lose power again as a storm approached, so she set out some nachos and more drinks. She hoped for some rain, though. Apparently, there was quite a bit of lightning.

Left Shark memes launched LATE NITE! We love Left Shark at Nipclub. Louis and Angus were ready for LATE NITE; Louis was getting ready in the DJ booth with some watery-themed music, and Angus was ready to dance.

But wait, Sir Pickle Long Paw was going to DJ tonight! What a surprise! We hadn’t seen Sir Pickel for ages. Louis will wait to play music until after Sir P’s set.

Moo returned, then proposed drinks; I responded with a head-butt.

Nipclub trended on X! Pearl noticed it as well.

Sir P played ocean-themed music, and TJS showed up with greetings all around. Pearl served a luscious seafood boil with all the fixings and some flaming violet cocktails. It was sharktastic! We had so much fun!

Pearl headed out, and I took over the bar as usual. Moo was heading out as well, so I gave her a to-go box of noms to take home. Sir Pickle completed his music set, and Louis took over playing music while I served shark-themed drinks and noms. Sir Pickle hung out at the bar with me.

Angus, Louis, and I remained when most friends departed. I made drinks and more pizza. It’s LATE LATE NITE! Shrimp pizza, cocktails, and eventually coffee and cupcakes all around for these diehards!

I stayed until almost midnight this time! Whoa! Three hours of LATE NITE. It might be a record.

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat