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#ChiliPawty 2026 Debrief

~ Mr. Breeze ~ Leave a comment
Welcome to #Chilipawty!
Welcome to #Chilipawty!

Life’s What You Make It. I live by this philosophy. Maybe it’s easier for me because I’m a dog.
— @MidgeTheMutt on X

Hissing black cat
Sssspicy Miss Chilipepper

Midge’s quote fit #ChiliPawty pretty well. This year was the 16th Chilipawty and once again the community came together to raise money for charity, share music, hand out pwizes, and hang out with friends old and new. Chilipawty started over a decade ago as a birthday pawty for sssspicy Sisfurcat Chilipepper and has become an annual tradition.

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The barktenders served tasty noms and drinks. Anipals stopped by to talk, listen to music, and see old friends.

The DJs set the mood for the pawty. Blues, rock, dance music, or old favorites. Of course, nobody wanted to leave at 2 AM so the pawty kept going. At one point a discussion about the Rocky Horror Picture Show got mixed up with the Rocky boxing movies. Typical anipal!

The pwizes were part of the fun. Community members donated items, pwizemasters announced winners. Events like #Chilipawty are successful because so many anipals volunteer.

Meanwhile, sekurity handled patrols, monitored suspicious activity, and kept order throughout the timeline. Their work mostly happened in the background, but they are as important as the other roles.

After sixteen years, #ChiliPawty is still doing what it was meant to do: helping the charity and bringing anipals together. I hope to see you at the 17th #Chilipawty.

— Mr. Breeze

Visit the #Chilipawty blog to read more about #ChiliPawty.

Please consider helping our charity, Black Cat Rescue in Boston, MA.

Nipclub May 7, 2026: Sekurity Update

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Nipclub May 7th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

We’re in the Netherlands for the Tulip Festival!  

When I arrived, I started practicing my Dutch, and Grok was translating decently. I finally resorted to English because thinking became too taxing and it got a little tedious.

Pearl was talking about the Chilipawty planned for this weekend. Gator made typical Dutch food such as bitterbollen (deep-fried cocktail meatballs), and stamppot with wurst (potato-vegetable casserole with sausage). We talked about stamppot, which is something my humans make occasionally, mainly during cool weather months. They often make a version with no meat. Countless versions appear, including some with cheese.

Gator made delicious, tiny, yeasted pancakes, poffertjes. I’ve never had them before! There was also a lot of beer drinking and food talk.

It’s quiet tonight as many are planning behind the scenes for Chilipawty. It’s a tremendous event, with prizes, music, food, drinks… it goes on for hours, past midnight!

Pearl, Gator and I were talking about poffertjes pans with all the dimples, and I had this idea that you could make tiny flying saucer burgers. Then we started talking about the saucer-shaped burgers served at the Seattle Center, back in the day, during the Seattle World’s Fair, and were called “Spaceburgers”.

Gator stayed late and served a special dish of tulip bulbs with steak (so exotic!) and that led to an entire conversation about the edibility of a tulip bulb. Were they poisonous (yes, if not prepared correctly), and does anyone eat these except during wartime?

The steak tasted superb; the tulips proved acceptable. Parsnips or leeks would have been okay too, though. 

For LATE NITE, it was way too quiet because no one was playing music. I asked Louis if he wanted to play something. No one had seen Angus, but of course he showed up right away and went into the DJ booth and started playing an eclectic mix of Celine Dion, Foreigner, and The Pretenders.

Louis, Angus, and I stayed late, chatting and listening to music.

I served some poffertjes with fresh berries and cognac as a nightcap, and Louis said goodbye shortly after. Angus played a couple more songs, including Alice Cooper, and then it was time to go.

We needed to rest up for the Chilipawty!

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Nipclub April 30, 2026: Sekurity Update

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

It is staff appreciation night again; this time for the team at Snick’s Sekurity! I finally got my appreciation night! Does that mean I have the night off? A sekurity officer’s work is never done! It means I can relax, have fun, and not worry about interlopers tonight.

Alfie was setting up in the DJ booth when I walked in, and he announced I was on duty. I wore a tuxedo tonight; a tuxie cat in a tux. It seemed like the party called for something extra!

Angus and Pearl were already there; Pearl was behind the bar and always liked to start with the sweets first, so she put out a tray of cookies shaped like badges, squad cars, donuts and handcuffs! They were amazingly cute. Plus, there were sweet and colorful cocktails!

Harvey was there, and he mentioned his mum was tired. He’d been experimenting with editing software called Canva, and it piqued my interest. He’s working on logo design for the C.W.A., the Cat Writers Association. I wasn’t familiar with the group, but it sounded interesting. The logo design example he showed looked nice.

Mizz Bassie arrived when Angus and I were talking about tequila, specifically Patron tequila. His new, stylish haircut drew attention, making his short, curly tail appear more attractive. Most of his floof was gone!

Pearl and Harvey were talking about sci movies and books while we were sitting at the bar, having drinks. The discussion was about a book that was hard science fiction as opposed to fantasy Sci-Fi; the book was called Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It sounded great, so I added it to my Kindle queue.

TJS appeared, and I asked if he was staying, as it was our party! TJS stayed this time, which was very unusual! Pearl made espresso niptinis, and we danced all over the place.

LATE NITE started, and Moo showed up for it and wanted to have a drink with me! She was mostly incognito earlier, so this was a pleasant surprise! Angus and Raven tag-teamed the music, and Pearl made gigantic blue margaritas.

Pearl mentioned a swarm of honeybees at her house, and we all talked about different bees like the Africanized bees, native bees, and the friendly black carpenter bees, etc.

Harvey showed us a photo of the cutest black bird called a black robin. It’s so cute it looks like a cartoon bird.

No one was in the DJ booth, so I snuck in and played a couple of classic ‘70s rock and roll songs: Aerosmith’s “Last Child” and Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”.

It was late and time for Pearl to head out, so I went behind the bar and made some Thai-spiced fresh oysters and more drinks. Then I made some B-52 shot cocktails and served them with matching music- “Love Shack” by the B-52s!

Time to make dessert as Angus jumped into the DJ booth and played a yacht rock set, including the classic one-hit wonder by Looking Glass, “Brandy”. I mentioned that there is a brilliant cover of that song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their Live in Hyde Park album from several years ago.

It was time to wind it down, since it was just the two of us left. I set out a couple of to-go bags with leftover pizza and cookies, locked up the bar, and we both headed out.

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

OTLFP April 2026 Wrap-Up

~ Millie OTLFP ~ Leave a comment

April 4

It was our 10th Anniversary Show! Friends crowded the studio. We reminisced about our very first episode, about the parties we used to throw instead of having an interview guest. So many audience members came up to the microphone to tell us their favorite memories or their favorite Special Guests. The love we received made our team feel immense gratitude. Millie and Pixie promised to keep going with the #OTLFP show.

April 11

Wilbur Wonkey McDonkey @WilburWonkey, who was unknown to most of our audience, undoubtedly made many new friends during the show. He posted great pics of his adventures with his mum and his adventure friend Dee Dee. He was such a delightful guest that are sure we will invite him back some day for another fun interview.

April 25

Cooper @CoopersCornerTD provided us with a wealth of information on dog therapy work and agility training. Cooper started out with nursing home residents, but then started helping children read and even helped high school kids with stress related to tests and homework. It was such a rewarding career! But he also learned ability training and became superb at that too! Isn’t Cooper amazing?

Nipclub April 23, 2026: Sekurity Update

Nipclub April 23, 2026
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Nipclub April 23, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

Nipclub April 23, and tonight was Barktenders Appreciation Night! I could wear any past Sekurity uniform, so I wore the same shirt from last week.

K-Boi was there when I arrived and was already talking about staying for LATE NITE, just like he used to last year. His consistently impressive playlists made me excited for that!

Pearl started off with the dessert course and serving gorgeously decorated flower cookies and colorful cocktails. I told Pearl how much we appreciate our barktenders, so she started pouring shots for everyone, and then I stuffed the tip jar.

Nothing like tequila shots and cookies!

Nothing super interesting on the sekurity cameras and feed, but I went outside and did a sweep of the grounds after I finished my drink.

Mizz Bassie and P and Jeego were here, and I saw Angus pop in.

Now Pearl served us fresh lobster pasta with catnip butter, and everyone took notice once the lobster came out of the kitchen. The catnip butter was addictive!

TJS popped in briefly, as usual, but didn’t stay this time.

Moo was excited about a great holiday weekend planned. It’s Anzac Day in Australia, which is like the United States’ Veterans Day, with festivities and special events.

LATE NITE officially started with K-Boi in the DJ booth, with a great blues set! Moo and I had a drink together at the bar and listened to Denise LaSalle, ZZ Hill, Little Milton, and watched a video of Danny Gaston playing slide guitar with a beer bottle wrapped in a dish towel.

There were never-ending cocktails, fresh wood-fired pizza, and Pearl made baked Alaska dessert!

We really appreciate those barktenders!

More drinks, more music, and some discussion about daytime temperatures, which vary depending on where you live, especially in the springtime.

K-Boi’s excellent set ended after about an hour, and he headed out. K-Boi’s return to the LATE NITE set, which he used to perform weekly before taking a break, earned much praise and felt like a return to familiar days. I hope he’s back next week.

Pearl left at the end of her shift, so I stayed another 45 minutes and played barktender for the LATE LATE NITE crowd, which was Raven, Mizz Bassie, Louis, and Angus. The four of them played music for the rest of the regulars while I put on my barktender’s apron and paired iconic cocktails with elegant appetizers such as martinis with crispy potato skins and Negronis with salmon and caper toasts.

We hung out for a while longer, and I served dessert and drinks to wind down the night: cognac and grilled pears with blue cheese and walnuts.

Containers held potato skins, pears, or cookies for those wishing to take them home. We had such great food tonight, and it’s always great to share rather than throw it out.

After saying goodbye, I readied the bar for the next weekly party and locked up.

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat

Hedgewatch Cafe on April 18, 2026

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This past Saturday was another amazing time at the Hedgewatch cafe as Lil Bit was back with her best buds, serving up noms and drinks!

This past weekend’s theme was skateboarding!

While everyone was shredding and ripping, the foods and noms being served included sossidge and chips, tuna heaven, lasagna with nip bread, pawlissere slice, ginger cat lattes, nip tea and biccy, nip juice with bubbles, and, as always, Brock’s world famous gin!

It was another exceptional Saturday morning (or afternoon for everyone in the UK) at the cafe!

Lil Bit will be back again this Saturday, so come see us!

Nipclub April 16, 2026: Sekurity Update

April 16 2026 Nipclub
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Nipclub April 16, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift

It’s Music Night, DJ’s Choice at Nipclub! Sekurity could wear whatever, so I looked in my extensive uniform wardrobe for just the right look and I chose something simple and casual.

When I arrived, we were trending on X! Alfie the #FurryTails barktender (@TheHugHouse) was there and played music in the DJ booth. He jumped in just as I arrived; K-Boi had been playing music for the prior hour.

What a great surprise!

TJS greeted everyone enthusiastically while I tried to find out how to get a drink. Mizz Bassie arrived and was feeling fabulous, which was great because we missed her last week.

Gator had been here for a while, as usual. 

The dance floor was full. Alfie played some fun music, like songs from The Beastie Boys, Bowling for Soup, Jack White, and Cake….

I listened to the splendid music while I checked the sekurity cameras and video feed from the last hour to see if anything interesting showed up. 

Moo served cheeseburger sliders with spicy pickles, and they were delicious, along with Aperol Spritzers.

Angus was present but unseen because he apparently had his cloak of invisibility on. Or maybe it was his dark glasses? He couldn’t see us, but we could see him!

Mizz Bassie displayed a photo depicting her fully blossomed, yellow tabebuia tree. She mentioned they are a riot of color when they are blooming next to jacaranda trees where she lives. 

Many saw Angus in the bar, seemingly resolving his affliction. He then declared his intention to perform some music.

George the duck showed up! He’s a rare bird once the sun goes down, and it’s always fun when he shows up.

Pearl served guitar-shaped cookies and bacon beer, and Louis showed up just in time for LATE NITE. Moo and I sat next to each other at the bar, catching up.

Angus was in the DJ booth, starting off with 1980s hair metal. Such fun music to dance to and listen to, especially when accompanied by an enormous plate of deluxe nachos! We enjoyed nachos and listened to Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, and Poison, and talked about boom boxes and cassette tapes. Angus didn’t know that the Quiet Riot classic “Cum on Feel the Noize” was a cover of an original song by Slade, which was an English glam rock group!

Then Gator played the Gloria Jones original version of Tainted Love… more minds blown! We listened to more music, and there was a discussion about cover songs and perpetually covered songs like “Jolene” and some of Johnny Cash’s excellent covers.

Pearl left at her usual time, and K-Boi came back to join us for a bit until closing; Gator and I tag-teamed and played a few more songs. I dipped into Delta Blues with Son House and a cover of a Blind Willie Johnson song by Tom Waits. Gator and I talked about music, and I played one more song in the same vein: a Robert Johnson tune.

I served up night caps and buttery popcorn while Gator and I schemed about a future cover music Nipclub party.

Gator and I closed the bar, and Gator spotted a spammer zombie on the way out. I give him credit for nabbing the sekurity risk! 

Until next week!

Slinky the Cat, LATE NITE Nipclub Sekurity