Cat of the Week: Bandit

"Bandit" of Venice prowling around the alleys in the evening:

Cat of the Week: Kukku

"Kukku" saying hello to a new little friend on the Chung King Alley in L.A.'s Chinatown:

Cat of the Week: Jasper

Jasper in the Palms neighborhood:

Cat of the Week: Sal

Sal mostly stayed in the bedroom during a dinner party at his house in West Hollywood last night:

Cats of the Week: Brothers

Two brothers in Culver City:

Cat of the Week: Buster

Buster of Westside Village enjoying an early walk on Christmas morning:

Cat of the Week

An unnamed kitty in Venice:

Cat of the Week: Frannie

Frannie of Los Feliz is the bookstore cat at Skylight Books:

Cat of the Week: Coco

"Coco" of Culver City:


Several people have asked me how I know the names of the cats that I meet. I learn their names from their tags. If you look closely at this picture, you can see that Coco has a dark red name tag hanging from her collar.

Cat of the Week: Peanut

"Peanut" of Mt. Washington:

Cat of the Week: Allie

"Allie" of Venice Beach rolling around on Nowita Place, one of Venice's charming pedestrian streets:


More pictures and a map of Venice's hidden pedestrian streets are available on my Venice blog post.

Cat of the Week: Cleo

"Cleo" of Mount Washington peeping out from behind a rose bush in her garden next to Elyria Canyon Park:

Cat of the Week: Monkey

"Monkey" of Culver City was slightly suspicious of the camera:

Cat of the Week: Larry David

"Larry David" of Culver City is the neighborhood troublemaker and is also one of my housemates. Larry had trouble sitting still for a photo:

Cat of the Week: Sven

"Sven" of the Palms neighborhood with a 1950's dingbat style apartment in the background:

Cat of the Week: John Meow

"John Meow" of Venice alongside one of the canals:

Cat of the Week: Happy

"Happy" of Silver Lake on the Loma Vista Place steps: