Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Neat photos! Boutiques Unleashed pet fashion show 2010

April 10, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat STUFF

By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Entertainment for pet lovers doesn’t come better than this: A llama in drag, a scaredy cat and a rabbit wearing a graphic black-and-white checkered dress by Project Runway designer de jour Seth Aaron Henderon. Last night’s Boutiques Unleashed, the fifth annual people and pet fashion show to benefit the DoveLewis [...]

Win a copy of Wendy Diamond’s book, “It’s a Dog’s World!”

March 20, 2010 by karenvitt  
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat WIN

Fashion truly has gone to the dogs.
If all the cool cats will excuse us for just a moment, we need to discuss canine style. Because not only do stylish Portland pet owners know it’s a dog’s world out there, but so does author and famed pet lifestyle expert Wendy Diamond.
Diamond, editor of Animal Fair Magazine [...]

Boutiques Unleashed fashion show a “Project Petway”

March 19, 2010 by karenvitt  
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If there’s anything The Neat Sheet is more fanatical about than fashion, it’s pets! We’re excited to combine our two great loves and participate in the upcoming Boutiques Unleashed people and pets benefit fashion show, to be held at The Tiffany Center in Portland on Friday, April 9.
We’ve been working with DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital to [...]

Hop to it! Win these cute, classic bunny slippers

March 1, 2010 by karenvitt  
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Who knew Portland serves as home base for the world’s premiere online retailer of furry critter slippers?! True that, fur sure!
Ok, technically bunnyslippers.com is headquartered in Sandy, Ore., but close enough. The point is this local company offers online shoppers more than 45 varieties of novelty and animal slippers, including eight different styles of bunny [...]

Holy catrimony! Two cats say “I Mew” at Voodoo Doughnut

January 30, 2010 by karenvitt  
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Last night, Voodoo Doughnut in Northeast Portland hosted the most wacky wedding ever (and you better believe this quirky sweet shop has hosted some wacky weddings), uniting two felines in purrfect catrimony.
Pet paparazzi turned out to watch as Mr. Mollie, the groom, and Café Mocha Valencia, the bride, said their “I Mews,” and nuzzled each other’s [...]

Cool cats to be wed at Voodoo Doughnut – for real

January 15, 2010 by karenvitt  
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Look who’s getting meowied! Voodoo Doughnut has been hosting wacky weddings for people since 2003, and now for the first time ever Portland’s sassiest sweet shop will unite two felines in purrfect matrimony at Voodoo Doughnut Too’s wedding chapel, 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29.
Meet the betrothed beasties, Mr. Mollie (right) and Café [...]

Neat SALE
Do your fired-up furballs need a pet playhouse?

December 30, 2009 by karenvitt  
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Hurry! There’s a four-alarm sale on fire truck pet playhouses at Urban Outfitters! For just $24.99, kitty can trade up his favorite cardboard box and cruise around in this badass non-toxic cardboard firetruck. The playhouses are available online only, along with tons of extra 25 percent off deals on after-Christmas sale stuff. They have a hilarious [...]

Neat IDEA
Make a day trip out of adopting a cat

August 19, 2009 by karenvitt  
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Last week I tagged along with my boyfriend on a story assignment to a cat safe house in Madras, Ore. Jacques is the pet columnist for The Oregonian, and he was interviewing a woman who has opened her home to more than 40 homeless cats. Because the county shelter there only accepts dogs, Sandra Ballard [...]