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Great news, fans of vintage fashion - Cat's Meow now has an online store! The doors to the brick-and-mortar store are temporarily closed because of Monterey County's shelter-in-place order, but select items are now available for purchase on Poshmark. Owner Melinda Collis has an eye for finding great clothing and accessories - keep an eye on that webpage for some fantastic looks and very good deals.

Cat’s Meow is the only vintage clothing store in Monterey that serves both local and international customers, assisting in all wardrobe requests. Clients include directors, theater, photographers, party event planners, vintage dealers, and walk in customers. The store, located at 601 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, is internationally known for its rarity of product coupled with its quality; a brick and mortar store that provides a unique shopping ambiance for all independent fashion for men and women alike.

Are your kids climbing the walls after more than a month of shelter-in-place? Turn them over to Coach Masha of Boxing Strong every Wednesday at 12pm, when she'll lead them in a free boxing class conducted live on Zoom. Contact Masha for more information.

Masha Cavazos is a former competitive fighter and the 2017 NCBA West Coast Champion (139-lb fight class) and the 2015 Silver Medalist (132-lb fight class); she is a USA Boxing-Certified Coach and a National Association for Fitness Certification (NAFC) Certified Personal Trainer.

She is the founder and owner of Boxing Strong, based in New Monterey, and she brings her boxing and training experience to her diverse range of clients with their various fitness and athletic goals. She is also the proud mom of a teenager.

Do you miss shopping at Cat's Meow, located at 601 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey? Yeah, we do, too. But while we're staying home in Monterey County to flatten the Covid-19 curve, you can still support Cat's Meow and help owner Melinda Collis pay the bills by purchasing Meow Money gift tokens, which you can spend when Cat's Meow re-opens its doors.

Buy some Meow Money for yourself, for your best friend, for that nice person next door! Just e-mail Melinda.

Cat’s Meow is only vintage clothing store in Monterey that serves both local and international customers, assisting in all wardrobe requests. Clients include directors, theater, photographers, party event planners, vintage dealers, and walk in customers. Cat’s Meow is internationally known for its rarity of product coupled with its quality; a brick and mortar store that provides a unique shopping ambiance for all independent fashion for men and women alike.

Got fish pictures? Bamboo Reef Dive Shop is working on finishing our online California Fish ID Course and needs the local dive community's help with photos of our local fish-friends of Monterey.

We need photos of Rockfish, Perch, Hexagrammidae, Damselfish, Wrasses, Sharks, Rays, Sculpin, Seabass, Flatfish, and many others we see while diving. For the full list, please click here.

Have some photos you’d like to share? Please send all photos & inquiries to Adam at Bamboo Reef.

Photos that end up in the Bamboo Reef Fish ID Course will be credited and, as a small thank-you, photographers will receive $5 of store credit per photo. Thank you for your help!

The Sabu Shake Sr. Memorial Foundation is teaming up with Montage Health Foundation and Zoë Carter, Director of Operations at the Monterey County Business Council, to raise funds to purchase meals at Monterey Peninsula restaurants for healthcare workers and first responders.

Your tax-deductible donations will directly support local restaurants and show appreciation and care for our local frontline heroes!

To donate, please visit the website of the Sabu Shake Memorial Foundation or mail a check to:
Sabu Shake Sr. Memorial Foundation
P.O. Box 1951
Monterey, CA 93942

If you would like to be part of this effort, please email [email protected].

Did you know that The Perfect Crumb Bakery makes our own quiche? It's great for breakfast or dinner, and it's all made from scratch right here. Buttery, flaky, egg-filled: it's everything you want in a decadent shelter-in-place meal.

Give us a call at 831-241-6269 and order in advance for curbside pick-up. We're located at 301 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the links below to read the articles.

Five New Food and Drink Spots for After the Crisis
featuring Bulldog British Pub & Nacho Bizness
by Marc C. Anderson
Edible Monterey Bay, 04/14/20

Anxiety. Intense worries that you can’t control, those are cognitive distortions. They turn into panic attacks complete with heart palpitations, shaking, and or sweating. This can be debilitating for the person experiencing the anxiety, causing their quality of life to dwindle.

In this online workshop, The Big Fight: Conquering Anxiety, taught by Safira and presented by Boxing Strong on Instagram Live on April 22 at 6pm, you will learn how to identify your own thoughts, correct cognitive distortions, reclaim your power, and learn four tips for taking action when anxiety strikes in the moment. Learn about Safira here.

There is no quick fix for anxiety, and it may feel like an uphill battle. By gaining awareness of what causes your symptoms, you can manage them more quickly. You may find some of these suggestions will work for you right away and others may have no effect at all. The key to success is to keep trying.

The Lighthouse District's Escape Room 831, like other businesses nationwide, has been impacted by the coronavirus emergency, but they’re making the most of their downtime by producing much-needed face shields for local health care workers and the police.

Escape Room 831’s fabricator Scott Rush, using a 3D printer, has been making eight to ten face shields per day and hopes to have 100 available by the time they are finished. The supplies are limited and sourcing has been difficult. Using all those supplies to fabricate is the primary concern.

“It isn’t the one million protective face shields Apple has committed to making weekly, but it is available to the local health care community for their use,” said owner Barrie Riddoch. “We are part of the community and we just wanted to do our share to help in any way we can.”

Escape Room 831 was founded in 2018 by entrepreneurs Christina and Barrie Riddoch of Monterey. Escape Room 831 is currently closed due to the coronavirus emergency.

Want to support Escape Room 831? Purchase a gift certificate on their website and go play a private game at their facility at 599 Lighthouse Avenue when the shelter-in-place order is lifted.

The City of Monterey is celebrating our 250th anniversary this year and we are looking for stories that have impacted our history. If you have a story to tell, please keep it to one page and e-mail it to the City's storyteller project.

The City of Monterey will review all submissions and include the approved stories in a Monterey 250 short story collection.

Coach Masha of Boxing Strong is now offering Strength Classes twice a week on Zoom! Mondays and Wednesdays at 9am, Masha's workouts will hit all the major muscle groups of your body. Classes are $10, and can be paid via Venmo. Contact Masha via Facebook, Instagram, or e-mail.

Sign up and Masha will send you a link to the class. Can't make it at 9am? Don't worry, she'll send you a link to a video recording valid for two days. Don't have barbells? You can modify the exercises using dumbbells, or rent barbells from Masha.