Mint Condition

Kitties! What a Furrari trip!

I picked up Queen Katie Isabella at her castle in the heart of Tennessee,

and we immediately returned at warp speed to my hometown.

Queen Katie had expressed a rather unusual desire 

to visit the San Francisco Mint.

Now for those of you who don't know or care (and I assume your numbers are legion),

San Francisco has two mints. The "new" one, built in the late 1930s, 

looks like a giant prison on a hill (above). It is still operational, 

though now it mints only commemorative coins.

The Old Mint, built in 1874, survived the 1906 earthquake and is now a museum 

open to the public on some days and available for special occasions.

It's certainly a more graceful and less intimidating structure.

The best part of our day came after the tour when we stopped off at Chez Spittola 

for a little R&R before our long trip back to Tennessee. 

We had a lovely cuddle and, as usual, I groomed Katie's sweet little heady

while she snuggled and purred. It was Heavenly!