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My boyfriend and I traveled by train lots of times with our cat, always a three hour trip to his parents. Directly from the start, she was in her little crate and did just fine. When she was still a kitten, we made sure to fill a plastic ice cream box with litter and put in in her crate so she could go if needed. We had a scoop bag to clean up right after her so people on the train wouldn't be bothered by the smell. An adult cat will usually not do her business if she doesn't have her litter box, but I'd make sure to make regular small stops (5mins every hour) to put her on there and see if she has to go.
There was also a small bowl of dry cat food in there and we brought a stick with feathers to play with her through the crate fence. We brought along some nice treats she really liked as well. We brought water in a bottle and a small bowl, and we put it in about half way through the trip for a while to see if she wanted to drink. Because we also walked with the crate it was difficult to put it in there permanently. Maybe a rabbit-like drinking thing might work?

Always make sure though to put her on a leash when travelling and see she has proper identification. You never know what might happen. We always tied the end of the leash to our wrist or to the crate. She was a little squirmy about it first but she got used to it pretty quick. Buy a solid leash though, and see that it's easy to put on. We used to have one with very annoying locks that we hardly could get open when we wanted to take it off.

Key is just to make sure she is comfortable and safe, so lock the crate in the seatbelt and no matter how tempting and no matter how cute she looks at you, don't take her out while driving! Accidents happen so fast.

That's about all I have for you! Have a safe trip!

PS: Air Freshener and something to clean is something handy to have near when she accidentally does do her business in the car.

Nice ceilings, and love the cat peeking over the couch!

I like it, but while your bathroom, kitchen and sofa seem so modern, light and fresh, the big dark wooden closets and the (sorry, ugly) velvet one-seater make that corner of the apartment so dark and old. I'd do that differently :-).

I agree Les Triplettes is probably for older kids, but younger kids will love it as well. As an aspiring animator, this is one of my favourites.

Maybe not a specific food request... I love the recipes from the Kitchn so much, but being European (like many of your readers, I assume) it's not always easy for us to understand recipe quantities since we use the metric system. For example, I can never tell wether 1 1/2 cups is actually "one and a half cups" or "one half a cup"... Maybe you could simultaneously add the metric quantities, or look into an easy converter system on the website itself?

Apart from that, great everything here. The Kitchn and Apartment Therapy are staples in my browser list.

Some of the plants (or all of them) are fake plants from Ikea, sadly :-)

That dollhouse!!! We had that exact one at my grandmother's house, but we live in Belgium! Crazy how these things get spread over the world.

When we visited San Francisco last spring (and coming from Belgium) we had dinner in a great italian place on a corner under a real Banksy (maybe someone knows it?). It was delicious and because we were enthusiastic foreigners, the staff surprised us with an on-the-house dessert, panna cotta with chocolate sauce and red berry sauce (strawberries and whatnot).
It was the most stellar dessert I ever had, so when family comes over, I like to spoil them with that same dessert. Works every time.

Aww man, these are soooo pretty but indeed so expensive... :-(
that'll be something to save up for, when that day comes when I have a nice bedroom for them to go with!

I have gotten into the habit of planning my meals a week ahead. Like this I can shop once a week on a relaxed afternoon, and once home I plan my dinners and stack them in my fridge according to expiration date. This way nothing is suddenly expired or gets left behind, I just work my way through them. This also prevents me from impulse buying stuff I don't need and the bill at the end of the month is considerably smaller.