HOUMA mdash; Second Chance Cat Cafeacute; is part coffee shop, part cat lounge and part rescue operation, all under one roof.The cafeacute; serves coffees, teas and pastries on one side, while the other side houses fully adoptable cats rescued from local shelters."Inside our cafeacute;, we make cof fees, teas, pastrieshellip; and then in our cat lounge side, we have fully adoptable cats that we rescue from local shelters," owner Lan Tivet said. "And then if they connect with a cat, they can choose to adopt a cat mdash; and if they don't want to adopt a cat, that's fine too!" Tivet said.For Tivet, the idea grew out of a personal experience. She said she was never a cat person until her mother-in-law passed away and left behind three cats, one of which needed a home."The first night the cat was at my house, I was like, 'Wow, I really love you,'" Tivet said.Each cat at the cafeacute; has its own story. One cat named Motor Oil reportedly traveled 10 miles tucked inside a car engine before finding its way there.The cafeacute; also offers themed drinks like the Chocolate Tabby Latte, a mocha topped with vanilla cold foam, and hosts cat yoga sessions in the lounge."So we offer cat yoga, which is again a fully immersive experience where you're doing low mobility yoga in the lounge with the cats," Tivet said.The day-to-day costs of housing up to 15 cats at a time, including food and litter, are covered through the cafeacute;'s charity."Any food, litter, day-to-day things that it takes to have 15 cats in a room at a timehellip; that all goes through our charity," Tivet said.People who adopt a cat from the cafeacute; get to put their picture up on the wall.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less