San Francisco is a city of surprises, something different to explore just around the corner, hidden in plain sight.
I felt like an urban explorer myself just the other day when I heard about a cat café called Whiskerwood Haven out on Geary Boulevard in the Inner Richmond District, where neighborhood people pay a fee to hang out with cats.
As it turns out, a cat café is kind of a combination animal shelter and cat social club, where patrons can interact with well-groomed cats, play with them, pet them, and sometimes adopt one to take home…