Simcoe the brewery cat needs our help. 

The snaggletoothed icon at Grimm Artisanal Ales who was recently featured on the popular ShopCats Show and prominently in Time Out New York’s 2023 article on brewery cats is in the ER with severe neurological issues.

Grimm’s Operations and Distribution Manager, Aiyana Knauer reports on her instagram @nobeersnoparents, that after a scary morning yesterday where the beloved working cat was unresponsive, she began to show signs of improvement. Her human coworkers are now trying to raise money to cover the cost of an MRI and another 24 hours in the ICU via a GoFundMe. 

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Simcoe is known for her impressive prowess, big personality and friendly attitude. She can be found snoozing on the taproom stereo, snuggled in the rain garden in front of the building, or curled up with a brewer keeping them company on an early morning brew. Often, folks flock to the popular brewery just to meet the famous feline. Her image is on stickers, tee-shirts, sweatshirts, and more. 

She was recently featured on the popular TikTok and Instagram sensation, ShopCats Show. In her episode she was declared “The Boss” by a store regular who even showed off handmade Simcoe earrings she was sporting. Employees and customers all agreed that she was the one who was running the place. 

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Simcoe faced a similar situation in 2021. The cause of her illness was unknown, but she pulled through and went on to become even more beloved and well-known in NYC’s beer scene. 

Said Knauer of her condition now, “Simcoe might be at the end of her life. I don’t know. I’m really not trying to prolong a painful existence. But with her improving, it’s important to me and my coworkers that we do some more testing so that we can be better informed in making a decision about her care going forward.”

Donations to the GoFundMe will go to Simcoe’s care and Knauer says that any extra funds will go towards future care for the furry friend. Should the money not be needed it will be donated to Sean Casey Animal Rescue, the rescue that Simcoe came from.

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When vacation is on our mind sometimes the only thing that holds us back is the price tag (and, well, ensuring we have enough PTO to take days off). Well, Delta is flying in to save the day as they’ll be giving away $400 gift cards every month through April 2025! No, they’re not playing games–but you will be!

Delta is taking us back in time and allowing passengers to play its retro-style Sky Hopper game for the chance to win hundreds in airline gift cards each month–we guess there’s a reason it was named the number one domestic airline in the U.S.! The in-flight game is available exclusively through Delta Sync Wi-Fi to Delta SkyMiles Members.

Gamers can log in to the Wi-Fi portal with their SkyMiles membership number (signing up is free if you’re not already a member) on their mobile device, find Sky Hopper in the entertainment section, and play their way through the “nostalgic, 8-bit feel” game.

You’ll collect SkyMiles facts–insights about Delta’s loyalty program, partners, and more–along the way, and after you play the game through at least once (until you see the “Game Over” screen), your entry will be submitted to the sweepstakes. The more you play, the more entries you’ll collect (gamers can score up to 10 entries per flight or 30 entries per month)!

Imagine scoring $400 off your next flight simply by playing a game?! A preview of Sky Hopper can be seen below:

Sarah Honeyman, Managing Director of IFEC Engagement & Optimization, stated:

With Sky Hopper, we’re giving our SkyMiles Members something fun and unexpected to look forward to each time they fly with us. We’re committed to evolving the inflight experience with entertainment options that resonate with all of our customers while introducing them to all the great ways they can grow their world with SkyMiles and get rewarded for their loyalty.

The sweepstakes is going on now through April 24th, 2025. Not heading on a flight any time soon? No worries! SkyMiles Members can alternatively enter the sweepstakes by mailing their first and last name and email associated with their SkyMiles account to the following address: The Delta Sky Hopper Game Sweepstakes P.O. box 20706, Atlanta, GA 30354.

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Imagine seeing a real-life volcano in person was possible without having to hop on a flight to Iceland, Hawaii, or any other country known for their bubbling volcanoes? Well actually, unbeknownst to many, it is–there’s a volcano only one hour away from NYC…sort of.

Located in Wantage, New Jersey, Beemerville Volcano used to be the state’s very own lava-spouting, geologic hotspot, though you’d never guess–unless you were to have stood there more than 400 million years ago before dinosaurs first roamed Earth! That’s when the volcano (which was roughly the height of Mount St. Helens–aka 8,363 feet tall–and spanned 10 to 20 miles across) erupted and reshaped the landscape forever.

Beemerville Volcano is the only remnant of New Jersey’s geologic past. Even more, it sits in the same county as a newly discovered fault line that had everything to do with the intensity of this past April’s earthquake whose rumblings were felt all the way in NYC.

Unfortunately today the crater, known as Rutan Hill, only stretches 1,020 feet into the sky and looks like any other tree and grass-covered hill. Even crazier–there are actually homes built on it now!

The good news: the U.S. Geological Survey classifies volcanoes as active, dormant, or extinct, and Beermerville Volcano is extinct, so we don’t expect it to go bubbling over again any time soon. There is a chance a volcano can “go quiet for thousands of years and then reawaken,” though, but let’s face it, the state may be underwater by then.

So sure, it may not look like your typical volcano (or erupt like one), but it’s still cool for those residents to say they technically live on one! And though the volcano itself is long gone, the hill is still home to many volcanic rocks.

But New York is also home to a number of natural wonders itself, many of which are way more interesting to look at, like this 14,000 acre park known as the “Grand Canyon of the East,” this 100-foot underground waterfall, the world’s oldest forest, which was seen by dinosaurs, and the longest single drop waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.

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