Galatea Monday resides corporeally in New Toulouse with her bulldog Al Capone, loads of books, and a few spirits. She also owns and operates the Haunted Jellyfish, New Toulouse’s premiere ghost gallery and studio.
Send your questions to Miss Gala by mailing or dropping a note into the mailbox at our headquarters.
Dear Miss Gala,
Lately, I get the feeling I’m being watched. It’s not just me. My cat also gets that feeling, and the hair on the back of her … back stands up on end, and she runs off into the closet and stays there for hours at a time. This is a problem, because she gets her hair all over my Sunday best. I don’t mind the ghost so much as the cat hair. Any suggestions?
Signed,
Wild and Woolly
Dear Woolly,
I am beginning to think that our beloved New Toulouse needs a full-time posse of ectoplasm ejecters! (Though then my thriving ghost photo studio wouldn’t do so well!) I’ll assume you haven’t got a closet door to keep your cat away from your clothes, so why not give the little one a nice big box to hide in, right in front of your closet? You can also try some tape rolled around your own paws to rub the cat hair off your clothes.
Chaleureusement,
Miss Gala
Dear Miss Gala,
I finally worked up the courage to ask my dream girl out on a date. Where should we go?
Sincerely,
Clueless
Dear Clueless,
Congratulations! Luckily, you’re in New Toulouse, so there are many things you can do—many even for free. Why not take your girl on the Haunted New Toulouse ghost tour? It’s a lot of no-cost fun, and you’ll get to find some great places for future dates that way too. Plus, you can load your gal up with prizes. If she’s the skittish type (what is she doing in New Toulouse?), why not take her to Cinema Mise-en-Scene for some Laurel & Hardy or the Bijou Impromptu for a great Buster Keaton movie? They’re both short films, so you may want to go on for a bite to eat at one of several fine eating establishments in the city and round things off with a gallery stroll to show how cultured you are.
Have fun!
Miss Gala
Dear Miss Gala,
What does a tiger eat?
Signed,
Panicked
Dear Panicked,
You, if you don’t get that cat some beef!
Chaleureusement,
Miss Gala
Dear Miss Gala,
I intend to stop procrastinating, but I keep putting it off until later. What is the best way to knuckle down and get stuff done?
Sincerely,
Reckless
Dear Reckless,
Give your mother your day planner, and ask for gentle reminders.
Chaleureusement,
Miss Gala