Oscar

This is Oscar, Julia's cat. He lives in West Hartford, CT.

Diego

This is Diego/Diggy, my mom's cat.

Cat Walking Man?

To be fair, I did not take this picture but I have an interesting story about it. So one afternoon I got out of work and I saw this very man walking up Broadway with this very cat sitting on his head! I thought that was so awesome but for whatever reason didn't get a picture. The VERY NEXT DAY this picture showed up on icanhascheezburger.com, one of my vices. Crazy, huh?

When my boyfriend and I first got Scribble in 2006 we decided we were going to walk her. Needless to say, that didn't pan out so well (and even worse with Doodle. Scribble actually likes to ride bikes with her head sticking out of a backpack that I wear on my front...). I was definitely impressed with this particular cat's bravery.

Now for an important message from the Ad Council

The same night I saw the white graffiti cat I saw this advertisement on a phone booth near Times Square. The whole message is to not put your cat out on the street if you can't bring him with you when you move. Who would do that?!?!??! I would never move anywhere that Scribble and Doodle couldn't come along and let's say hypothetically I had to I would find a nice person to take care of them.

Always adopt from shelters! Never buy animals in a store!

City Groundhogs?

This past Monday I was in Fort Tryon Park, my favorite park in the whole city, and I saw a cute furry animal. No, not a kitty; a groundhog!! I have never seen a real groundhog and I never would have guessed that I would have seen my first one in a New York City park. I didn't want to get too close which is why it is so small in the picture (see the brown thing near the tree? I circled it to help you out.). All I could think about was how Mayor Bloomberg was bitten by the Staten Island version of Punxsutawney Phil a couple of Groundhog Days ago... It is best just to let wildlife be.

Graffiti Cats

Now, I am not an advocate for defacing property but these graffiti cats that I've seen around the city are so CUTE! And on top of that, they are painted on temporary plywood so they aren't doing serious damage to buildings. I saw the white kitty near 9th Ave on one of the West 50s streets... or maybe in the upper 40s. All I know is it was next door to an Ethiopian restaurant that I ate at once. If I could remember the restaurant's name that would make it easier to find exactly where I was. Anyhow, I saw the white graffiti cat a couple of weeks ago and not long after I ran into the black ones farther downtown near my work on Walker Street east of Broadway.

Elite Kitty

My boyfriend and I were riding our tandem bike back from a trip to Little Neck when we were riding through Forest Hills and saw this little cat just hanging out in front of it's (very large!) house.