Doodle in his new bed

My boss gave me this nice Taiwanese woven bowl a couple of months ago.  I've been wanting to use it for a sophisticated purpose, but I never have any fruit in the house.  The other day I thought I would try repurposing the bowl and placed my cats' pet bed in the bowl.  Scribble checked it out and quickly lost interest, but Doodle loved it.  He hopped right in and when I got up in the morning he was still there!

City Kitties Travels: Philly Kitties

I had to go to Philadelphia this weekend to attend and present a paper at a conference. Luckily, I had time to explore and it turned out that Philly has lots of cute cats!

Below is a store cat who was basking in the sun in his storefront on South Street:

Shortly after, I saw this little cat running by:

Earlier today we took a walk down 9th Street to the famous cheesesteak corner with Pat's and Gino's (we didn't eat any cheesesteak this time, though). As we were walking back, we saw this cat hanging out in his window at home:

Then we saw this cute cat sign for what looked like an animal shelter... or just the home of someone who is obsessed with adopting animals:

Chloe

My good friend Suzy sent me a picture of her little cat Chloe, pretty in pink just for Valentine's Day ;-*

P.S. Suzy, your carpeting is just like mine!

Yet Another Graffiti Cat

I by no means condone the defacement of property, but these graffiti cats are always a nice surprise when I'm walking around the city.  This one I saw on East 12th St. this afternoon.

Pseudo Doodle

My boyfriend, Adam, saw this cat earlier today in Ridgewood when he was on his way over to Manhattan to meet up with me after I completed some ethnographic research (!!).  He said that this little cat was digging through someone's trash in their Ridgewood-style "yard."  Because s/he is orange and trashpicking, it made me think of Doodle and what his pre-adoption life was like.  (Doodle is still traumatized, I think, from having to scrounge for every meal for the first year of his life.)  Adopt your pets!

Marcel

My friend Heidi took these pictures of Marcel, a cat that lives at NY Studio on the Lower East Side.  He was definitely hamming it up for the camera.    ;-D  So cute!!

Chatty Cathy

I was walking home from the gym this morning, lost in thought about doing taxes, when I saw this little cat laying by a stoop.  She kept rolling around on the ground and made a lot of chortling noises, so I was a little worried that she might be rabid, have fleas or be unable to walk.  Well, the last concern was quelled when the corner store guy came out and threw a snowball at her and she ran away... I thought that was pretty mean!