Good Luck Black Cat

I saw this cat today shortly after I met up with my friend Terrell who had just gotten off a bus in Chinatown. It was relaxing on Delancey Street near the Bowery stop. As I reached for my phone to take a picture the cat started walking away, but it soon stopped and gave me a nice little pose.   :-D Cute!!!

Victory Cat!

This has been a rough month for City Kitties. I've been too wrapped up in my dissertation to even post this wonderful picture of Victory Cat that I took a couple weeks ago. Anyway, who is Victory Cat? Well, Victory Cat is a little cat that lives in a plant store on Walker Street. I walk by the store almost every day on my way to work. Even before City Kitties was born I have wanted a picture of this cat, but s/he is usually hiding somewhere or the owners are around. (I am wary of the owners because they once yelled at me for touching one of their kumquat trees.) But recently I was passing by and happend to have my cell phone in my hand when I saw Victory Cat hanging out in the doorway, so I snapped a quick picture before the mean owners could see. That was certainly a victory for me.

Immigration Group Cat

The Immigration Working Group that I am a part of got together last night, and Jen spotted this cute cat on the Upper West Side! It looked well fed and was very friendly (you can sort of see Yi petting the cat here). Only its white stripe is visible because it was mostly black and too dark outside to get a good picture, unfortunately.

MTA Cat

My friend Heidi sent me this picture of a cute little cat at the Fort Hamilton Parkway N stop in Brooklyn the other day.  I was very happy to get this picture because a few months ago I was at her apartment and was unable to get a picture of a cat near her building.  This one makes up for that :-D

Happy Birthday, Scribble, and Doodle's Vet Visit

Today was Scribble's 5th birthday! We celebrated with a morning cuddle, some tuna juice, and treats.  But unfortunately, for the past few days Doodle has had some problems with his left eye and today we also had to visit a vet.  After reading about two Ridgewood clinics, we settled on Antelyes Animal Hospital.  We were very happy with our visit.  Both the vet tech and the doctor treated all of us with kindness, respect, and fairness.  They weren't sure what exactly is wrong with Doodle's eye, but prescribed some medicine, which will hopefully help him heal up.

Update: Doodle's eye was healed with his medicine within a week or so. Thanks, Antelys!

Garden State Cats

I was on my way to my friend Shana's house in Jersey City yesterday when I ran across these two cats.  I thought it was so cute when the calico one moved to look like it was smelling a flower just as I went to take her picture.  She is a true Garden State cat, I guess.

But the best thing about seeing these two cats is that I didn't realize that there were actually THREE; just by coincidence, the hidden third ended up in all of the pictures.  I didn't realize this until I got home and uploaded the pictures onto my computer!  See if you can find it.

Finally, here is a group shot:

Cat-sitting Week

This week I am a cat-sitter for the first time ever. But what makes this most exciting is that I am sitting for two cats who each live in two separate Brooklyn locations:

Claudius

and Clyde.