The problem with bookstore chains: No window kitties
By adamg - 6/7/10 - 6:19 pm
Window cat at Commonwealth Books, downtown.
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Window cat at Commonwealth Books, downtown.
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I'm super allergic to cats...
I'm super allergic to cats... so... I wouldn't be able to spend more than a few minutes in that store :(
There's a window cat on South
There's a window cat on South St in Jamaica Plain near the library. I have no idea what the business is, but I know the cat.
Gris
Gris is the window cat at Bauer wines on Newbury Street - basically a gray version of the one in the picture. If you drink wine even a little and speak a tiny bit of French, you'll get the word play.
Gris' tale
I can't recall the tale of how Gris came to Bauer, but isn't it something to do with being shipped overseas in a crate of wine?
Monsieur Gris
Yes, actually that rumor is true! When he was just a young kitten, Monsieur Gris smuggled himself in a crate of wine to escape emotional abuses and oppression he suffered by the owners of a fromage store he used to belong to. As an additional tidbit, he surprisingly prefers reds to whites.
thanks anon!
I had no idea Gris escaped from a cheese shop... how interesting! He certainly has a good home at Bauer.
It's an insurance company
I'm pretty sure, at least. My dog loves that window (and the treat bakery 2 doors down, too).
The cat on South Street is in
The cat on South Street is in a real estate office I think.
window cat on south street in JP
I think that is Ivy insurance at 32 South.
Sounds right. She sprawls
Sounds right. She sprawls right up against the window. I saw her get up recently for the first time, and it was to get brushed.
Has the Ceiling Cat been sighted in JP?
So JP has got a window cat, but what about the Ceiling Cat?
He's busy...
watching you.
Basement Cat...
... likes to hang out in the porno section looking at pussies.*
*Disclaimer: This is a LOLCAT joke. I have no idea if the shop carries any porno. And, if you're offended by the 'pussies' part of it, complain to the writers of Are You Being Served?
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
We wanted one where I worked
We wanted one where I worked ages ago, but the owner was worried about said cat peeing on our copy of the Nuerenburg Chronicle.
Seek Books in West Roxbury
Seek Books in West Roxbury adopted a rescued cat a couple months ago. Fittingly for a scifi bookstore, his name is Asimov. All white with one green eye and one blue eye and half an ear missing. He wasn't very social at first but now he's very friendly if you pay attention to him.
Boston Book Annex
Boston Book Annex has (I hope it's still present tense) two bookstore kitties. One of them (Guthrie) will stumble up to you and start licking you like a freak before you've been properly introduced. The other one (Woodrow) has something resembling manners. They're both very nice cats.
Diskovery in Brighton
Diskovery in Oak Square (a used bookstore, despite the name), had a couple bookstore kitties wandering around the shop. One was a very friendly black cat named Magic, and I can't remember the other's name. Not sure if Magic is still around--I think he was 17 when I last visited a few years ago!