COOL OR NOT COOL: CATS IN BODEGAS?

IMAGE VIA DOOBYBRAIN

These days it seems like every Park Slope bodega that I go into is also home to a cat.

Sometimes they actually greet you before walking in – lying outside the store in a nearby plant or stack of newspapers. Usually you catch ‘em inside when least expected; hiding under shelves or curled up by a window. These felines are laid back and tend to leave you alone, save for a meow here or there. After all, they’re there to chase the mice away. 

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Bodega This!

Full disclosure #1: I've only lived in Brooklyn for a decade.

Full disclosure #2: I've never lived in Park Slope.

Full disclosure #3: I LOVE judging the people & businesses & whatnot of Park Slope.

I know. I know, obnoxious FIPS commenters. I realize that I'm not a TRUE resident & I never will be even if I hit the lottery & buy a Park Slope apartment & eventually die a lonely, crusty ol' elderly death within its walls. As a non-resident, I'm not allowed to complain about what goes on in Park Slope one single bit. Luckily, today I've come to compliment your EXCLUSIVE neighborhood.

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