The cat on the hat

By Kathleen
August 29th, 2007 @ 12:11 AM On The Streets

Today I was out and about, enjoying the cooler yet still humid weather, and I ended up in Union Square. I called my roommate to see if he wanted to meet up at one of our favorite guilty pleasures, Big Daddy’s (full post on their yummy comfort food to follow). He agreed, mainly because they have tater tots, so I headed up Park towards the diner. As I crossed over at 19th Street, I saw a man standing in the middle of the block. He looked like some regular guy, shorts, tshirt, hat - but he had a cat sitting on his head.

That’s right. I said cat. Sitting on his head.

The cat was sitting upright, haunches down but front legs extended, just kind of looking around, like cats do. He had a leash on, and crazy cat man was holding it, but that was it - he wasn’t holding onto the cat or anything. And this wasn’t a tiny cat. It had to be at least a 10+ pounder.

I walked up to the diner, lamenting my lack of camera, and was seated to wait for my roommate. And then crazy cat man came and sat down in front of the diner, extracted the cat from its perch, and took a little break. After a group of ladies with kids left the diner, he got up, showed the cat to the kids, and then put it back on his head, and walked off with the cat happily perched atop his hat.

I have never been so bummed about not carrying a camera in my life.

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5 Comments so far

  1. Salami (unregistered) August 29th, 2007 11:31 am

    Rule #1: Take your camera with you everywhere you go. Considering the arsenal of cameras in your house, there is no excuse. Rule #1: Take your camera with you everywhere you go. Considering the arsenal of cameras in your house, there is no excuse.

  2. Gordon (unregistered) August 29th, 2007 2:13 pm

    I saw that guy yesterday around city hall park!

  3. Lady (unregistered) August 29th, 2007 8:24 pm

    Love this story. But never been so bummed out about someone else not carrying a camera in my life :)

  4. Miss S (unregistered) August 29th, 2007 11:46 pm

    I know exactly how you feel. Though the one time I REALLY needed a camera, I had a phone camera at hand. Which was lucky, because there was a person randomly walking in and around central park in a care bear costume. It wasn’t even near Halloween, or Purim, and it was a pretty hot day.
    xo
    Miss S

  5. Portia (unregistered) September 15th, 2007 8:51 pm

    I saw him as well! Only he was walking down the street with the cat actually sleeping on top of his head. It was the strangest thing!


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