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Related: About this forumThe Window Cat Tour: Keeping Minneapolis Weird
Wherein people walk through a neighborhood to see cats sitting in windows.
Each summer, Edwards leads cat lovers through his neighborhood, stopping to see the resident furballs perched in windowsills, or pried off the purr-niture and toted outside to greet the crowd. Biographical details are shared, photos are taken, whiskers are rubbed, and the group moves on.
Over time, the Wedge tour the only known neighborhood cat tour of its kind has become a branded affair, complete with commemorative, limited-edition cat-tour buttons, tote bags and T-shirts. For safety's sake, Edwards has even made handheld "Caution! Cat Tour Approaching" signs.
The tour has drawn big crowds. Due to COVID, last year's event was virtual (an hourlong livestream of Edwards walking the route), but in 2019, more than 300 cat tourists viewed 50-some felines.
Further cementing the tour's status, the internationally famed (and grammatically maddening) internet meme site I Can Has Cheezburger featured the event, crowing, "Minneapolis, Minnesota, Has An Actual Tour Event Where You Go And See The Residential Cats In The Neighborhood."
Over time, the Wedge tour the only known neighborhood cat tour of its kind has become a branded affair, complete with commemorative, limited-edition cat-tour buttons, tote bags and T-shirts. For safety's sake, Edwards has even made handheld "Caution! Cat Tour Approaching" signs.
The tour has drawn big crowds. Due to COVID, last year's event was virtual (an hourlong livestream of Edwards walking the route), but in 2019, more than 300 cat tourists viewed 50-some felines.
Further cementing the tour's status, the internationally famed (and grammatically maddening) internet meme site I Can Has Cheezburger featured the event, crowing, "Minneapolis, Minnesota, Has An Actual Tour Event Where You Go And See The Residential Cats In The Neighborhood."
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-neighborhood-hosts-a-wacky-tour-of-window-cats-that-draws-hundreds/600084107/
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The Window Cat Tour: Keeping Minneapolis Weird (Original Post)
Ocelot II
Aug 2021
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question everything
(48,799 posts)1. Is Pixie participating?
Ocelot II
(120,833 posts)3. Not our neighborhood, unfortunately.
Shed probably hide anyhow.
bamagal62
(3,650 posts)2. The linked article has a paywall.
Can anyone please tell me in which neighborhood this tour happens?
Ocelot II
(120,833 posts)4. The Wedge, Mueller Park, 2500 Bryant S.
Tomorrow at 6:00.
niyad
(119,901 posts)6. What a cool idea.