For Albuquerque Folks

[willowisp]

Hey there. I know that meeting strangers from the net is risky and can cause harm, however this is much less of a problem if the people meet in a public place with other people. It turns out that I put myself in that position on a near-daily basis: Clark's Pet Supplies is on the corner of Juan Tabo and Menaul (it's on Menaul, and from Juan Tabo it's a right turn onto Menaul and the first possible left turn into the parking lot). Since Kitty City is only open when the store is, there will always be store employees there, so I won't be able to axe murder you and feed you to the cats or anything.

If you're interested in meeting in that venue, I'm usually there Sunday from 4-5, sometimes as early as 3, and Mon-Sat from 6-7, sometimes as early as 5, and always until they kick me out at closing. If there are people there looking at kitties I won't be able to be as social, but usually in my time frame it's pretty empty. There are some exceptions; for instance I won't be there Friday through Sunday, August 29-31, because I'll be in Chicago celebratings a friend's elopement.

To get to Kitty City go into Clark's and head toward the back. Go through the door marked "employees only" and then into the screen door. Make sure you close the second screen door before opening the second, and feel free to spoil the ferrets on the way in -- they're not ours, but we like them anyway. I'm usually in comfy clothes; pants and a plain tee or pants and a tee with a funny saying or something to do with cats. Often if I'm not talking to people or playing with the kitties I'll do a crossword puzzle or some other reading. Maybe I'll see some of you there!

Comments

[wolfsamurai.livejournal.com]

I might be able to stop by there. It's really not all that far from where I'm at.

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Meeting strangers from the net can be dangerous, but it's also a way I've met some of my best friends! Public places for a first meeting are the key, I agree.

Are you volunteering/working for Kitty City? What is Kitty City? Not that, I fear, we can be in the market for another cat. I've wanted one, but our big highstrung cat has probably had to deal with enough change for his lifetime by now, and he hasn't had to share me with another cat in his whole life. I fear triggering a personality change worse than the one he's already gone through with moving :(.

[willowisp.livejournal.com]

I volunteer at Kitty City (http://www.spundreams.net/gallery/kitty-city), which is run by PACA*AAR (People's Anti-Cruelty Association, merged with Albuquerque Animal Rescue at some point in the past, before my time). It is a no-kill cageless organization which actively has all cats in foster homes when they're not in the City. The City itself is really neat, obviously built by someone who knew and loved cats. I'm a relatively new volunteer so I defer to Monica when she's there (she fostered our little Heidi), but I promise I won't let her do too much of a hard sell if she's there when you come ;).