The main lobby at Tabby’s Place is often a hubbub of activity. Even so, it is the perfect place for staff, volunteers, and visitors to take a break and regroup with some friendly felines for company. Companionable cats fill the lobby with their warmth, zest, and shenanigans.
True to her name and providing a core of heart is Cora. The sweet, sassy senior lives up to her name’s various meanings in all the ways. Most especially, Cora would like to remind us that she is merely 90% cat (she won’t explain the other 10%) and entirely Greek goddess. She hasn’t traveled to Greece or read any Greek myths, but she knows what she knows, and Cora is very insistent about this fact.
Cora is also quite insistent that feta is the best of foods, this being the core reason why she snubs various pate offerings on a regular basis. Why she will surprise feeders by accepting a particular beefy mush that formerly offended her nose is not for us mere mortals to comprehend. It is our lot in life to provide amplitudes of ambrosia (No marshmallows, please!) and garides saganaki.
Unlike Cora, Smokey is less certain of his place in any pantheon. However, he is absolutely positive that every single humans has space for him in their arms or on their laps. Smokey invites all comers to visit him in the designated Smokey-area for a stress-relieving Smokey-break. Unsurprisingly, Smokey knows every single word to every single song that Smokey Robinson ever sang (gratuitous Smokey Robinson song). With his beautiful chirps and purrs, Smokey will enchant even the most tense individuals and melt them into marshmallow (Not suitable for use in ambrosia. See above.).
Meanwhile, Boobalah (when she’s not busy with the Paws to Read or Aged to Purr-fection programs) is ever at the ready to occupy a seat in the non-Smokey section. She will happily sashay her way onto an available lap. Though small in size, Boobalah’s resplendence expands beyond the limits of her lush tabby stripes. Her welcome reaches broadly and includes every person she has ever met, even those who provide personal services that she prefers not to discuss (diapers provide sufficient evidence). What Boobalah does wish to discuss is everyone’s personal preferences for Brooklyn-style pizza versus Trenton tomato pie. She likes the latter…also the former, and will never judge based on response. Judging is outside of Boobalah’s purr-view.
One thing Boobalah deeply hopes is that visiting her and her lobby-mates falls within the purview of everyone in the extended Tabby’s Place family. She, Smokey, and Cora invite everyone to come for a tour and to take a break from their day by visiting all of the lobby cats. Preferential treatment might be given to those bearing feta and tomato pie, but all are always welcome.