Introducing #catjawns, Instagram Hashtags for Philly Cats
The problem: Lots of Philadelphia cats on Instagram, but no way to tell what neighborhood they live in. The solution: #catjawns.
A few years ago, a friend of mine who lives in Kensington posted a photo of her cats to Instagram. I tagged it “#kenzokats.” She picked up the idea, and she and another friend of mine use the #kenzokats hashtag. It’s time to expand this project.
Here’s how it works: When posting a photo of your cat to Instagram, please use the corresponding hashtag for your neighborhood (or one near it). Here’s an example: The cat in the header image at the top of this post, Detective John Munch, lives in East Falls. Take a photo of her, and you’d tag the Instagram photo #eastpaws. Get it?
What follows is an exhaustive list of #catjawns hashtags.
- Bella Vista: #bellawhiska
- Brewerytown: #mewerytown
- Bridesburg: #bridespurrg
- Cedar Park: #cedarpurrk
- Center City: #centercitykitties
- East Falls: #eastpaws
- East Passyunk: #eastpussyunk
- Fairmount: #fairmeownt
- Fox Chase: #mousechase
- Germantown: #germeowtown
- Grays Ferry: #graysfurry
- Holmesburg: #holmespurrg
- Italian Market: #kitalianmarket
- Juniata: #mewniata
- Kensington/Fishtown: #kenzokats
- Kingsessing: #kittenssing
- Lexington Park: #lexingtonpurrk
- Manayunk: #meownyunk
- Mt. Airy: #meowntairy
- Newbold: #mewbold
- North Philly: #northkitty
- Northeast Philly: #northbeastphilly
- Northern Liberties: #northernlipurrties
- Old City: #oldkitty
- Oxford Circle: #oxfurcircle
- Pennsport: #pennspurrt
- Pennswood: #purrswood
- Pennypack: #purrypack
- Port Richmond: #purrrichmond
- Powelton Village: #meoweltonvillage
- Rittenhouse: #rittenmouser
- Roxborough: #roxpurrough
- Schuylkill: #schuylkitties
- South Philly: #southkitty
- Torresdale: #torrestail
- University City: #universitykitty
- West Philly: #westkitty
- Wissahickon: #whiskerhickon
- Wissinoming: #whiskernoming
- Winchester Park: #winchesterpurrk
(I included #northkitty, #southkitty, and #westkitty — which are, admittedly, pretty lame — in case your neighborhood isn’t mentioned. Sorry, there is a limit to how much time I can spend trying to come up with a “Bridesburg” cat pun. Update: #bridespurrg pun added.)
So use them! Or don’t — it doesn’t matter! Either way, let me know if I missed any good (or cringe-worthy) cat puns. I think I got most of them, though.
Thanks to Jan Cohen for contributing hashtags, and the use of her cat as a model.
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