{"id":934,"date":"2008-05-22T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/05\/22\/photo-du-jour-lucky-cat\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:34:12","slug":"photo-du-jour-lucky-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/05\/22\/photo-du-jour-lucky-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: Lucky Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2503915369\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2108\/2503915369_fce837aace.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I came across this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maneki_Neko\">lucky cat<\/a> (known as <i>maneki neko<\/i> in Japanese and <i>jiu choi mao<\/i> in Cantonese) on Park Avenue. 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