It's hard to believe it was only a year ago that unfortunate riders on the Green Line had nothing to look forward to but a cramped, jerky evening commute. Now we have a new mascot to make our day just that much brighter: a chubby, bushy-tailed furball by the name of Kenmore Kat. Take that, Red Liners!

For awhile, it seemed like the tale of the domestic cat living in Kenmore station was purely apocryphal, and Kenmore Kat was the type of legend only occasionally spotted by your friend's boyfriend's cousin's barista.

“I’m just hoping to restart my modeling career by, ya know, getting noticed” -- Bank of America Bombshell

The Boston Phoenix has scored an exclusive interview with the mannequin who chained herself to the door of Bank of America in Kenmore Square yesterday to protest banking and global warming -- and sparked a bomb-scare. We chatted over drinks at Eastern Standard, after she posted $500,000 bail.The interview, and her history in archival photos, after the jump >>