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We first came across the phenomenon of decorated fiberglass city cows on a trip out to Chicago in 1999. That year, over 300 cow statues were placed all around the city to bring delight to tourists and locals alike. After displaying them for the summer, the cows were then taken away and only to be seen again in miniature form in gift shops. The first cow parade was in Zurich in 1998 and the cow craze has been featured all over the world, including New Zealand, Belgium, South Africa, and now Boston starting this week. CowParade Boston kicked off this morning with over 100 cows being placed throughout the city. Through September 5, happy tourists together with jaded Bostonians can enjoy the quirky bovines all summer. Once the exhibition ends, 50 cows will be auctioned off at the Marriott Copley Place on September 21, with the rest of the cows then being herded and sold online. All proceeds from the CowParade Boston will go to the Jimmy Fund.

The hottest ticket in Boston tonight is an invitation to the grand opening soiree of the Barneys New York in Copley Place. What once was home to the Copley Theater and its independent movie selection is now home to this big-name retailer, which is stepping up Boston's department store scene (or diminishing one) with some interesting features. Who wouldn't love a roaring fireplace when trying on Jimmy Choo's? And if you're in the market for a fragrance, step into one of their Frederic Malle phone boothesque compartments where you can sniff your scent in private. We're told the 45,000-square foot store is quite nice with parquet flooring and lots of windows. Even though Bostonist gets paid in peanuts, we do enjoy being around luxury items, so we'll definitely take a walk through once it opens to the public tomorrow.

Bostonist was surprised to read the Boston Herald headline “Hotline: Get a crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” From recent features in the Herald we’ve come to expect more racy headlines like “Get Crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” The Boston Ballet production is playing on Washington St. in the Theatre District at the Opera House, close to the Common and the darker streets of Boston at night. We hoped we’d find a bit of juice in the Herald blurb, unfortunately no candid shots of drug deals, just a heads up on an appearance of some Nutcracking characters at Copley Place Center.

The news of a massive movie house merger got Bostonist all worked up. Where will we go? How much will we pay? We’re already paying $15 to go see a movie at the MFA on opening night, and the Loews Boston Common gets close with their $10.25 weekend admission. The announcement today that AMC plans to acquire the Loews Cineplex theatres reminded us of when Shaw's and Star merged. Bostonist can’t really tell the theatres apart when we’re inside. It’s dark, the seats sit on an impressive rake, the sound is loud. Same with Shaws and Star, except they're well lit and flat floors. No word yet on potential name changes to the Loews and AMC complex, perhaps AMC will leave a couple Loews just to make us feel comfortable.

The woman is being held on $2,500 bail and police are still looking for her two accomplices. Bostonist wonders how all the security in Copley didn't notice these women and their spree. Every time Bostonist saunters in, you'd think the Secret Service was in town.

Every time Bostonist walks from the Back Bay Station to the Prudential Stop on the E line there are one or more people taking pictures of the fountain. This week there was a couple in full formal attire against the fountain in “the Shops at Copley Place” but that was unusual. Often times there is just a single girl with some guy taking her picture, or, even more frequently, digital shutters snap pictures of a flowing wall of water. Apologies to the tourists trying to capture this image, but it is just really not feasible to reroute and avoid this photo op. Sure, when Bostonist is walking in front of Paul Revere House we’ll get out of the way so that the tourist can take an unabridged picture of the historic site. Unfortunately mall fountains do not fall on the list of protected spaces. This isn’t a call to say stop taking those pictures, no, go right ahead, feel free, just don’t expect the flow of traffic to try and find some way around your camera angle. Undoubtedly countless Copley Security folks are pictured in these Boston keepsakes.