TOURS TOURS TOURS

VERY BUSY WEEK WITH TOURS THURS, FRI, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALSO HAVE FAMILY IN FROM ARIZONA. TRYING TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED IN BETWEEN DOING THE TOURS, I'M RUNNING AROUND LIKE A MANIAC. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO 2-TOMS TONIGHT BUT AS I WRITE THIS EVERYONE IS NAPPING AND DINNER IS AT 8PM. DON'T KNOW IF WERE GONNA MAKE IT.

WATERFALLS TO FLOW

THE NEW YORK CITY WATERFALLS WILL START ON THURSDAY AND RUN TILL OCT. 13th FROM 7AM TO 10 PM DAILY. ONE WILL BE PLACED ON THE BROOKLYN SIDE OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TOWER. THE FALLS WILL BE ILLUMINATED AFTER SUNSET. WHILE IN BROOKLYN TAKE A TOUR. http://www.brooklynwalkingtour.com/

RATNER GETS SUPREME VOTE

DEVELOPER BRUCE RATNER WON A COURT DECISION STATING THEY CAN USE EMINENT DOMAIN IN EVICTING BUSINESSES AND HOME OWNERS FROM THEIR PROPERTY AND MOVE ALONG WITH THE ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT. ANOTHER WIN FOR THE BIG GUYS AND THE LITTLE GUYS WHO HAVE LIVED IN AREA FOR GENERATIONS ARE FORCED OUT. I'M SURE HE WILL BE GETTING BIG TAX BREAKS TOO. HATS WHAT THEY DO.

TOUR TAPED

LAST TUESDAY A FILM CREW FROM CABLEVISION MET ME ON 7TH AVE AND CARROLL ST AND FILMED ME FOR 3 HOURS AT VARIOUS POINTS OF INTEREST OF MY TOUR FOR A SHOW CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD JOURNAL, IT'S A SHOW ALL ABOUT BROOKLYN AND WILL AIR ON CH 118 SOMETIME IN SEPT. MORE INFO WHEN I KNOW EXACT DATE. A TOUR IS GROWING IN BROOKLYN.

SMITH STREET FESTIVAL

SUNDAY WAS MORE PARTYING WITH A GREAT STREET FAIR ON SMITH ST. FROM UNION ST TO BERGEN ST. BANDS, FOOD, DRINKS, RIDES FOR THE KIDS AND JUST LOTS OF FUN. THE PARTY NEVER STOPS IN BROOKLYN.

MERMAID PARADE

ON SATURDAY CONEY ISLAND HELD ITS ANNUAL MERMAID PARADE. THIS IS A FREAK SHOW AND BROOKLYN'S VERSION OF MARDI GRAS. LADIES DRESSED AS MERMAIDS, HALF NAKED. GUYS IN WILD COSTUMES. NATHANS DOGS AND THE MERMAID POST PARADE BALL WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

MET IN PROSPECT PARK

ON FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WAS A CONCERT PERFORMANCE BY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA INSIDE PROSPECT PARK. AN ESTIMATED 50,000 PEOPLE WERE IN THE PARK BREAKING THE RECORD FROM A 1991 PATTI LABELLE CONCERT. BROOKLYN GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.