A STRANGE TWIST

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED WHO ALONG WITH CLAVERT VAUX DESIGNED PROSPECT PARK. IRONICALLY HE ALSO LANDSCAPED THE GROUNDS OF MCLEAN HOSPITAL, WHERE HE SPENT HIS FINAL DAYS, AS A VICTIM OF SENILITY.

BROOKLYN TOPS AGAIN

Di FARO'S PIZZA ON AVE J AND E15 ST IS CHARGING $4 FOR A SLICE OF PIE. IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND BEST PIZZA IN BROOKLYN AND MAYBE ALL OF NYC. DON'T MIND THE PRICE BUT THE WAIT, SOMETIMES OVER A HALF HOUR IS NO FUN.

WE'RE GROWING

MY LITTLE TOUR BUSINESS I STARTED IS GETTING SOME PRESS. THIS WAS IN TODAY'S DAILY NEWS BROOKLYN SECTION. ONE BRICK AT A TIME. WHAT IT GROW.

Weekend events in Brooklyn
Tuesday, February 19th 2008

THE GREAT OUTDOORS
A tour grows in Brooklyn: Join Richard (Big Rick) Kadlub for a walking tour of historical Park Slope and Prospect Park. This three-hour stroll through the tony neighborhood includes lunch at Pino's Pizzeria. Tours are offered daily at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Fee: $25 for adults, $15 for children 14 and under. Visit www.brooklynwalkingtour.com or call (212) 209-3370.

SKYWATCH

TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8:45 THERE WILL BE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE. EARTH WILL BE BETWEEN SUN AND MOON. TAKE A LOOK, IF YOU MISS IT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL DECEMBER OF 2010 BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN.

HUNGRY HAWK

TODAY I WAS IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY RESEARCHING GRAVES AND MONUMENTS I HAD READ ABOUT. I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A WALKING TOUR OF THE CEMETERY. SUDDENLY I HEAR A CHIRP CLOSE BY, 15' FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING A RED-TAIL HAWK WAS ON THE GROUND EATING A SQUIRREL.SHORTLY AFTER A SECOND HAWK SHOWED UP IN TREE ABOVE FIRST HAWK.PROBABLY THE MATE AS THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR HAWKS BREED.I HAD MY BINOCULARS (WHICH I DIDN'T NEED) AS THIS WEEKEND IS THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT. WHAT A VIVED VIEW THROUGH BINOCULARS.FROM SO CLOSE I COULD SEE THE RED MEAT BEING RIPPED FROM THE SQUIRREL. HAWK LOOKED AT ME MORE THEN A FEW TIMES BUT DIDN'T BUDGE.I DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB HIM SO I RETURNED LATER TO EXACT SPOT AND HAWK AND PREY WERE GONE. NEXT WEEK I LOOK FOR THE NEST.

NOT IN BROOKLYN BUT GOOD STUFF

MORE THEN 40 OF THE THE JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PAINTING OF ENDANGERED BIRDS ARE ON DISPLAY, AT THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THESE PAINTING DONE OVER 150 YEARS AGO ARE SO DELICATE THEY ONLY GO ON DISPLAY EVERY 10 YEARS FOR A SHORT TIME.NOT TO BE MISSED.

MOST DANGEROUS

THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE BQE ON CONGRESS ST OFF COLUMBIA ST IS THE MOST DANGEROUS IN ALL OF NY STATE. THAT'S ALOT OF ENTRANCE RAMPS AND BROOKLYN IS AGAIN NO 1. I KNOW THIS RAMP VERY WELL.ALTHOUGH I HAVE YET TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THERE I HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS.MY COUSIN JOANNE HATES THAT RAMP.