Fall Foliage in Prospect Park



Mid to late October is an amazing time to get out and enjoy nature in New York City. The foliage has just started turning vibrant and it will hopefully last a few weeks. This was taken just the other day from the Long Meadow in Prospect Park looking west towards Prospect Park West.

It has been perfect fall weather for the past week. Crisp and cold nights, sunny days. Amazingly clean air...winter is definitely around the corner.

RUBY GETS FAMOUS!

When most people think of Big Onion they think of our guides. Our fantastic walking tour guides are the "face" of the company. It is the guides that people meet and interact with face-to-face. The other side of Big Onion is the little tiny office. Usually that is me - Seth Kamil - sitting at the computer and on the telephone. I do lead tours when I can - but that's always a Catch-22 as I have to close the office to lead one! The office side of Big Onion can be pretty lonely. I bring our two company "mascots" with me every day - Sophie the 12 year old Black Lab (she is the one who sometimes barks when I'm on the phone) and Ruby the two year old (she is silent). Well, in this week's issue of The Brooklyn Paper there is a short story about dogs in Prospect Park. Ruby made the paper - I guess this is 30 seconds of her proverbial 15 minutes of "fame".

Another "historic" day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones plunged 800 points by mid-afternoon but rallied a bit to close down closer to 400 points. The newsvans have been parked on the corner of Wall Street & Broadway for a couple of weeks now...reporting on every up/down tick in the markets.