[Even this moody wildlife creature in the Central Park Zoo is sick of all the tourists. Image via Anadah's Flickr]

[A 19th-century chandelier from Tavern on the Green is one of many being auctioned off later this month after the restaurant closed on New Year's Eve. Image via Getty]

It looks like gay Spanish hotel chain Axel Hotels is going to erect (har!) a homo outpost right here in Manhattan. Hell's Kitchen to be exact. Like everything fancy and gay, it's probably too expensive for you, but don't fret!

[Diners enjoy lunch in front of a mural of Central Park at Tavern on the Green today, its penultimate day of operation before it closes for good after tomorrow's New Year's Eve party. Image via Getty]

[Steve Martin gets on his bike and takes a big adventure through Central Park today. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[A New Yorker counts sheep in Sheep's Meadow in Central Park today during a rather warm fall afternoon. Image via Getty]

[A solitary note left on the "Imagine" marker in Central Park's Strawberry Fields section today, what would have been John Lennon's 69th birthday. Image via alan(ator)'s Flickr]

[Even hair, makeup, and a scared dog can't help Oprah Winfrey look pretty in pink while doing her show live from Central Park today. Image via Getty]

Five hundred dead! Where were you when the Central Park Treepocalypse happened?

Every publication enjoys the "pleasure" of hearing from their readerships often, but especially from crazies, who love to write in. Today, someone's helpful ideas for the beleaguered, layoff-happy New York Observer, involving Jews, horses, and the "Heroic Destiny Squad."

Anne Hathaway's New York stage debut in Twelfth Night at the Delacorte closed on Sunday, but not before she could do something rather... heroic. Wee hours line waiters were treated to pizza on Sunday morning, hand delivered by Hathaway herself.

A bunch of celebrities are now offering guided cell phone tours to Central Park. Anne Hathaway will introduce you to the Delacorte Theater, Matthew Broderick will show you around Sheep Meadow, Isabella Rossellini will escort you through the gay hookup zone of the Ramble, and Jerry Seinfeld will describe the stunning view of Central Park he has from his apartment at the Beresford. (Okay, fine, we made the last one up.) It's a free service. You call 646-862-0997 and then punch in a code that corresponds to each celebrity tour. We haven't tried it, so we can't weigh in on what it's like to hear John Stossel share his thoughts on the Balto statue, but if you feel like calling and letting us know what it's like, you're more than welcome to. [Central Park Audio Guide]

In typical Fox News fashion, when we asked a Fox News writer how a Central Park cyclist ended up being dragged on the hood of his SUV for four blocks, he blamed the victim, calling the biker a "vigilante."

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] May 25 @ 11:30amHe was with his family. A woman yelled out, "I love your show!!" One of his kids said, "What did that lady say?"

May 19 @ 2:15pm Just spotted Ashlee, Pete, and Bronx Mowgli entering Central Park at 64th and 5th, conveniently blocking the bus lane with their gigantic SUV. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]

What a gorgeous New York weekend that was! 80's and sunny. Were you one of the many, many people that filled both Central and Bryant Parks with your naked selves? Photographic evidence after the jump.

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] March 23 @ 12pm I just saw Bono taking a walk through Central Park near the Great Lawn.

So you know how PETA is trying to get rid of horse-drawn carriages in Central Park and replace them with electric vehicles? It turns out that the initiative isn't just ridiculous, it's pretty fishy, too. Michael Gross points out today that the "prime mover behind the latest anti-horse gambit" is none other than parking garage tycoon Steve Nislick, the CEO of Edison Properties, who produced a brochure last year touting the Model T plan and projecting "a windfall for the carriage industry from the sale of its multi-million-dollar stables." Team up with PETA to get rid of the horses, force the stables to sell their property, and then convert the decrepit buildings into gleaming garages. This Nislick is clever! [Gripebox]

Animal rights activists have been trying to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park for several months now. (For some reason, they think the practice amounts to animal cruelty.) But now they've come up with an alternative: They're proposing that the city replace the horse-drawn buggies with replica of Model Ts. Tourists visiting from Iowa will still get to feel like they're stepping back in time, and because the vehicles will be powered by electricity, it'll be entirely eco-friendly, too! Aside from the grim aesthetic implications—"the sound of clopping hooves is one of the only aural pleasures available on the edge of the oasis that is Central Park," Michael Gross points out today—and the fact the proposal would put hundreds of carriage drivers out of work, PETA has managed to line up support from attention-loving City Councilmember Daniel Garodnick, who now says he plans to put the matter before the City Council this spring.

[Submit Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] Jan. 22 @ 3 p.m. Bjork in a really cool multi-colored shawl - which is why I looked her way - carrying a white cloth shopping bag.