Josh Hartnett smiles pretty at the Birdie

Josh Hartnett was reportedly observed doing something sweet when he poked his head into Birdie.

Birdie is a chef's table restaurant with a U-shaped seating area inside the kitchen of Nicollet Avenue's Nighthawks Diner & Bar.

Hartnett was apparently dining at Nighthawks when he peeked inside Birdie, made eye contact with somebody, took a selfie and exited.

My sources on this belatedly realized the sweet, polite man they were looking at was Hartnett. So they didn't do all they could have for me. That would've been discreetly getting up to see if Hartnett left with his baby daughter.

FYI: I'm on the lookout for Hartnett pushing a stroller around here and Gretchen Carlson hiding out somewhere in the metro.

Andrew Brundidge is going to the State Capitol next week to meet Sen. Kari Dziedzic.

Dziedzic's legislative assistant Mary Underwood sent an e-mail after I wrote about 9-year-old Andrew writing a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton.

The eldest child of former broadcasting personality Sheletta Brundidge wrote the letter because he was worried about the safety of his three younger siblings should they have an encounter with police. All three have autism spectrum disorders, and Andrew knows that side effects of their conditions will hamper his sister and brothers from communicating with police and complying with orders. They are really young kids, so Andrew is worrying early.

"Your riveting article was of interest to her [Dziedzic]," wrote Underwood. "The same concern you raised was brought to Senator Dziedzic's attention last year by parents of children with autism, like the Brundidge family. The issue of how law enforcement officials are trained to respond to special-needs children and youth with autism is of great concern. She authored legislation to help address this very issue. The bill she authored, SF 3264, ... did pass through committee and the Senate." However, Underwood said, "As I understand, the funding did not make it into the final budget."

The legislator's office asked to be put in touch with Brundidge, and now precocious Andrew is scheduled to take his first trip to the State Capitol.

Brundidge said that Andrew is only scheduled to see Dziedzic, but I can imagine Dayton stepping out of his office to meet the youngster if the guv is in St. Paul.

Finally, policy changes that should produce more protecting and serving by MPD.

MPD Chief Janeé Harteau unveiled some new rules Monday that emphasize de-escalation, shooting as a last resort and crossing the thin blue line by calling out fellow officers who might not act appropriately. I hope holding their fire means that they will shoot to injure, not kill. That's going to mean more time at the target range. But I digress.

In announcing the policy changes, Harteau said, "The question every officer should ask: 'Did my actions reflect how I'd want a family member of mine treated?' "

That's similar to something I heard from Sgt. Jesse Garcia, before he died in July 2015, every time I complained to him about something dumb one of his blue colleagues had done: "I always say, 'If you treat everybody like your mother, you won't have any problems.' "

Morris Day wonders if Prince knew he was living his final January when they were together.

Day told the New York Post that he got a surprise phone call from Prince, who wanted Morris and the Time to come to Minneapolis to play a private gig.

"It had been a few years since I'd seen him. I questioned why he was calling me up at the time. It was the first time in a while that we'd had a chance to sit down and chat," Day told NYP. "In hindsight, it's almost like he felt something or knew something."

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