Almost every year you can count on a few streets in Bayside, Glendale, and Howard Beach to light themselves over the top for Christmas, but I know there's more great ... Read More

Where Playing With Fire Is Not Taboo [NY Times] It's two stars from the Times for my fave Spicy & Tasty (39-07 Prince St, Flushing) where the Sichuan ... Read More

Downtown Flushing is a booming shopping district, running the gamut from Old Navy and Benetton to small shops stocking Chinese and Korean imports, like cartoon character stickers, fake gold, or ... Read More

The Holidays Are Upon Us - Holiday Events in Queens Friday Shop Till You Drop Or - Buy Nothing Saturday Hunt for Wild Watercress in Alley Pond Park Russian American Kids Circus - ... Read More

Well, I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was nice and chill here in Astoria, just the way I wanted it. We're in for a nice ... Read More

Queens Health Crisis Boro Prez Calls For Two New Hospitals On Eve Of Report That May Seek Closures [Tribune] Revealed: How top state Dem built his power base [Daily ... Read More

This week's restaurant post comes a day early so as not to clutter up your Thanksgiving feast. Porridge, but Not the Goldilocks Kind [NY Times] Korean rice porridge ... Read More

Wouldn't it be fun to surprise your parents with a photo of the home where they used to live? In Queens and all of NYC it's possible if the ... Read More

When Atlas Park opened up this past spring, a lot of people scratched their heads. Here was a new mall that wasn't enclosed, it didn't have stores that everyone knew, ... Read More

The Holidays Are Upon Us - Holiday Events in Queens Friday NEA Jazz Masters at Flushing Town Hall Pandora’s Box and Book Signing at MMI For the Moment Portraits and Scenarios by ... Read More

If you're still looking for decent sushi in Astoria, Friday after work march on over to Ginza (31-31 Steinway St). Some call it a hibachi joint-- which they do have ... Read More

A Move to Make a Silent Air Terminal Hum Again [NY Times] Kin Dedicate Memorial to Flt. 587 Dead [ABC] Starr Street Prostitutes Plague Ridgewood [Chronicle] Controversial Developer Sets Sights ... Read More

5 Places to Eat Tacos Standing Up [Daily News] La Espiga (96-15 Roosevelt Ave, Corona) and El Guicho (Roosevelt Ave at Baxter & Gleane, Jackson Heights) get ... Read More

Some of my favorite NYC meals have been in Astoria. If you haven't eaten in the neighborhood in a while, you should go back to discover the new restaurants beyond ... Read More

On Monday the Mets held the official ground breaking for the new Citi Field baseball stadium, scheduled to replace Shea Stadium as the home of the Mets in 2009. Citigroup, Inc, ... Read More

The NY Times profiled Richmond Hill in the real estate section this past weekend, focusing on the historic homes of North Richmond Hill, close to Forest Park. There's a ... Read More

Thank you veterans. The Veterans Day Parade in Manhattan is this Saturday. The Holidays Are Upon Us - Holiday Events in Queens Friday Orson's Shadow at Queens Theatre in the Park ... Read More

First, remember us talking up 5 Boroughs Ice Cream? And the fact that it wasn't available in Astoria, despite their using Astoria-based ingredients? Well, that's changed! It's ... Read More

Trader Joes to Open at Woodhaven and Metropolitan [Chronicle] Feds Explore Queens Asbestos Dump [Tribune] Groundbreaking Imminent for New Mets Ballpark in Queens [NY Sun] Boy, 12, drives off in ... Read More

Eat Thanksgiving Dinner With All the Trimmings in Queens [About.com] Our picks for getting your turkey on at a local restaurant. And since this is Queens, there are a ... Read More

It's that time again already. This weekend the holiday season kicks off with a celebration at the Atlas Park Mall in Glendale. Then the shopping and the events ... Read More

Election Day is this Tuesday, November 7. Unfortunately and fortunately, elections for local representatives seem already seem locked up. Democrats dominate Queens politics so thoroughly that the only ... Read More

Friday Orson's Shadow at Queens Theatre in the Park - November 3-5 & 10-12 Asha Puthli, Indian Jazz Diva - November 3 A Scanner Darkly at MMI - November 3 Saturday QueensWest.com Pub Crawlathon - ... Read More

Want to liven up your home for the fall? On your way home Friday, swing by the new to the hood Blue Eye Boutique (32-07 37th St). It's full of ... Read More

L.I. To N.Y.C. via Jamaica and DoBro [Queens Ledger] NYC's Artists-in-Residence (LIC Tops LES) [Gothamist] Woman Is Beaten and Son Stabbed at Home in Fresh Meadows, Queens [NY Times] Blackout ... Read More

I love the creative folks at the Museum of the Moving Image. They could just be about movies, but they are always pushing farther. Last year they introduced us ... Read More

Single White Wonton [Village Voice] Chowhounds feel unsettled and get hungry for answers when they hear Robert Sietsema say Chao Thai (85-03 Whitney Ave, Elmhurst) "might well be ... Read More

November in Queens is when the wind kicks it and hot chocolate at home sounds a lot better than trudging around a cold, damp park. But out you ... Read More