January 2010
Author needed for historic pictorial of Queens →
sounds like a pretty dope writing gig. while i am an expert on queens smoky arabic hangouts, queens soccer pubs, queens empanadas, and queens vandalism, i am, sadly, not an authority on queens history.
still, for the above reasons, i should get this job.
In multi-ethnic Queens, fast food joints reach...
In Queens, a sampling of food to go can take you on a culinary trip around the globe - from Filipino noodles and specialty sandwiches from California to Korean fried chicken.
The borough is fast becoming a hotbed of unusual franchises because of its ethnic diversity, which appeals to chains trying to gain a foothold in New York City.
…The borough’s diversity and its array of ethnic...
back into the tunnel of time, back into time’s giant meant-grinder.
-roberto bolaño, by night in chile
beach house - lover of mine
from their...
the top 5 sandwiches in sunnyside...
shish tawook w/ garlic sauce (ask for it), hot sauce, and extra lift from el shater
cheeseburger from pj horgans (best in the city)
grilled beef cemita from victorias II (thanks monika!)
bacon egg and cheese on a toasted roll from alpha donuts
whitefish salad (seriously) on a toasted salt (or everything) with tomatoes from daves bagel slo-mo service emporium
Borough's first Harvest Food Co-op set to hit Long...
A group of western Queens residents are bringing the motto “will work for food” to life.
Fed up with the dearth of inexpensive local produce in their neighborhoods, they’re creating the borough’s only food cooperative in Long Island City.
Their goal is to have the Queens Harvest Food Co-op up and running on member labor by the fall of 2011.
“We hope the food...
New York City’s most diverse borough has plenty of pizzerias, from old-school slice joints like New Park Pizza in Howard Beach and brick-oven spots like Nick’s in Forest Hills, to ethnic interpretations like bulgogi pizza. I thought bulgogi pizza was the strangest take on pizza I’d ever find in Queens, then I happened upon Union Amore Brick Oven Pizza Hookah & B.B.Q. Lounge...
He is the first openly gay elected official to represent Jackson Heights, Queens, a neighborhood known for its diversity of people and cuisines that enjoys a more obscure distinction as a haven for gay men and lesbians.
At first glance, it might seem incongruous that gay people would find acceptance in a place that is home to large populations of South Asian and South American immigrants, who...
Every chemical engineer in New York City was born in a foreign country. Two-fifths of the city’s accountants and auditors and more than one-fourth of its chief executives are immigrants. In the three neighborhoods with the highest concentrations of immigrants, Ecuadoreans outnumber residents from any other country.
Those are a few of the facts about the role immigrants play in the city’s...
music, states of happiness, mythology, faces belabored by time, certain twilights and certain places try to tell us something, or have said something we should not have missed, or are about to say something; this imminence of a revelation which does not occur is, perhaps, the aesthetic phenomenon.
-jorge luis borges
yeasayer - ambiling amp (dj/rupture and brent...
n train gossip →
i don’t really like twitter, the n train, their grammatically incorrect bio, or the shots they take at the churro lady, but here is some new astoria-based meme twitter feed that warns astorians (and presumably 7-trainers who cross the platform stix aka queensboro plaza) to ‘watch out.’
these are the days as they will be. this is the future as we see it. the swerve and the static.
-colum mccann, let the great world spin
From Afghanistan to Sunnyside Kebab Cart →
i must say, i have never tried the halal cart at 46th street.
i frequent 2 great ones in midtown east for lunch (xpl and kwik meal) so usually i opt for something else in the ‘hood.
nice little profile though, will be giving the chicken and falafel over rice a try there soon.
city links...
a few things of note in the times from the past few days;
homelessness on the rise for queens laborers.
the economic conundrum of selling haram.
layoffs and stalled construction in lic, but lots of wine stores!
suicides rising among nyc koreans.
fantastic op-ed by colum mccann on the lure of this city and country, dual identities, transformative literature, and one night in november...
things to resave in the event of a fire...
computer
‘98-‘05 diary and assorted moleskins
important documents
pets (if applicable)*
children (if applicable)*
2007 wayne rooney manchester united jersey
two pairs of kicks (wear one)
five books (paperbacks)
scattergories
jonny walker blue label**
roommate
across the hall mate
this list
oud (if applicable)
*probably will not be applicable
**unless in possession...
