DO you know what percent of applicants get into Stanvard? The answer, 3.2%, is significantly higher than the percent of kids in LIC that secure a place in the Gantry Park Easter Egg Hunt each year. Maybe that’s not a bad thing, as the rejection builds up resilience beginning with the 2-3 year old category as they see a select genus group of their peers gain entry and partake in the excitement, pageantry and riches of the hunt.
Happy 12th Birthday LICtalk, Who Influenced Thee?
never gets old TWELVE years ago this Saturday LICtalk was born. But long before conception, which for Editors occurs 11 months before birth to increase brain cells, there were ideas, feelings, tones, and appearances that were being formed based on … [Continue reading] about Happy 12th Birthday LICtalk, Who Influenced Thee?
Terrone Restaurant And Butterfield Market Coming to LIC
THEY build the towers, the people come, and they open the restaurants to feed all the new people. A virtuous circle if ever there was and no place is more virtuous than Long Island City. … [Continue reading] about Terrone Restaurant And Butterfield Market Coming to LIC
The Plot Thickens, The Bud Burns in LIC
PLOT E in Hunters Point South, step up to the plate. You're the latest debutante to be presented for gawking at by the LIC community. Oohs and ahhs and a little poking and prodding before a tall steel tower is erected for eternity on your vacant … [Continue reading] about The Plot Thickens, The Bud Burns in LIC
The Best Story In Long Island City This Year?
THE Super Bowl may be over, and it may have had a storybook ending for many, and it may have had a world renowned cast of characters, both on the field and off, but in terms of real impact on real people, the glitz and the glamour pale in comparison … [Continue reading] about The Best Story In Long Island City This Year?