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PARENTS rejoice, after an unexplained hiatus, the Long Island City Halloween Parade down Vernon Boulevard is back on for 2024. This year it will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 2pm to 4pm.
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WESTVILLE, a small local chain of fast casual restaurants, is opening a location at 43-12 Hunter Street in the heart of Court Square. If 43-12 Hunter Street doesn’t ring a bell or conjure up an image denoting it to be the heart of Court Square, then how does directly across from Food Cellar on Crescent Street strike you? Down the street from M Wells? Half a block from the tower fka as the Citi Building?
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WHILE I never considered myself a member of the 1% as it is traditionally defined, I do belong to a very select club here in Long Island City: those who drive to Trader Joe’s to pick up their weekly provisions.
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OH my, we are a week and a half into Pumpkin Spice Latte month and I have yet to regale you with Autumn trappings. The Back to School freneticism has subsided, though as any parent knows it is never truly quelled. Next up on the Fall calendar is UN Week, which given the Midtown traffic snarl that I got caught up in last evening seems to have turned into UN Month. Anyway the Full Monty version replete with World Leaders occurs the week of September 23rd. Insider Tip: Take the Underground all of September and leave the wheels at home.
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THE final week of summer comes with some good news, and some less than good. First off, following in the footsteps of LICtalk, Florence Fabricant of The New York Times gives a shout out to ‘Oh Calcutta,’ the new Indian restaurant on Jackson Avenue.
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