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There is a lot of news to read below, none of it significant. Instead here are a few recommendations to consider in taking advantage of the nice weather projected for LIC this weekend. [Read more…] about BRING ON THE LIC WEEKEND
Welcome back LICsters from your long holiday weekend. For those who ventured afar, whether it be to the mountains or the sea, we’ve provided a full recap of how the 4th went down here in LIC. To cover this monumental event, I had to forgo my chateau on the Cote, and gave my pilot the week off. In so doing, I had a rare empty night on my exceptionally busy social calendar, and thus decided to do some venturing of my own, but locally.
That is how I found myself at Astoria Seafood. [Read more…] about IS ‘ASTORIA SEAFOOD’ THE BEST RESTAURANT IN LONG ISLAND CITY?
Beautiful weather, moderate temperatures and no wind, set the tone for a perfect return of the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks to Long Island City. Groups started trickling in around 3pm and by six pm there was [Read more…] about MACY’S FIREWORKS IN LIC: WHAT IT WAS LIKE LAST NIGHT
Red and white, blue suede shoes, I’m Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, I’m still alive, ain’t no luck, I learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don’t change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
The porta potties and news vans have arrived, now all they need is the raw material to confirm their existence. The LIC Fourth of July festivities kicked off last night in Hunters Point Park with a, …well I wouldn’t quite call it a concert, more like a [Read more…] about PREPPING FOR THE BIG SHOW
Correction: previously it may have been inferred from my wording that Murasaki was only doing takeout. The restaurant itself is now open for diners as well.
Long Island City finally gets it’s first dedicated sushi restaurant with the grand opening of Murasaki Sushi today. Yes, we we have had numerous ‘fusion’ restaurants for years that made sushi along side various other Asian cuisines. Plus Hibino’s opening a year ago gave us our first solely-dedicated Japanese restaurant. Yet it specializes in Obanzai, or Japanese tapas, and sushi is a secondary consideration. So at last we get what every other neighborhood from Inwood to the Rockaways has long viewed as a staple: raw fish, on rice and solo.
According to an employee at the restaurant, the sushi chef has [Read more…] about MURASAKI SUSHI OPENS TODAY ON VERNON BOULEVARD