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IT’S always darkest before the dawn. Just when LIC thought we would pass the summer without ice cream, a newcomer springs up. Emack & Bolio’s is coming to 5-36 50th Avenue in Long Island City, taking the location of the quickly shuttered Ample Hills Creamery. What is Emack & Bolio’s?
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JUST like we did last year and every year prior, today we declare that Spring has sprung for Long Island City. Plus we added some cherry blossoms, which are in full bloom both here and on Cherry Blossom Island midway across the river (Roosevelt Island). Due to massive overcrowding the latter has discontinued it’s Cherry Blossom Festival, but this weekend would be a good one timing-wise to check out the flora there.
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DEAR Readers, it is with the utmost regret that I must inform you that ‘The Editor’ will be permanently moving to Palm Beach. I have been summoned there by the Hearst Organization to oversee their Florida outpost in the burgeoning Sunshine State. Thus this will be the last post for LICtalk.
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TRAILING indicators are measurable economic factors that change after the economy has already begun to follow a particular pattern or trend. Typical are surveys regarding rental rates, in this case for Queens, which completely miss turns in the market. And of course the headlines touting these surveys lead to regurgitated copy slightly altered from the press releases, with minimal analysis. Not here at LICtalk.
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LET’S face it, St. Paddy’s Day can be ruinous for the constitution. While some may claim that man can live on Guinness alone, they make no mention of Irish whiskey. When you’re ready to detox, a good place to start might be acai berries, which contain many antioxidants. Heretofore unavailable this side of the East River, a new acai bowl/smoothie place is coming to nurture the residents of Long Island City.
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