
Snooze Alert – My candidness will keep me in penury. I mean, how am I supposed to sell news with a headline like the one above and then a warning to readers that I don’t have anything very interesting to tell them? Simple, by keeping it short. Let’s share a few local activities and then get right to the news.
We are excited to announce the launching of SOUL Karate with our first offering of classes beginning October 16 in Long Island City!Please visit soulkarate.com to check out the class descriptions, instructor bio, registration information, and more. Feel free to leave comments, or questions on the page…your feedback is appreciated! The LIC Fall 2013 session will be 9 weekly classes running on Wednesdays from October 16 through December 18 at the New York Irish Center located at 1040 Jackson Avenue.
On Tuesday 15 October at 4pm, the LIC Community Garden will be launching its Little Free Library. Little Free Libraries are local community based and run book exchanges, that are springing up all over the world, from Perth, Australia to Anchorage, Alaska, and everywhere in between. You can find out more about Little Free Libraries at littlefreelibrary.org. The Community Garden’s Library will be themed around children’s books.
Teen Skateboarder Dies after Falling Underneath a Truck – 18-year old from Sunnyside
Garde Robe: High End Clothes Storage – the NYT writes up a local biz that charges more to store your clothes than it costs to rent an apartment in LIC.
$18 Day Pass for The Cliffs at Long Island City – Grand Opening Saturday, October 5th
Ravel Hotel Plans $10 Million Expansion – it’ll have an ice rink. Check out these pics!
Rockrose, M Wells Beef Up Court Square Foodie Cred – the restaurant will supposedly be the attraction that brings renters to the thousands of new apartments they’re building
Long Island City Is Having a Moment – this guy’s a little late to the party, see the opening sentence. The rest pretty much reads as a love letter to Justin Elghanayan and Rockrose, like he was so smitten just to get an interview.
Renters Start Your Engines: Apartments Are Scarce and The Competition is Fierce – this guy needs to subscribe to LICtalk. He is so three months ago!
Developer Shows Off Star of the New LIC – more on the new amenities by TF Cornerstone