March 1, 2023 in Long Island City. Nothing to report on the ground, but in the skies…
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CityPickle Is Coming To Long Island City
KOSHER, Dill, Bread & Butter, Gherkins, Cornichons, and the age old dilemma: sour or semi-sour? All of these choices can be yours when… Uh, oh, ahh, okay let’s start over. CityPickle is coming to Long Island City and will be NYC’s first dedicated pickleball club when it opens late Spring/Summer of this year according to The New York Post.
[Read more…] about CityPickle Is Coming To Long Island CityThe Bard Of Long Island City Speaketh
NUMEROUS analogies have been made between the investigative reporting of Woodward & Bernstein and LICtalk. Though these two sets of highly regarded journalists cover different subject matter and separate era’s, the disclosures they have all uncovered are equally monumental. In their own way. Furthermore, many have also noted that there is striking resemblance between The Editor and Woodward …as portrayed in the movie.
Nevertheless the analogy for which I am most honored, so humbly, is to that of William Shakespeare, for the chronicling of every day life here in the shadow of the big city. Timeless, so timeless.
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As we’ve turned the page and begin the months-long adjustment to writing 20223, what’s new in the neighborhood?
Marathon Sunday Coming Up & Julie Powell In Memoriam
Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights cut the night, dude in white says he’s the man
Well, you better learn to move fast
When you’re young or you’re not long around
Cat somehow lost his kitty down in the city pound
So get right, get tight, get down
Well, who’s that down at the end of the alley?
She’s been gone so long
Yeah, like that, yeah
Kitty’s back in town (here she comes, now)
THE Marathon’s back in town, oh, oh, all right! A front row seat to catch the Knicks play Sacramento in one of 82 regular-season meaningless games will set you back $3,000 a piece. A front row seat to catch the NYC Marathon is free, and unlike the Knicks the hometown team is a winner. So gather together your typical LIC family of 3.5 and get down to Vernon Boulevard. If you want to catch the professional runners be there by 9:45am, otherwise the waves start coming through around 11am and continue until ~2pm.
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