A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
Two months ago Patrick, the bartender at Corner Bistro, was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer. It was related to his lengthy stint as a first
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Ev’rywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy
‘Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy
But a-what can a poor boy do
‘Cept to sing for a rock ‘n’ roll band
‘Cause in sleepy L-I-C
There’s just no place for a street fighting man, no
Well we don’t have Amazon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, they’ve moved on. Which leaves very little to talk about here in Long Island City, at least this week. Another month of this and I may have to come up with some original material. As for the other guys, here’s a few scraps
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MEMORIAL Day weekend is here, and it’s going to be a beauty in Long Island City. Now I know what you’re thinking: ‘A 3-day weekend, the perfect occasion to catch-up and re-read all the posts on LICtalk, delve into the issues, leave lengthy comments on the site including links to white papers you’ve written about certain ideas mentioned here, and debate them with both neighbors and strangers at all the local bars and breweries to the point where the bouncer feels the need to separate us you.’
I wish I had some meaty news to share with you, but I don’t. Sure, Mothership Meat Company received it’s first review (come for the brisket, stay for the chili), and some guy at Forbes says the best craft breweries in NYC are in Qns/Bklyn (yawn), but that’s more opinion than news. Here’s something factual, but it’s been out for a week: the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks will not be anywhere near LIC this year (Brooklyn Bridge/Seaport).
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Opening Day at Shea – a shutout no less, the ice cream man on Center Boulevard playing his ding-a-ling, flowers blooming, that does it for me [Read more…] about Spring Has Sprung 2019