The long awaited movie version of “The Catcher in the Rye” will begin shooting in Long Island City this June. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct, and in his first-ever starring role on the big screen, [Read more…] about CATCHER IN THE RYE: THE MOVIE, TO BEGIN SHOOTING IN LIC
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THE CLIFFS LIC FINALLY OPENS AND BLOCK PARTY COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD
The above is what passes for news in LIC this week. If I were more ambitious I’d pen one of a dozen ideas percolating about in my head. Unfortunately I’m still recovering from Spring Break, as drinking a case of wine coolers every day for a week wreaks havoc, both physically and mentally, on my no longer teenaged system. [Read more…] about THE CLIFFS LIC FINALLY OPENS AND BLOCK PARTY COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD
MORE LIC RESTAURANT NEWS
I was unable to attend last week’s town hall liquor license meeting, due to my being away for Spring Break on some beach getting really sunburned. By all accounts it sounds like a few residents got out their pitchforks and torches to cut the knees off of a few small businesses, while the silent majority1 will just be denied the pleasure of a few new and interesting restaurants.
Of greater interest, [Read more…] about MORE LIC RESTAURANT NEWS
- of potential patrons [↩]
SPRING BREAK BREAK
Even when I’m away, I can’t stay away. I have no idea if I’m in Cancun, Daytona, or Palm Springs right now, as spoken words have become incomprehensible, [Read more…] about SPRING BREAK BREAK
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY LICTALK!
This Sunday, March 9, LICtalk turns two years old1. Though we’ve come to view ourselves as literary virtuosos, others might think that we’re still wearing diapers. The one thing that can’t be debated, is the massive amount of change that has occurred in this town over those two years. [Read more…] about HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY LICTALK!
- which is like a decade in “LIC years” [↩]