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Two years ago I entitled a story “The Best Week to Be a New Yorker,” which was all about the week encompassing Halloween and The New York Marathon. Wouldn’t you know it, Sandy rolls in [Read more…] about THE BEST WEEK TO LIVE IN LIC: TAKE TWO
Hey LICsters, the 7-train is down this weekend so you’re stranded like Gilligan and the Captain. Now if you had Ginger and Mary Ann, [Read more…] about STRANDED IN LIC
I really, really, really wanted to write about the menage-a-trois that a 16-year old male in Louisiana had with his 20-something and 30-something female teachers, as all these years later I still find the female teacher/male HS student combo tantalizing and questionably illegal. The fact that there were two female teachers in the same school willing to conspire and collaborate, I’d guesstimate is probably a five-standard deviation occurrence, …maybe ten.
Sadly, I am constrained by my mandate to focus on local news, whether it is real or not, and no matter how mundane. Sometimes though, fate intervenes and I am handed a consolation prize. In this case [Read more…] about MENAGE A TROIS LIC-STYLE
This is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.
A new recreation center is coming to Hunters Point, and will be lodged at the base of Hunters Point South (HPS) Phase 2. The 44,000-square-foot space will offer tons of amenities: two pools, including a lap pool and a rec pool with a large slide and water features, a large gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, and indoor sports clinics, a wellness center with cardiovascular and strength training equipment, large group [Read more…] about MASSIVE NEW REC CENTER COMING TO HUNTERS POINT
Fall is back in the air, and with it comes the return of the journalists. That’s a good thing because I am tired of having to script original content. Some of it is a rehash: Bierocracy, PS78 start times, available land is expensive. Some of it anticipated: HPS kicking off applications, Community Board 2 meeting notes, Station LIC preview, and some of it new but not earth shattering.
Then comes something fun, or funny, which is on the periphery of being a hoax, but probably isn’t. [Read more…] about HERE COMES THE NEWS, AND ONE OF THEM IS NOT SO PRETTY