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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
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 majority ((of potential patrons)) will just be denied the pleasure of a few new and interesting restaurants.
Of greater interest, [Read more…] about MORE LIC RESTAURANT NEWS
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
This Sunday, March 9, LICtalk turns two years old ((which is like a decade in “LIC years”)). 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!
Every six months or so, my little prodigy Spalding, grows out of his Armani, and I have to have him chauffeured to Barneys for a new fitting. That leaves the problem of what to do with his barely used cast-offs? Do I really want to put them on Craigslist and have the masses calling and coming to my door? And since I’ve calculated that I earn $18,247 an hour based on a 24/7 clock, is it even worth my time? Plus I’d have to negotiate it all with his baby-mama in Tribeca, but that’s a whole other mess.
There is probably some relevance in my quandary for the rest of Long Island City, albeit on a less exalted and dramatic scale: What do I do with used clothing, toys, books, etc., that my child …umm, or myself, has grown out of? And how can I do it in a simpler manner than the trials and tribulations of Craigslist? [Read more…] about TENANTKING: BORN AND BRED IN LONG ISLAND CITY