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On Day 2 of the new season, I really really wanted to write an Ode to Spring, with sonnets and poems and crocuses and newborn foals running free in Gantry Park. Instead we got a SNOW DAY!!! Sure, I'm now a grown getting paid by the hour word, but … [Continue reading] about SNOW DAY LONG ISLAND CITY
Tomorrow at 12:15pm the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins and will basically continue with multiple games throughout the weekend. Saturday is St. Patrick's Day. Those two events happening concurrently … [Continue reading] about THE WEEKEND BEGINS NOW LONG ISLAND CITY
"the mayor’s commitment to hitting numerical goals {in affordable housing} has created a potential difficulty for city negotiators in their dealings with developers, who are aware of the targets. For some housing experts, the situation was akin to an … [Continue reading] about BEING PLAYED LIKE A FIDDLE WITH LIC IN THE MIDDLE
BULBS planted in Fall begin to show themselves in March. So it is with Bellwether restaurant on Vernon Boulevard, where the scaffolding has been removed and there is a sign in the window mentioning they will be opening in a few weeks. Further … [Continue reading] about BELLWETHER RESTAURANT IN LONG ISLAND CITY CLOSE TO OPENING
I'm just trying to find the bridge Has anybody seen the bridge? Please Have you seen the bridge? I ain't seen the bridge! Where's that confounded bridge? THERE'S going to be a protest this Saturday. In general, the impetus … [Continue reading] about PROTEST -> MASTER PLAN -> BRIDGE