
CONFIRMED! Also Kelly Clarkson will be there
Those holding the strings have held out long enough, so now [Read more…] about MACY’S JULY 4TH FIREWORKS BACK IN LONG ISLAND CITY IN 2018
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CONFIRMED! Also Kelly Clarkson will be there
Those holding the strings have held out long enough, so now [Read more…] about MACY’S JULY 4TH FIREWORKS BACK IN LONG ISLAND CITY IN 2018

As everyone in Long Island City knows, July 4th weekend officially begins with the delivery of Porta Potties to Gantry Park – because how can you have fireworks without Porta Potties? They have arrived, so everyone but The Editor is now free to leave work.
Not that it’s really kept many from already departing, as LIC began getting quiet yesterday. A trend that will continue throughout the weekend until it becomes downright eerie and Scooby-Doo-ville by Monday morning as all the cars are removed from the streets.
Then a crescendo begins to build in the afternoon, reaching its climax at 9pm July 4th evening. If you want an idea of exactly what to expect on that day, here is last years coverage and pics.
//New Ice Cream Shop on Vernon is called ‘Something Sweet’ and will open [Read more…] about JULY 4TH WEEKEND HAS ARRIVED IN LIC

AFTER a spurt of our announcing restaurant openings in LIC this Autumn, a reader has let us know that Top Quality on 44th Rd. has closed.
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‘CANCEL my suite in St. Tropez. Cancel it!’ Take the champagne off the ice at Les Caves du Roy, my good friends abroad will have to wait another week, because the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks will be in Long Island City in 2023!
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“Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.”
Hemingway had the running of the bulls in Pamplona, The Editor has Fourth of July in Long Island City. Both annual events are rich in history and renowned worldwide. And both events have legendary chroniclers immersed in their subject matter. What more could you ask for LIC?
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