OH my, we are a week and a half into Pumpkin Spice Latte month and I have yet to regale you with Autumn trappings. The Back to School freneticism has subsided, though as any parent knows it is never truly quelled. Next up on the Fall calendar is UN Week, which given the Midtown traffic snarl that I got caught up in last evening seems to have turned into UN Month. Anyway the Full Monty version replete with World Leaders occurs the week of September 23rd. Insider Tip: Take the Underground all of September and leave the wheels at home.
The Jewish holidays bring a bounty for the aforementioned schoolchildren, in the form of a 4-day weekend beginning October 3rd. Let’s just make it a full on mash-up by throwing Oktoberfest into the mix for that weekend. Mash-up, ba dum tss.
Finally, it’s never too early to purchase your Halloween candy, though you may want to wait a month for that pumpkin. While we’re on the topic of Halloween, will there be a parade in LIC this year? There certainly won’t be a Haunted House, as the building it was held in on Vernon Boulevard is in the midst of being torn down. Oh well, we have the memories.
//JUST like today, it was a beautiful early-fall day exactly 23 years ago: blue skies and in the 70’s. By noon the world had turned upside down. We pull this date from the others above to commemorate and remember all those who were lost.
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