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Little Pepper’s Hot Pot Makes Summer Sizzle!
Not too long ago a friend introduced me to the “hot pot“. Shortly after the introduction I discovered that the traditional Chinese stew prepared with a hot pot is an extraordinary thing. I simply had to try one myself. Salivating heavily, my dining partner and I hopped onto the 7 train en route to Flushing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Dragon Boat Festival in Queens!
It’s the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in the heart of Flushing Meadows Park this weekend Saturday August 7th and Sunday August 8th. Watch the as the magnificent dragon boats zip through Meadow Lake while the competing teams race to the finish. You don’t want to miss this once a year extravaganza! Before you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )One Sharp Cookie: A Few Words With Astoria’s “Saw Lady”
As a child I thought that the saw had only one purpose, to cut through mom’s famous holiday fruitcake. Little did I know that the tool is also used as a musical instrument. Natalia Paruz presents New York City’s Musical Saw Festival Saturday August 7, 2010 (supported by the Queens Council on the Arts). How does one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Get Ready for Some Yankee Twang Friday Night!
I first heard Joe Thompson and the Comfortable Catastrophe at WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs last month. With a fierce talent and sharp wit, their music cut through the room like the raging tide cuts though the calm sands at Rockaway… In other words, they blew audience away and won the Battle of the Boroughs. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Queens First International Theater Festival This Week
For the next week (July 21- July 29) La Guardia Performing Arts Center will host the first international theater festival, Which Direction Home?, in collaboration with The Internationalists. The creative experience takes its audience through a unique interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey. Watch as eight directors from six different countries use the epic poem as a platform for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hot Weather and Full Moon at Astoria Music Now Festival Saturday!
It’s going to be 100 degrees and a full moon Saturday. While all the werewolves are shedding their fur and howling at the moon, you will be dancing in the green grass of Astoria Park with the Astoria Make Music Now! festival. Get out of your stuffy apartment and join the live bands and local [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Summer Daze are Here Again!
Take a break from the heat and head to Brick Cafe in Astoria for some neighborhood shopping and eating. Join Kristees and 14 of her fellow local designers for an evening of fun and fashion Wednesday July 21 6-10pm. Brick Cafe 3095 33rd Street Astoria, NY 11102-1457 (718) 267-2735
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The Never-Ending Italian Feast, Made by Grandma
This week I cycled into the other 718- Staten Island. My dining companion and I hopped on our bikes and pedaled down to Battery Park to catch the free ferry. Our destination- Enoteca Maria, a small Italian restaurant a few blocks from the ferry terminal. It’s difficult to pin-down the menu at this place because [...]
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