The lovely Annie , our most recent guest blogger, dropped me a note today about a fabulous sale on Saturday: Housing Works Thrift Shop (one ...

This weekend expect two-faced weather, what with rain and wind on Saturday (boo!) and a bright and sunny Sunday (yay!). Friday night is gre...

This great fall weather just begs for strolls. The sun will be out so why not check out some of the newer shops in the area? The diversity i...

Well, it's finally feeling like fall, what with these cooler temperatures this weekend. A great way to welcome fall is to head on over ...

I am proud to announce that October is Portuguese wine month! Never had it? I'm a little biased but i must say its damn good :) For a gr...

I think I'm still in denial that summer is over and fall is here. While I enjoy the cool temperatures, I miss the more carefree feeling...

A new patisserie recently opened here in lower Astoria (it used to be a sleepy Columbian bakery), and upon the urging of some friends, we st...

Friday night come out to dinner and celebrate Rosh Hashana at Mundo ! It's a great way to try out some Jewish special occasion food with...

So yeah there's been alot of talk of wanting to get some decent book selections in the hood. Nothing has come out of it though. No new b...

We stopped by the Socrates Sculpture Park's big 20th Anniversary bash this past Sunday and there couldn't have been a more beautifu...

Looks like we'll be heading back to summer by Sunday! Sunny and highs in the low 80s. Very exciting. And summer to me means ice cream...

Here we have it, a break in the rain! Saturday join in on the Waterfront Parks Bike Tour ! I've been wanting to do this since Joe...

Dear Summertime, What happened? I thought we were soul mates. I feel a little vulnerable saying that, but after all the golden dusks and ste...

Lately I've met up with friends at a new-ish place on Ditmars called Stini Yiamas . It's kind of a lounge, kind of a bar, hard to...

Well, it's looking like a rainy weekend, with some cooler weather. It feels more like October than August! Cooler weather makes me wan...

In the midst of the city's current burger craze there lies an endearing little diner that sits on the side of the Grand Central Parkway ...

We all hate roaches, even if we've never had them in our apartment (the other night I saw one lumbering down the streets of Manhattan, e...

This Friday go get your wine on! Omega Wines and Spirits (29-15 23rd Ave) are having a wine tasting from 6-9pm of Georgian Wines. Nice peop...

For better or worse, (I'm sure most feel strongly one way or the other), Astoria's been outed by the New York Times Style section. S...

While walking home from a delicious lunch at Watawa with friends, I spied a flyer announcing a Power Outage related event: Join Congresswoma...