Some time ago I mentioned to you all the wonderful animal rescue peeps here at home, Francis's Friends . Well just for the heck of it, I...

Funswick Originally uploaded by mcotner . Spent some time in southern Astoria today, going to a movie and then stopping into Sunswi...

Fresh Garbanzos Originally uploaded by mcotner . While at the Trade Fair on Ditmars, I saw fresh garbanzos for sale. Yes! Fresh! I ...

Found this in my myspace travels... "Feeling adventurous this Saturday? Want a fun and different pre-event event? Then head out to Long...

Tomorrow (Saturday April 28th) is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!!!! Yes, you heard me right- you can get score yourself a freebie right here. The l...

So, the old joke is "April showers bring May flowers, but what do May flowers bring?? Pilgrims!" This weekend we'll start wi...

I just received some info about the next Power for the People (PFP) event, a Volunteer and Planning Meeting, Saturday, April 28 at 11am , at...

Hey ladies, the peeps over at Candy Plum are celebrating a birthday this weekend and are sharing the joy with all of us! Go enjoy all pink ...

So, about a month ago, a group of concerned Astoria residents met with representatives from the Council on the Environment of NYC (CENYC, f...

You may remember some time ago i was on this little local podcast talking about Astorian events and stuff. Well alot of time has passed and...

John at about.com has another take on neighborhoods in Western Queens. I like that fact that he includes Dutch Kills, my new nabe of intr...

While poking around various news sources today, I came across these fun factoid blurb descriptions of various neighborhoods in Queens. Here...

Ok, so I love these Spiderman movies with Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst. But I've enjoyed Spiderman since I was a kid, especially lov...

Hope you all had a good Earth Day this Sunday! On Saturday Sooz and I were busy with NY Cares ' Hands On NY event as part of the Asto...

It should be Earth Day every day. Since it's not, let's celebrate it this weekend! Saturday go enjoy the break in the rain by cheer...

Ho humm. It's so nice up here by lovely Astoria Park. I sure wish I could garden... Alas, now you can be part-founder of the new and exc...

[this edition highlights both Astoria and Astorians...] Did you know that Saturday, April 14 is the National Day of Climate Action ? Indeed...

I really do. As a heathen on Easter, it was a nice place to be. Great pint of Harp, baseball on the main TV, and music at a reasonable lev...

The Times has a recent article, Thinking Big at a Time Others Are Thinking Small , regarding the call from some Dutch Kills residents for up...

Hooray for funky new shops opening up near home! If you missed Site 's grand opening yesterday, it's no problem: stop in Friday and ...