I'd go
― iatee, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
Let's do it! They have good cocktails.
― Virginia Plain, Saturday, 6 October 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
I have a corny running joke with the owner that the Mojitos improve my Spanish.
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
(I live right nearby so in theory can do most faps)
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
that sounds like a good idea. Being able to go out is always dicey these days with the baby, but I will see what I can do.
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 7 October 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
what time would this thing be, I have to go to the maspeth fedex after work on thursday but I am for making this happen otherwise
― iatee, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
I am really angry about having to go to the maspeth fedex
― iatee, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sorry that you feel that way
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know of queens bars showing the debate tomorrow, preferably somewhere in the Forest Hills area?
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 October 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
if I knew of one in sunnyside I'd prob go. lots of the places that will show it prob aren't gonna announce it in any special way, I'd guess.
― iatee, Monday, 15 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was considering just walking down austin st til I find one. I don't really have a sense of the bars on Austin St though -- I assume they're probably kind of normal/sports-oriented?
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 October 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
I wuz just in forest hills yesterday actually. not that I've ever gone out drinking in forest hills, but the places there do seem fairly normal.
― iatee, Monday, 15 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Given that I've had a baby since I moved there, the closest thing I've done to actually going out on Austin St. was the other night when I had to drive around trying to find a wine shop open to get a bottle for the next day. It was packed with people, but it was actually a lot less obnoxious than I thought it would be -- like I pictured something out of Jersey Shore, but it was more just like clean-cut-looking couples eating dinner at Aged and getting Starbucks hot cocoas.
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I imagine any obnoxious young people who do live in the area just go to manhattan anyway. astoria has lotsa trashy nightlife too.
― iatee, Monday, 15 October 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone tried sushi yasu on yellowstone blvd? Supposedly it's some kind of "hidden gem" or ex-hidden gem.
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Sunday, 21 October 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
Sushi yasu on austin is good iirc
― carne asada, Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
Bolivian parade today is amazing. Incredible costumes.
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Where us that? I'm actually in Staten Island though.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
What are you doing on Staten Island?? I've been thinking about SI a lot lately after doing a little trip there in the summer.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
I always want to do stuff on staten island but j always vetoes it
― iatee, Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Take bikes. Or drive, maybe, if you're Dan Selzer.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
It was on 37th avenue in JH. Make a point next year
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Sri lankan buffet followed by historic richmondtown (a budget colonial Williamsburg)
Sri lankan places are walkable from ferry but we drive.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
I really want to go to the staten island mall
― iatee, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Uhh you are a braver man than I, I stick to mouldering old historic sites mostly.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
I drove to the Staten Island Mall in 2008 because it was easier to go the Apple store there than try to park in manhattan. I needed a new computer. I walked in and I said "I'd like one of the new Mac Pros" and the person was like "Are you sure? We recommend the iMac, it's a very powerful computer and more than most people need" and I was like "I'm a graphic designer who works with electronic music and is a super power user and I know what I want" and she's like "hold on" and comes back with one of her managers and he's like "you're buying a Mac Pro?" and I'm like YES and he's like "let me shake your hand...you're the only person to ever buy a Mac Pro from this Apple Store."
And I'm typing on it RIGHT NOW.
The mall was fine, it was actually fun, we walked in and there was a teenage dance troupe. I'm from NJ so going to malls can be very nostalgic. We occasionally drive to the Queens mall which isn't far from us. Sometimes you want to go to Clarks to buy some socks and see if there's any decent sweaters at Banana Republic or something. And the Queens mall has a decent watch battery replacement/band replacement place.
Mostly though the Sri Lankan places have been the only reasons we've gone. One day we drove further down and ended up at this ancient "historic" luncheonette that serves egg creams and is styled like it's the 50s. It's old but was kinda cheesy and not that great. We went to the Alice Austen house which was very cool though.
Today after lunch and Richmondtown, which was totally busted, they must have no budget. It's quaint and has potential and it was neat what they were doing, today was the day where people dress up and make bread and apple juice and melt candles and talk to you etc. It's a real shame they can't raise some money to fix it up properly. The real disappointment was that they had a little shack that advertised JOB PRINTING and inside had a hand-press and several cabinets of type, but it looked like it hadn't been touched in years. Why there wasn't a printer on hand doing demonstrations I don't know, a real lost opportunity. Maybe I'll volunteer, though I've never used that kind of press.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 October 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, after Richmondtown we drove to Great Kills Park...an unsupervised half deserted beach and sat on a bench and watched an ocean liner drift passed Brooklyn and Sandy Hook out of the harbor into the Atlantic.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 October 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/nyregion/gilberto-valle-accused-in-plot-to-kidnap-women-and-cook-them.html?_r=0
― dan selzer, Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Thought it might be useful to bump this for any queens-specific FRANKENSTORM info
hoping the high elevation of Forest Hills / not being in any "lettered" flood zone helps us ride it out. We also have underground power lines, so I think our chances of keeping power are decent. A little scared of debris it fly at you windows.
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
ESPECIALLY since my old and/or idiotic building mates have left crap on their balconies.
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Queens has some BAD history w/ Con Ed. Few years back, storm knocked out city power for a few hours...but western Queens lost it for like a week and a half. Mostly Astoria and Woodside. Con Ed was sued. Hoping they fixed shit since then.
― dan selzer, Monday, 29 October 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
well, power so far, knock wood. windy as fuck but we're ok atm
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
yeah same
― iatee, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't that coned thing in the middle of summer too, dan?
yeah. I remember it was so hot we stayed at a friends in manhattan for a night of AC then fled to the Porches hotel at Mass Moca.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
our power is flickering a bit but still ok. Watching The Haunting on DVR so various mysterious banging noises outside suit the atmosphere.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
apparently first sandy death is a guy in flushing
― iatee, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
we're getting the flickers too -- I don't understand what causes them given underground power lines
we've been mostly just storm porn searching and reading, and I have been avoiding drink in case of a situation requiring presence of mind but I finally cracked one open assuming it's not going to get a lot worse than this knock wood
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
Married couples search for porn together? I have so much to learn about life.
― Virginia Plain, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
it keeps things interesting
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
we unfortunately realized tonight that the maintenance guy who "fixed" our window didn't really fix it -- one of the latches that holds it on the track doesn't stay in place. So really hoping it doesn't get windier and blow the window in.
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
Friend took a walk around sunnyside. Those beautiful old trees rooted and many crushed cars. Alpha Donuts lost it's sign, which is no tragedy since they stopped making their own donuts a few years ago, but still.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
wow I only walked around south sunnyside but I didn't notice anything. a lot more trees in sunnyside garens.
I liked the alpha donuts sign :/
― iatee, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
so yeah, went for a walk w/ a friend and 47th and 48th sts both look like they were attacked by lumberjacks. crazy!
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
like you actually cannot walk down 47th st at the moment because the tree is so huge
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Sad about the alpha donuts sign. Only saw one or two trees downed on skillman today. Also, the bars on skillman are overflowing--if only I liked smoking cigarettes, drinking beers and watching sports. Actually, I like two of those things.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
I texted you asking if you wanted to get a beer!!
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't get it. Do you have my right number?
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
i got a new phone and hastily typed in my old address book so it is quite possible that I do not
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, that explains it.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link