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
I had 88 instead of 22 for some reason
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, I'm too wine besotted to go out now, but maybe tomorrow? I only wish there was a halfway decent bar in this neighborhood.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I'm too whisky besotted but I will text the real u tomorrow
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Great. Maybe a real bar will materialize by then.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone know about the Jackson Heights area? My sister lives there and I have yet to hear from her. She lives at 3525 77th St.
― *tera, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
should be fine
― iatee, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
jackson depths not so much
― buzza, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't heard anything bad about jackson heights -- possible she doesn't have power but unlikely there's much else wrong
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
on my walk back from qbp I noticed a cute little cafe. an actual cafe, not some bodega or donut shop or whatever. w/ that, the bike lanes and little park, jetblue, the new apt buildings, new posh hotel, idk, it's hard to imagine qbp ever being *nice* but some of the buildings around there are historic and could be turned into something interesting. I mean there is an upper limit to how nice a bridge entrance can get and it's never gonna be prospect heights or whatever but I can imagine that area getting kinda liveable?
― iatee, Thursday, 1 November 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
I'll be at Terreza tonight around 7:30 if anyone wants to stop by/has the means to do so...
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 1 November 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking about going there to see the band tonight but I might not make it until about 9:30
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 November 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
Also I think the owner of Novo on 37th told me he was doing happy hour prices all night tonight
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 November 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
We're here now up on the bleachers.. It looks like music will start soon.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
Now it is. I'm sitting near the piano. I think the original bass player listed is in Peru and the drummer in Canada but I've high hopes for this lineup
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
Oh no. We're at home now, but likely will be back for the cinco de mayo party tomorrow night.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 2 November 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I just made myself look crepey and asked
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
a few ladeez if they were librarians. Maybe you were checking out as I was checking in. Did you come on a bicycle?
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, that was me! I left on a yellow bicycle...
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 2 November 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
OK. probably won't make it to the Dia de Los Muertos thing but at least I have an inkling now
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
Turkish cat on drums is awesome. Too bad Hurting isn't here.
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
I prefer siamese cats on my drums -- better tone.
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of psyched about this place:
http://www.jacknellies.com/
http://foresthills.patch.com/articles/meet-the-owner-cyril-burke-of-jack-and-nellie-s
Craft beer, wine, small plates. Wouldn't blink if it opened in Williamsburg, but something like this is badly needed in FH.
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Hm. What time does that Dia de Los Muertos thing start?
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 November 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
OMFG the M. Wells cafeteria in PS1 is amazing.
It also happened to be a perfect way for us to have something of a restaurant experience without worrying about the baby (quick service, ultra-casual atmosphere, etc.)
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 11 November 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
Tonight at Terraza: a Portuguese singer with two Brazilian guys playing six-string basses in kind of a high life style
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
Which is pretty awesome so far.
Sorry, no space in highlife
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
Now a slow minor key number with some scatting.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
All with Yayo Serka on drums. But you probably already knew that.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
Tried a Peruvian place called I think Urubamba in Jackson Heights today -- v tasty, reasonably priced, nice atmosphere.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Sunday, 13 January 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I took a photo of the menu once ages ago and finally tried it a few months ago. Peruvian but specializing in "Incan" pre-Columbian type stuff as well. They had two drinks everyone was getting, their special pre-columbian juices. We got both, one was nasty and the other was great, but I can't remember which is which. Kind of nutmeg-y grape juice non-alcoholic spiced wine tasting stuff.
Food was pretty good...not super destination restaurant good, but good enough, a nice change for the neighborhood and nice atmosphere.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 13 January 2013 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
Awesome band at Terraza tonight, Manhattan Vibes, and now they are playing a song called "Red and Black." No relation
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
― dan selzer, Sunday, January 13, 2013 1:14 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, I'd say this is right. We also kind of didn't know what to order, so we wound up getting a lamb stew and a fish-in-broth thing, both of which were good but IDK if it's their specialty.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
the buildings north of 37th Ave. seem pretty nice. We were briefly like "hmm maybe we should live here instead of Forest Hills" but I still think Forest Hills is probably better for parents with small kids
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
the buildings are nice but jackson heights is pretty lacking in white people stuff whereas forest hills is lacking in non-white people stuff
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
I wouldn't really say the latter is true, depending on what you mean by "non-white people stuff"
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
Forest Hills doesn't have 500 nepali restaurants.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
if you mean, say, good asian or latin american restaurants, yeah. In fact it doesn't really have good anything restaurants. It's full of non-white people though.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
My building is a mix of eastern europeanss, israelis immigrants, dominicans, asians, and a smattering of no-label white people.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
that's what I meant
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
all of queens is like that but it doesn't help you in your day to day unless your neighbors make you food
yeah total food wasteland. I actually pick up boston market when we need takeout because it's pretty much I shit you not the best option.
Nick's Pizza is good though.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
I heard there's good uzbek kebab in rego park. I tried the one that's closest and it was meh, but the really good one is further away.