If Sandy and the recent snowstorm have gotten you down, this weekend’s Astoria Art Festival — the first of its kind in the neighborhood — will have you springing back up. Bloom Collective, a nonprofit founded in 2011 with the objective of connecting creative Astorians and curating exhibitions, has organized this event from the beginning. [...]
A look at the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in neighborhoods across Queens, NYC via social media.
It might be called a drink for the harvest season — or simply apples that won’t keep the doctor away. Whatever you may call it, if you could distill the season, autumn would taste like the sweet or dry, sparkling or still, sometimes earthy, tart, or even funky flavor of apple cider. Hard cider, the [...]
Snapped this shot last night on my way to the Broadway N/Q in Astoria — Love the autumnal colors!
Outside the gates of Consolidated Edison’s Astoria Yard, five men milled around what used to be their place of work, now turned picket site. One man, David Castillo of Jackson Heights, has a 3-year-old daughter and family to care for. He is just one of the 8,500 Con Ed workers who have been locked out [...]
Walk into Astor Bake Shop on Astoria Boulevard, and you may feel somewhat transported. Not to Marseilles, or even to Williamsburg—but to a hybrid cafe/bakery that fuses the uncomplicated decor of a Brooklynite hot spot with a menu resoundingly rooted in Old Europe. Known primarily for its spot-on confections and desserts, Astor Bake Shop has [...]
