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Tag Archives: queens
Niches
Death is never far in Queens, the borough of graves, but it creeps closer in certain places than others. One such place is Mount Olivet Crescent, a slip of a street that wends its way up a hill in Maspeth … Read on! —->
Posted in Death In Queens, NYC
Tagged brooklyn, bushwick, cremation, fresh pond columbarium, fresh pond crematory, germans, queens, ridgewood, williamsburg
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Death Becomes Her
My daughter has become hung up on death, which is a common condition for people raised in Queens. It is not only the home to the Boulevard of Death, but it’s also the borough where you can’t throw a rock … Read on! —->
Respect the Baritone
I live in a Bus Neighborhood. All subway lines are too far away to make walking an option, so if you want to get anywhere and you don’t want the trip to last 3 hours, the bus is mandatory. The … Read on! —->
Tales of Suspense From Pre-Dawn Running!
I’ve been working out very early in the morning lately. My schedule and my waistline necessitates it. In the past few weeks, as the weather’s warmed up, my cardio workouts have been mostly running. I’ve been running off and on … Read on! —->
Ethnic Envy and the Case of the Misidentified Holiday Decoration
This weekend, my daughter presented me with two questions I wasn’t sure how to answer. The first came during a trip to a diner, after I insisted we wrap up the uneaten portion of her meal to bring home. “My … Read on! —->
Posted in Parental Guidance, Seasonal Fare
Tagged christmas, ethnic envy, hannukkah, ireland, nyc, queens
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Snow Madness on the Streets of New York!
A city is really an organism. Though made up of millions of independent pieces, it acts and behaves as a collective, cohesive thing. What affects one urban dweller effects them all, because their mood and actions ripple outward. For instance, … Read on! —->
Sights from My Blizzard-Induced Trek Home
A queue at my usual bus stop outside the M train, so long that it told me walking would be the surest way to get home before midnight. I have not seen a line that long since my last trip … Read on! —->
Posted in NYC
Tagged mike bloomberg, nyc, queens, snowpocalypse 2010, urge to kill rising
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The 24,000th Saddest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
This past weekend, our neighborhood had a street fair. The Wife and I usually refer to street fairs as Tube Sock Festivals, because unless they have a specific purpose/theme, they consist of booth after booth of people selling tube socks. … Read on! —->
Playing Catch-Up
Hello, and happy new year to all. As will become abundantly clear, the post below was written before Xmas. I never got a chance to post it, so now here it is in all its outdated glory. Enjoy, and I … Read on! —->