Astoria architecture
Oh, Astoria. Someone just had to have something a little different. But, you know, I kinda like it.
Oh, Astoria. Someone just had to have something a little different. But, you know, I kinda like it.
Patisserie Pistache opened this morning in Astoria, Queens. It’s just north of Ditmars Boulevard on 35th Street—behind the yet-to-open Francis Cafe. The croissants are pretty legit. Comparable to those I’ve had in Paris. They also serve almond croissants and little tarts and such. Not a huge selection this morning, but maybe they’re starting slowly. It [...]
Claire and I had dinner at the Queens Kickshaw for the first time last night. Preliminary report: great stuff. But what I want to draw your attention to is the fact that they have sparkling water on tap there — and it’s free.
This photo is part of my attempt to take at least one photograph a day in 2011. Inspired by SE’r PoorOldMama, we declared January 8 International Serious Eats Day and tried to spark a series of distributed, autonomous meet-ups of SE’rs across the U.S. and around the world. At the NYC meet-up at Radegast Hall [...]
To say that this is not the most glamorous Date Night would be an understatement, but Claire had a craving for Mexican. We tossed around the idea of doing Taco Night at home with a box-taco mix, but we were slow getting out of the house. So down to the local Chinese Mexican place we [...]
Has a sort of Star Wars feel. Or a very sinister Space Mountain vibe.
Even if the English had been rendered correctly, “As old as the hills” would still make no sense as a slogan.
The Space Between: New Camera, originally uploaded by Adam Kuban. This is the first “Space Between” photo taken with our new Canon S90. It’s a great little camera.
It’s a question I asked just today on Facebook and was pleased to get an answer within minutes. From the New York Times‘s Christopher Gray in a March 1987 Cityscape story: The Queens Terra-Cotta building, built in 1892 as the first structure solely for offices of the growing concern, was designed by Francis H. Kimball, [...]
For the most part when we’ve done noodles in Chinatown, the ol’ lady and I have gone to Big Wong or Hong Kong Noodle Station. No more! Last night we went to Lam Zhou Handmade Noodles & Dumplings in the part of Chinatown just east of the Manhattan Bridge. Sure, that we were out in [...]