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Tag: Queens

Sparkling water on tap, a simple luxury at the Queens Kickshaw

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.

1/7/2011: Date night at Fresca Tortilla

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 [...]

1/2/2011: Citibank Christmas tree

I know Christmas is over, and New Year’s is already a thing of the past, but I liked this Christmas scene in the lobby of the Citibank building in Long Island City. Very corporate.

The Space Between: New Camera

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.

What is with the abandoned building on Vernon Boulevard under the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City?

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, [...]

365.95: Colorful corrugated metal

I must seem like a beginning photography student, taking all these pictures of corrugated sheet metal. What can I say? I like the colors.

365.94: Charlie and Jeff at the Five-Star Diner

I usually don’t include pictures of friends or family in my "365 Photos" series because to do so means I have to make them public. But that proscription means that I have to leave out some great photos that often sum up the day. This one, of my longtime friends Charlie and Jeff, was too [...]

365.76: Toyota minivan

I’ve always liked this weirdly styled model. It looks like it’s ready to go nose-over.

365.75: Petey’s Burger

The single cheeseburger at Petey’s Burger. I liked the double cheeseburger there more.

365.47: ‘Clocks for Any Room’

‘Clocks for Any Room’, originally uploaded by Adam "Slice" Kuban. You know, I have very specific clock needs and have found that most stores have clocks for kitchens and living rooms but not for bathrooms or offices. Or vice versa. It’s refreshing to find a store that caters to all my room-specific time-telling needs.