NYC, biking, city life

American Museum of Natural History: Our Global Kitchen

by zora on November 17, 2012

I’ve been traveling so much, I’ve really lost the thread with New York. I mean, on Wednesday I got on an uptown train instead of a downtown train by accident. I don’t think I’ve ever made that mistake, at least not while I’ve lived here. So what better way to feel New York-y than to [...]

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Astoria Bulletin: Newtown Pedestrian Plaza TOMORROW!

by zora on August 24, 2012

This one goes out to all the Queens readers: Tomorrow, August 25, the city is setting up a temporary pedestrian plaza at Newtown and 30th Avenue, in front of the Key Food. This is meant as a trial run for a permanent plan that would block off the street where cars are always whizzing by [...]

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RG at Home: Greek Frappe for Coffee Snobs

by zora on July 2, 2012

I love me a Greek frappe. When I explain this drink to people, though, it often gives them pause. That’s because the secret ingredient is Nescafe. In today’s militant-foodie climate, saying you drink Nescafe is like saying you eat Rainbo bread, and not in a guilty-pleasure-reminds-of-my-latchkey-kid-days way. Still, I take perverse joy in bending Nescafe [...]

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Queens Love

by zora on February 20, 2012

Hi all. I’m in Dubai as we speak, watching from the 18th floor of a building as a minor sandstorm swirls around about 28 construction cranes. I haven’t yet had a chance to collect my thoughts (or all my funny pictures) on this subject of grandiose city construction. So in the meantime, allow me to [...]

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