Cascading Closures

After we reported to you a couple of weeks ago about the closing of the long-time mom and pop fruit and vegetable store next to the Key Food on the north side of Queens Blvd., today we bring you an update to the story: the long-time deli next door to the mom and pop has gone up and vacated the adjacent premises as well. Leading to a rather intriguing possibility.... now, hmmmm, what can fit in a bigger space in an albeit rather worn and seen-better-days strip of stores? We will try to find out asap!

Movie Quickies

Some holiday movie quickies:

Burlesque - Horrible! But go to see Cher's immoveable face. During the time that I was not bored off my ass and would awaken long enough to start watching this conglomeration of like 25 movies I have already seen (Stanley Tucci plays the exact same character he played in The Devil Wears Prada by the way, it is freaky. It is as if they just pasted the cutting room floor footage of him from Prada into this one), I was confused as to what time period this movie was supposed to be taking place in. Some parts feel like it is taking place in 1930, others 1970, and then the exterior shots in LA, today. Whatever... a really bad movie.




Morning Glory - More Devil Wears Prada stuff here! Why are all of these films trying to just copy that one? I always love Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton, so at least they are in it. It is a nice distraction of a movie, enough to take a break from holiday shopping without having to concentrate too much. But the storyline really did remind me of Prada once again, young upwardly mobile heroine whose only real concern is making it in New York, etc., etc..






My favorite recent movie was The Social Network. This has been out a while, but you can still catch it at the Kew Gardens Cinemas. A great cast, great story. When I first heard about it, I thought to myself "why would I want to see a movie about some kid who made a billion dollars?" But the movie is much better than that.

File Under 'Creepy, But I Guess Necessary?'

From The Times:

N.Y. / REGION
City to Deploy Ambulances to Save Organs
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Published: December 1, 2010
Specially trained teams will save emergency patients’ organs if the primary ambulance fails to save their lives.

This is Rather Nuts

This is a great story - it says so much about our values today as a society. Or, it is just an example of people being stupid (as in the management at the 92nd Street Y!) Read it and then you decide. If anything, it is a really great article. It grabbed me from the beginning and I couldn't wait to find out what happened...

From The NY Times:

N.Y. / REGION
Comedian Conversation Falls Flat at 92nd Street Y
By FELICIA R. LEE
Published: December 1, 2010
A conversation with Steve Martin resulted in a refund being offered to all audience members. Apparently, he and his interlocutor talked about art too much.