the We Heart Astoria list 

the Why Leave Astoria?! list (coming soon, surely)

the I Just Happen To Know list:

• live music at Sunnyside greenmarket 10:30a - 11:30am by this dude who plays the ukulele (not making this up).
• The 30th Ave street fair is on Monday (29th - steinway-ish?)
• Pop-up farm stand at Vesta on Saturday! Ditto pop-up random farm stand on 21st St/28th ave.  Speaking of farms, Queens Greenmarkets is now on twitter!  So is your local compost initiative. 
• There’s a tennis game or two in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, where the pretty fountain is on again.  

ambarpenasanchez:

i went to a movie night in astoria. i FINALLY saw the room. this movie was perhaps the best/worst thing i have ever watched, all at the same time. i can’t wait to watch it again.

Where? 

They’re showing The Room at Hellgate Social this Sunday.  It is a truly awful movie.  

seanseansean:

Two things:

1. Notice the absolute lack of any bad landlords in Astoria.
2. Ctrl-F “Shawn Curry”. I’m spelled “Sean”, but still.

I have some (1) Astoria suggestions…. how about you guys?

neighborhoodr-eastvillage:

NY1: Principal Spends His 40th Birthday Camped Out On the Sidewalk To Help Raise Awareness and Funds For His School

Mark Federman has spent the last nine days camping outside the East Side Community High School, hoping to win enough votes on Facebook to be one of the 20 winners of the Kohl’s Cares $10 million give away.

Menschy cat.

What did you do on your birthday?

You can vote for East Side up to five times here.

Voting ends Friday.

C’mon, New York.

Thanks in advance.

Previously

brewyork:

Take a deep breath. Today is the official release of Michigan’s Founders Brewing Company’s 2010 edition of their Nemesis barleywine. The 2010 version is a true American barleywine, different from last year’s Nemesis, which was a maple bourbon-aged wheatwine. Either way, it’s a big beer (in the alcohol department) that’s well-crafted with lots of flavor. The brewery accidentally leaked some of the beer earlier this summer, much to the chagrin of beer geeks in the Midwest. Is it worth the hype? That’s up to you, but so far, the leaked bottles of Nemesis 2010 have netted a respectable A- on Beer Advocate.

The tasting notes on the Nemesis 2010 from the brewery:

A dark barley wine that pours black with a subtle mahogany hue. Brewed with 5 malts and no shortage of hops for a pleasantly bitter booming flavor. Roasty and toasty with a multitude of tastes that melts on your tongue.

Sounds enjoyable. And at 12.0% ABV, it’s best enjoyed in small quantities.

Quite a few beer bars in New York will be celebrating the Nemesis release today. Here’s a roundup of those releases:

[edited out the other boroughs, click through for those….]

Don’t forget Queens! Sunswick 35/35 (35-02 35th St., at 35th Ave., Astoria) will pour Nemesis 2010 beginning at 7pm. 

If you are into beer like some people are into wine (or ya know, just like it) I recommend reading The Beer Wench on WLA!? or her stand-alone blog.  It is totally local!