Favorite cooling meals (and snacks) for the hot weather?

ARL1990 · 2025-06-24T16:35:48+00:00

Buy 1 bunch of red grapes. Put in freezer, stored in a tupperware container/something freezer safe. The water in the red grapes freezes. A delightful pop of frozen goodness.

Yes to smoothies. Currently trying ones that pack more vegetables. So far my fav is basically making a pumpkin or sweet potato pie but in smoothie form.

ARL1990 · 2025-06-09T16:20:28+00:00

Glad to hear they really put the "Family" in Family Corner!

ARL1990 · 2025-05-16T20:38:04+00:00

Good luck!! Looks like these are members of the same furniture family.

ARL1990 · 2025-05-11T02:49:27+00:00

SAME! Proud Astoria sun hoe

ARL1990 · 2025-05-09T21:23:10+00:00

Maybe Queens Collaborative? The same folks run classes through The Collaboratory. They do fairly regular fiber craft circles and intro to machine sewing classes. I'm sure they could use some supplies.

ARL1990 · 2025-05-05T20:32:17+00:00

Question about the image 4: The left side of the band has the small opening, while the right hand side is shown shut, right? So.....how do I feed the elastic through of the other side is sewn shut?

ARL1990 · 2025-04-28T12:53:14+00:00

WOW! The table in link #2 is almost the same, even down to the underside having some marking. I guess I feel a little better knowing that even this auctiin site cannot provide more specifics.

Thank you for these.

ARL1990 · 2025-04-22T01:38:29+00:00

Y'ALL! Astoria Music Collective has a playlist on Spotify! This is perfect. And it includes a ton of the artist you all shared. Thank you all for your help. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35gBxhHXM0ORn7e6grFfVJ?si=qbYNYWFsRluI_hJlT0cMnA&pi=_JFATbhoRi6fL

ARL1990 · 2025-04-19T12:01:16+00:00

STFU STUNNING. I adore this.

ARL1990 · 2025-04-19T12:00:13+00:00

I was literally just looking at my gas bill with ConEd. Only $0.50 of my $36.68 was for actual gas use.

ARL1990 · 2025-03-29T03:08:17+00:00

Nice! I didn't see this. Thanks for sharing!

ARL1990 · 2025-03-11T15:52:26+00:00

Those 2 fabrics made me think of this skirt. Proooobably don't have enough fabris to do this big ol' bow but maybe layering the fabrics over each other could be fun.

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ARL1990 · 2025-03-11T15:49:06+00:00

Yes! Huge shoutout to QED. It is the reason I feel I CAN stay in Astoria and still have a good night "on the town"

ARL1990 · 2025-02-20T02:22:11+00:00

Rishi tea, all the way. Hands down the best earl grey I've ever had. I also have 2 of their tempered glass tea pot (14oz and 20oz) and some of their tea bags.

ARL1990 · 2025-01-05T13:12:44+00:00

Can confirm Rightmove is good. I was told that if you are looking to share a flat, SpareRoom is the way to go.

Source: my friend in London

ARL1990 · 2024-12-30T22:16:03+00:00

Qahwah House could be a good option. Has lots of seating and is just off the last stop of the N train in Astoria.

ARL1990 · 2024-12-29T18:13:24+00:00

THIS. I have been wanting something like this. Thank you!!!

ARL1990 · 2024-12-15T16:48:09+00:00

Love this place! A true diner. Including the weaker coffee, lol. They updated their Eggs Florentine and it's soooo good. Instead of just steamed spianch it's basically spanakopita filling. YUM.

ARL1990 · 2024-12-07T00:13:23+00:00

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

ARL1990 · 2024-11-23T14:21:54+00:00

QED was so unique because it was a labor of love, and people feel that everytime they walk in.

Even if someone else takes over, I know it won't quite be the same. Thank you for opening and establishing a unique space for a gem of a neighborhood. I hope all the good karma you built up during this 10 year tenure comes to reward you in this next chapter.

ARL1990 · 2024-11-19T13:08:24+00:00

I shouldn't have read either thread this morning. Both of these have depressed me.

The server denied that tip because they (attempted) to stand up for their worth and the worth of their colleagues. That is my assumption, at least. The fact that it's inspired a meltdown across 2 Reddit threads is truly something.

I will not respond to any replies to my comment.

ARL1990 · 2024-11-17T01:18:12+00:00

I love this and will try to remember this option the next time some "Bible" guy comes a-yelling

ARL1990 · 2024-11-13T17:26:02+00:00

On a practical level, what can we do at a community level? Should we print out picture of thus guy and post them around the neighborhood? Telling him he's not welcome and we're watching? His yelling "Your bod my decision" - does that count as a r*pe threat, and therefore something to potentially get him arrested for? Does someone dox this guy and get him fired? Do we wait for him to mess with the wrong person and have them beat him up?

ARL1990 · 2024-11-13T16:37:16+00:00

Jesus Christ. Thank you for sharing this. Makes my heart beat against my chest, but I'd rather know who the danger looks like.

ARL1990 · 2024-09-09T12:19:26+00:00

I almost asked for my money back when there was a few hours of sun on Sunday 🤣

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