it's as convenient as queens can get, without literally being on the river, considering the lines it's on. but to answer your question i have actually met plenty of "new yorkers" who still treat most of queens like it's leprosy, which is probably good thing now that gentrification is a legitimate threat

all of my favorite dim sum places in flushing and chinatown stopped pushing carts ever since COVID. i have family who are asking for the "traditional cart experience in flushing" but everywhere I know doesn't do it. any help is appreciated

a few great places closed but other than that it's back to normal. LES & east village for manhattan and williamsburg/bushwick for bk

are you reading it out loud by any chance? my experience w/ iambic is only shakespeare and afaik the dramatic effect of iambic doesn't come through until an actor/reader delivers it appropriately. when i was taught shakespeare, the goal wasn't to read it to yourself but to feel how it sounds when it's spoken aloud, and the dramatic (or comical) effect it creates when the rhythm (or lack of, as he often omitted on purpose) punctuates a moment

It's been awhile but my go tos were metropolis vintage and L train vintage. There's a ton of vintage and thrift stores in that area in general, the more mainstream ones being buffalo exchange, beacons closet and crossroads trading for consignment shopping. Also fun to check out search & destroy.

I have a friend who wants to do karaoke with a big group but doesn't want to deal with the hassle of a shared check for all of the food and drinks (which is the only way ive ever done it welp) does anyone have any recommendations? ive heard some places let you bring your own food/deliveries but not sure if there's also a way to have separate bar tabs without ppl having to leave the room every 5 seconds. If there's nothing, then does anyone have a good public karaoke place to recommend ? I'm thinking boho karaoke but not sure if there's better options (TYIA!)

So i've only read 2 - Dale Carnegies famous one and the power of habit. Was easily able to finish the first bc it was thankfully pretty short (the way it should be done frankly) but put down the 2nd about halfway. The meat of both books were basically case studies that served different examples for different situations (Habit just had a million of these cases and it got repetitive)

With those in mind I do disagree with this take. IMO the problem with simply reading a summary or bullet point list is that the concepts will likely remain as theory in your mind. The point of all the case studies is seeing how these concepts manifest in a variety of real life examples and how a person can effectively apply them. I'd say the same rule applies to non fiction/educational books. You can list out their facts but they're probably not going to sink in for you. People spend time learning case studies in law school, b-school, etc for a reason bc theory is different from application. But with that said you don't need millions of these examples and I'm wary that this is what most of them do so I haven't touched one since lol (I do recommend the carnegie one bc I feel like many would benefit it and it's easy to get through. Despite the misleading title & sales pitch, it's really just a book about how to listen to other people and how listening is a commonly underdeveloped skil. Habit was good but I wouldn't spend money on it considering how much of it wasnt needed)

read this a few months ago after my friend listed it as one of her all time faves. im cis hetero so couldn't directly relate to the gender/sex issues (while wholly appreciated how thoughtfully it was written) but as 1st gen the thing that personally struck me was how wonderfully it captured the charming yet uncomfortable cultural dichotomy between our immigrant parents' "old world" life and the americanized middle class "new world" they gave us. >!(cal standing guard for the funeral killed me) !<for that alone this was one of the most relatable and deeply touching novels I've ever read

i design physical product and i still only go in twice a week.. literally zero reason to do this if work in finance other than to make your egomaniac boss feel better about themself :/

I feel like it's more or less the same, but probably leaning wealthier simply bc more people know about it now, especially ever since the opening of the stadium has gotten out-of-towners to visit regularly. I remember walking on austin st on a concert night and overhearing a bunch of rando's saying things like, "wow this place is so cute should i move here??"

boo, i did find it useful for restocking small things i needed to match like stacking tupperware and plant pots