best of the best
BEST Dining Experiences/Q-THAI BISTRO in Forest Hills - Vesna Denic (pictured) and Jean Gmerek have made Q-THAI BISTRO one of the top dinner destinations anywhere in Queens, and have thus earned themselves a “BEST OF THE BEST-2010” listing here. BEST OF THE BEST "2010"
In honor of the momentous occasion that looms before us – the start of a new decade! – here at “BEST OF THE BEST” we figured the best way to usher in 2010 would be with 20 “10’s”, that is, a lis...
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THE BLUE BUNGALOW in Rockaway Park BEST PLACES TO HEAD FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Like the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” Isn’t it?
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BEST PLACES TO THROW YOUR PARTY
Holidays just around the corner, and you know what that means – it’s holiday party time!
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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BEST THINGS FOR US TO BE THANKFUL FOR
This is the perfect time for us to take stock of what’s good, what’s going well, what’s important.
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RIDGEWOOD EATS BEST PLACES TO GRAB SOME BREAKFAST
Sure is weird having that early-morning daylight back again, isn’t it? Kind of makes you want to cram even more activity into your already-busy morning!
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BEST PLACES TO CATCH A GAME
As you’ve no doubt noticed by now, every once in a while here at “BEST OF THE BEST ,” we take a look-see around town so as to catch up on some terrific places to take in a sporting event or two...
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BEST PLACES TO HEAD FOR HALLOWEEN
One of the most lucrative holidays of the year (for local merchants, anyway), All Hallow’s Eve aka Halloween tends to be a nice little precursor to the more solemn holidays that follow…
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BEST PLACES TO CELEBRATE OKTOBERFEST
If you’re a food enthusiast (and a beer enthusiast), then Oktoberfest is one of your favorite times of the year.
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BEST THINGS ABOUT SCHOOL
Here at “BEST OF THE BEST ,” we took an informal poll as to what some of our citizenry feel are their favorite things about school.
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BEST PLACES TO CATCH A GAME
What can we say, we tend to watch a lot of sports here at “ BEST OF THE BEST .” Here’s some of our favorite places to do so…
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Ridgewood s KIDS FUN HOUSE is actually one of the few such establishments to go the extra mile to ensure their parents’ comfort, as well. BEST PLACES TO FIND GREAT SERVICE
LABOR DAY’s just around the bend! And we figured the least we could do is to salute some of the hardest working, and most decent people we’ve encountered in our travels.
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BEST THINGS WE FOUND WITHIN US IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11
As we stumbled about in a state of grace in the days following 9/11, amid all the horror, all the suffering, we discovered something Abraham Lincoln once called “the better angels of our nature.”
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BEST PLACES TO CATCH THE SUNSET
As the sun now sets on our summer – and we’ve had some glorious ones lately – we figured we’d key you in on a couple of our favorite spots for embracing the twilight.
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ATHENS CAFE in Astoria BEST PLACES TO ENJOY A DRINK OUTDOORS
Now that those proverbial Dog Days are here, figured over the next couple of weeks we’d share with you some of our favorite watering holes.
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ROOFTOP FILMS (Photo by Sarah Palmer) BEST PLACES TO CATCH A SUMMER FLICK
Most folks, when they think of summer movies, think of blockbuster action-flicks like “TRANSFORMERS” or sophomoric comedies like “BRUNO” or “THE HANGOVER .” Not us…
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national news
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Thu Mar 11 22:09:15 -0600 2010
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

Bishop John Wester, from Salt Lake City, talks to the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, following after a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.


Thu Mar 11 22:09:37 -0600 2010
Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)

Firemen and rescue personnel work at the base of the World Trade Center 14 September 2001, in New York. More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling 657 million dollars for health problems under a settlement reached.(AFP/File/Marcos Townsend)AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.


Thu Mar 11 22:33:43 -0600 2010