Juggling. That’s what Nicole Panettieri excels at.
She has two babies – a 2-year-old named Nate and a 7-year-old she called, for no deep, compelling reason, other than that it sounds so cute, The Brass Owl.
Nicole opened The Brass Owl in 2014.
Each is more than a full-time job, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Nate is at home with his father, so things will be a little easier at The Brass Owl today.
Nicole, who lives within walking distance of the shop, has long, dark…
You’ve never drunk The Green Fairy?
Don Spiro grabs a glass goblet, chilled water and a nearly empty bottle of the spirited spirit also known as absinthe.
Don’s the co-founder of The Green Fairy Society.
Planting his Panama hat at a rakish angle, he heads to the rooftop, a covid-safe party space.
As he pours the amber-emerald liquid into the glass, Don, who’s wearing the ghost of a grey goatee and a vintage Cuban celadon guayabera that complements the color of the absinthe,…
It was a couple of cups of coffee at Mike’s Diner that got the creativity flowing.
Astoria Art Bites setting up at Mike’s Diner at 22-37 31st St.
Vendula Kalinova, a fashion designer and artist, is a regular at the mammoth-menu eatery, which is a neighborhood fixture at the Ditmars stop.
It just so happens that Idania Flores, who designs jewelry for animal-rescue organizations to sell at fund-raisers, is generally the server who takes her order.
Vendula shows her paintings.
As…
Gregg Peters isn’t wearing a white jumpsuit.
This is a startling fashion statement from a guy who has made his living impersonating Elvis for 43 years – one longer than the King of Rock and Roll was on this planet.
Elvis has entered the building.
The jumpsuit, even by Elvis standards, is a little flashy for a Saturday morning interview in New York City Bagel & Coffee House at Astoria’s Broadway stop, so Gregg has come conservatively costumed.
He’s wearing a jet black “Viva…
The sunlight streams through the windows, illuminating Karen Fitzgerald’s studio, shining a spotlight on her circular paintings.
The works, rimmed in gold, silver or copper halos, glitter like celestial coins as Karen, a petite presence who possesses a profound, positive energy, rocks rhythmically in a chair below.
Karen’s colorful studio.
Their roundness, their wholeness, is a reminder that we are all connected, we are all part of the circle and cycle of life in the cosmos.
Karen’s…