Fashion's Night Out and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Thursday Sept 6, 2012

Fashionistas to the white courtesy phone

It’s Fashion Week! And that means Fashion’s Night Out is happening tonight, now in its fourth year. This is the best day this fall to release your inner fashionista. There are six events happening in Queens tonight – two in Astoria (KrisTEES, Veslo), two in Elmhurst (Steve Madden and Queens Center), one in Flushing (Malawi), and one in Little Neck (Indique Hair).

Korean stews are delish

Over on Chowhound there’s been a short and to the point seres of posts about where to find delicious Korean stews in the outer boroughs (but mostly in Queens). Our fave (not mentioned in the thread) is the kimchi stew at Joo Mak Gol on Farrington Street in Flushing (GMAP). Everything else is good there; you should check it out, especially if you like stews, kimchi, rice cakes, and spicy food.

The Flushing waterfront is poised for a rebirth

We expanded a previous post about the Manhattan Supreme Court halting the $3 billion plan to redevelop the Iron Triangle in Willets Point, that patch of land saturated by auto parts and repair shops, and took a look at the wider view of the Flushing waterfront and how it will likely change over at least the next decade. Have you been out there? If you have a car, there’s a good chance you’ve considered it – prices for things like a windshield repair really are cheap. The eastern side of the Flushing River, though, is a more recognizable part of the neighborhood, known for it’s excellent and authentic Asian food.

In the words of Nick Roberts, project manager at Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation(FWCLDC), “Downtown Flushing, or the Flushing waterfront rather, is an area of enormous untapped potential. We believe that revitalizing Flushing’s waterfront is the next crucial step to furthering Flushing’s status as one of the city’s greatest neighborhoods.”

Yesterday’s LIC

The Long Island City page on Facebook has a collection of amazing photos of LIC’s past. This one is particularly evocative of simpler times.

Honey Deuce – get it at the US Open

There’s a new drink in town and its playfully called the Honey Deuce – a mixture of lemonade, vodka, and black raspberry liqueur, garnished with three honeydew melon balls. Maybe the balls are supposed to represent tennis balls? Delicious tennis balls, if so. You can get it at the concession stands inside Arthur Ashe Stadium and at Grey Goose Bar in the outdoor plaza. It even comes in a US Open 2012 commemorative glass that you can keep.