QueensNYC has a fan in neighborhood blog LICtalk.com

When we first started QueensNYC we had the tagline “Queens in Context”. We dropped it shortly after launch as we felt that it was too, um, intellectual.. but the concept behind the tagline remained and we explore it day in and day out: we don’t just write about what’s happening in Queens, we write about what’s happening in and around Queens..  and around could mean most anywhere. So, when we read this post yesterday on LICtalk we knew we had found someone who got us. And that always feels good, right?

From LICtalk:

Queens, the next Prague, Paris in the 20′s, Phuket, or Phnom Penh.  Well maybe that’s a bit much, as we don’t quite have the architecture of the first two, or a concentrated, bustling nightlife, nor any signs of a counterculture.  But what we do have is an unparalleled diversity, genuineness, and lack of pretension.  Those qualities are extremely hard to find in a no-stone-unturned 21st century planet.

So if I’ve enticed you enough to leave the confines of an increasingly gentrified Long Island City, then let me also pass on what I think is the best guidebook to all the aforementioned qualities, as it encompasses them itself: QueensNYC.com.  I love reading all its posts, as I know the sights and sounds are all reachable and attainable. Unlike say, reading an article in the New York Times Travel section about taking a 41-mile hike in remote Piaui, or one on a debaucherous, over-the-top bachelor party weekend in Tallinn.  In addition to introducing you to all these great, new, frequently undiscovered places in Queens, they have terrific photographs.  In fact some of them are so enticing, the only advice I can give you is to not read it before mealtime.

So am I jealous of all the wonderful stories QueensNYC puts out?  Sometimes, but I like to think my musings and utterances stand up on their own.  I mean didn’t Hemingway read Steinbeck?

Thanks LICtalk for your post — and thanks also for not comparing Queens to Brooklyn!

About LICtalk:

All the news, events, rumors, and issues in Long Island City, Queens, NY.  Twice weekly postings, usually on Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday, plus occasional updates and special articles. You can be kept up to date on these posts via email or twitter: @lictalk

Pssst.. and thanks also to the Queens Ledger for playing with us!