The Weekender

It's awfully chilly out, but things in Queens are starting to heat up. The Mets are going full steam ahead in the playoffs and they're goin all the way. Some of you are wondering why this Yankee fan is rooting for that other NY team. Well, I gotta tell yas, I may be a Yankee fan now, but I was raised a Mets fan (converted during my rebellious adolescence and never looked back). I like to think of myself as a NY fan. I won't root against the Mets, unless they're playing the Yankees. So congrats to the Mets, go kick some ASS!

Halloween, my favorite holiday of the year, is coming up and Socrates Sculpture Park is getting the ball rolling with the 6th annual Halloween Harvest Festival on Saturday. Swing over from 11-3pm and listen to creepy tunes with DJ Luzmob; have your palm read and your hands painted with henna; enjoy a special artmaking workshop with Materials for the Arts; transform your face with face painting by Agostino Arts; pick a favorite in the Canine Costume Contest; and try harvest foods from a local restaurant.
Tarot and henna by the river, now that's what I'm talking about.

Prior to the festival stop by for some eco learning. Check out what I found below:
Partnerships for Parks is kicking off our support to New York City's current and aspiring waterfront stewards with a Water Quality Testing and Monitoring workshop. Interested in New York City's water quality, the health of the East River, or urban marine life? Join Partnerships for Parks, City Parks Foundation, and the New York City Soil and Water Conservation District in this hands-on workshop. Participants will learn how to:*Catch, sample, and release East River wildlife—flora and fauna; *Test key water quality features including nitrates, phosphates, pH, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen; and *Learn about options for ongoing water quality monitoring, including where to receive resources, training and support.
Start out for the environment, stay for some spooky fun.

If you're looking for a new spot to grab a drink and a dinner, or pub grub, check out Indigo(2850 31st St). Got the chance to check it out with the astorians.com gang last night. It was really nice. I spent most of the time in the backyard, complete with outdoor firelplace and retractable roof (would've been cool to see it in action though). It was so nice in the back most of us forgot we were outdoors until leaves fell on us. They have a small but yummy looking menu. Actually they have two, unfortunately I ordered off the dinner menu w/o realizing there was a bar menu as well-which I much rather would have ordered from, I was in the mood for bad for me food. So in keeping it small and light(I didn't want dinner) I got a crabcake off the appetizer menu thinking that for $10 it would be big. Nope, the plate, though, was huge. It was tasty though, just a bit small. The inside of Indigo was very nice though I spent little time in there.
Go on check it out. This place should stick around.

This is also the last weekend to catch Best of Friends: R. Buckminster and Isamu Noguchi at the Noguchi museum.

Also, this weekend A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints opens in more screens including Kauffman! Whoo hoo, go on go see it now that it's in own backyards.

If you're looking for action tonight, Waltz Astoria brings you some rock n roll from The Limit. And newish lounge Wassi has DJRU spinning tunes from 10-4pm, both tonight and tomorrow.

Saturday I'm definitely going to check out the Halloween Festival, a nice chill early afternoon before I start to get things ready for my birthday party! Oh, yeah.
Enjoy!