A long, strange trip

I just wanted to get my comics, maybe go to the Apple Store and ogle an iPad a little bit. Two months ago, it wouldn't be so hard. Get on the 7 train to either Grand Central or to Times Square. Walk a couple blocks and there you are. Then the MTA shut down weekend service between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza. Now I have to transfer once to get to Times Square, twice for Grand Central (I find it a bit ironic that only a handful of subway lines hit Grand Central Station). So I make my transfers and get my comics and do the whole thing in reverse on a lazy Saturday. I don't really understand why the MRA would cut off weekend service into Manhattan. Why not overnight? Are there that many people using the trains between midnight and 5-6 a.m. weekdays that it would be more of a disruption?

This week's Queens Tribune came out yesterday. Here's a collection of links that mean something to me. Click on things! If you're interested in reading the e-paper, the online version of the print edition, click here . This week's editorial can be found here .  I also wrote a couple stories this week.  Two Queens health clinics recognized for quality of diabetes care. Click here .  A review of my favorite restaurant! Click here .  Let me know what you think of everything and make sure to read the Queens Tribune every week!

Saying it's been a mild winter is putting it, well, mildly. We've had only one snowfall in the city so far, and it was before winter even started. I'm not complaining. Here's a glimpse at what things should look like right about now.