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| Christina's World
Christina Hernandez
Home: Flushing Age: 22 Height: 5’ 8" Weight: 124 Stats: 34-30-34 NY Photo By Nick For about two months now, Christina, who works as a waitress at a Flushing sushi restaurant when she’s not busy with school, has been trying her hand at modeling. During a recent interview she spoke from the set of a Court TV drama where she was sitting in make-up, preparing to take on the role of “girl in the background in the beauty contest,” she said with a laugh. “It’s a lot of fun,” she said, as she explained that she has spent a good part of the summer going on auditions and building her modeling portfolio. Nick Beneduce, who runs NY Photo By Nick, had the pleasure of being one of the photographers who is helping build Christina’s photo library – which has grown quickly, considering her short time in the business. This Queensborough Community College theater major – who swears she’s going to change majors any day to get a degree in advertising and marketing – grew up in Flushing and went to John Bowne High School, where she had all the Queens she could handle. Nowadays she tends to spend her time in Manhattan, but loves relaxing in Queens with friends and family, most of whom still lives in the borough. “I like it here, she said. “I like to go out with my girlfriends to the mall, to the beach or to the movies. Everywhere you go it’s a different environment, and it’s quiet.” |
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| Senator Shirley Shirl
Who knew State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) could cut it up? Here she is on the wheels of steel at Brookville Park during the second of her four Children First Festivals. Again, the scratch-happy senator was scheduled to be breaking it down at the festival on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Broad Channel American.
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| Chew On This
Flushing and Jackson Heights may suffer from congestion and the increased pollution extra vehicles bring, but look on the bright side: both areas are great places to eat, having won some nods for cheap eateries in New York Magazine.
Burmese Café, at 71-34 Roosevelt Ave and Frisby, part of a Colombian fried chicken chain on 83-17 Northern Blvd, both in Jackson Heights, got props for best cheap eateries. They were joined by Sichuan store Little Pepper on 133-43 Roosevelt Ave. in Flushing. Warranting their own separate profiles were, among others, Unidentified Flying Chickens on 71-22 Roosevelt Ave. and Kyochon on 156-60 Northern Blvd. When chewing on the borough’s problems, feel good knowing you can chew on a great piece of chicken, too. |
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| Con Ed Con?
While thousands of people were left in the dark last year courtesy of Con Edison, the executives didn’t suffer one iota.
They were rewarded for their work, which included the nine-day blackout in Queens last year, the steam pipe explosion and a series of minor blackouts in Queens and Manhattan this year. Con Edison’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin Burke took home a mere $4.7 million in salary, incentives and stock. Chairman Eugene McGrath brought home the bacon and then some, with his $12.7 million in salary last year. Five other executives made a total of $11.5 million in 2006. At least we know why our rates need to go up, right? |
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| Pedro's Spin
In his journey back to Flushing, Mets ace pitcher Pedro Martinez was spanked like a little leaguer. Although Martinez didn’t reach his designated pitch count – he gave up five runs on six hits, two of them homeruns – he tried to highlight the positives.
In published reports, Martinez said the positives were ending the game healthy, and he was happy with his cut- and cross-seam fastballs, as well as his curve. This was Martinez’s first parlay onto the field since having rotator cuff surgery in October. He was spanked by the Lakeland Tigers of the Class A Florida State League. |
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| Queens In The Onion
Months, nay years, can go by without America’s Finest News Source turning its attention to our borough. But last week, the satirical newspaper the Onion’s top story was “Various Deities Still Sorting Through Victims Of Tragic Queens Bus Accident.”
In the article, the Q45 Bus has just crashed in Jackson Heights and the victims come from a multitude of ethnic and religious backgrounds. As a result, placing souls in their “appropriate afterlives” proves to be quite the ordeal for the gods sorting through the wreckage. Leave it to the Onion to satirize traditional news coverage of tragic accidents – this story was written before the collapse of I-35 W bridge in Minneapolis – while highlighting Queens’ staggering diversity. Past Onion articles set in Queens include “White Castle Plundered By Turks” and “Entrepreneur Stuck With 40,000 Unsold Bin Laden Urinal Cakes.” | |||||||||
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