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....April 13, 12:59 PM |
| Queens Blend
Theresa Bailey
Home: Jamaica Age: 21 Height: 5’ 6" Weight: 125 lbs. Stats: 34-24-36 This Jamaica native has been modeling for the past six months. She’s still building her portfolio and working with different photographers right now. Theresa got into the business when a Signature Models photographer approached her to do a shoot – then the calls started pouring in. “It was really exciting, I had a wonderful make-up artist and stylist and the photographer and I, we just had a great chemistry,” she said about her first photo shoot. Theresa is currently studying Health Education and Fashion Design, and designs her own clothes. "A double major and being in the business as a model and designer as well keeps me very busy,” she said. “I love Queens because of the many different cultures,” she said. “I love the Caribbean life. It’s like so many different cultures that you don’t see in Manhattan or Harlem. I love the food, the people, and their style. I’m Hawaiian and Black so I enjoy cultural blends.” Theresa also enjoys Yoga and tells us, “I like to do hair. I love braiding and doing dreads and I dance and I love shopping of course.” She said she has learned an important lesson in modeling. “Always give the photographer credit for his work.” “ I had to I sign a release saying he [the photograher] has the right to use my picture in any way except pornographic views and one day I put my picture on the Web site Babe Warehouse and it didn’t give the option to credit the photographer. The next day he called me and he was upset saying he could take me to court for that. We ended up putting his name in the bio section.” The credit for Theresa’s photo here goes to Black Cartel Models. |
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| Temporary Loss
The Courthouse Diner, a well-known eatery on Queens Boulevard for 23 years, closed last week after complications arose between the diner’s owners and the landlord.
Many from around the community have expressed their sadness at the closing. One woman, who said her mother worked as a waitress at the Courthouse, stood outside the diner with two roses that she said she would later give to her mother. “It really was a great place,” the woman said. U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner was set to bid farewell to the diner on its last day, though his scheduled appearance was too late because the Courthouse had run out of food in the morning and had shut down for good. But the reaction didn’t seem as heartfelt among the countless lawyers and other business attired workers on Queens Blvd that had been used to eating at the diner. This is the way one lawyer put it: “That’s a shame,” said a local lawyer who frequented the place. “What else is around here? Pasta Lovers? Okay, lets go there,” he said, and walked off down the street with his colleagues. Gotta love the loyalty of those lawyers! |
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| Tony Orlando… & Katz?
Tony Orlando & Dawn may have had hits in the 70s like “Tie A Yellow Ribbon,” but Dawn (which was actually two female singers) and Tony went their separate ways eventually, and now Tony goes solo most of the time.
But when he comes to Queens later this month, he’s going to get a background boost when Forest Hills Councilwoman Melinda Katz brings her throaty tenor to the stage to back up the classic crooner. The Councilwoman is known to sing occasionally at events, but this is going to be one of her first public concerts in some time. The special concert will be held Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m. at Queensboro Community College in Bayside. |
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| Julie’s Julia Is Prizeworthy
Queens resident Julie Powell, formerly a temporary secretary who turned blogger – now author – has won the first U.S. Blooker Award for her work detailing recipes she cooked while following Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”
Last week, Powell’s book, “Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen,” was chosen ahead of 89 others for the $2,000 prize. It was written after Powell began blogging her work on a Web site, which was then published as a full-length novel. The award’s name, Blooker, is a hybrid of the words book and blog, with a lift from the Man Booker Prize for Literature. As confusing as it all sounds, congrats Julie, and stop by to make us lunch some day. |
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| Our Idea
In what can only be considered a hat tip to the wisdom of the Queens Tribune, Assemblyman Ivan Lafayette introduced legislation last week that would make it illegal for sports team who play outside New York to use the state’s name in their title.
That idea was proposed on the Tribune editorial pages months ago, when the Jets abandoned their “genuine” interest in building a stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in favor of shacking up with the Giants for another 40 years in New Jersey. We asked the question: Who really owns the rights to a state’s name? After all, what’s in a name? Does Parmesan cheese from somewhere other then Parma still smell as stinky? Our inquiries on the subject discovered that it’s difficult to trademark a location. Some protested when a major league baseball franchise named themselves the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, saying the cities did not want to be associated with one another, but in the end courts decided that such a name, while ridiculous, was legal. Lafayette aides said the move was intended as an April Fool’s joke to lighten the mood during tense budget negotiations, but he told the Albany Times-Union that the measure was “half serious,” intending to show disapproval for the Jets bait and switch. These pages have sometimes been in conflict with Mr. Lafayette, but on this subject we couldn’t agree more – except to us, it’s no joke. |
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