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| Stay At Home Girl
Ana Maria Vargas
Home: East Elmhurst Age: 18 Height: 5’5" Weight: 118 lbs Stats: 34-22-28 With her sultry looks, Columbian import Ana Maria began modeling at the age of 14. “It sort of happened; one moment I’m working for Western Union, then someone recommended me to a photographer for a photo shoot,” she said. “It was simply by chance that I got into the business.” Ana currently works in a pediatric office and models whenever she can. She hopes to start college this fall and hoping modeling part time can help her pay for college. Ana has it all planned out. “I plan on going to Queensborough for a couple of years, said Ana. “Then I want to go to Baruch and try to study business and marketing.” When she has time off from being a model and working in commercials and photo shoots, Ana mostly likes to stay close to home and watch movies. “I don’t go out to much. I like staying home, watching movies, cleaning and playing table (board) games with my sister,” she said. “I also like reading; right now I’m going to read ‘The Da Vinci Code.’” When Ana does decide to leave her cozy home, she likes going to malls and to local restaurants. “I love where I live in East Elmhurst,” she told us, “I like it because there are so many restaurants around.” She knows where she's going: “I want to do modeling, yes very much. But if I had to choose a career goal, I would want to be involved in marketing.” Ana is determined to start college in the fall. Look out Queensborough guys. |
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| Florida Bagels
Iris Lee thinks she can make a bagel – and a certified New York Style one at that. But some of her Floridian neighbors, who happen to be former New Yorkers, beg to differ. Her words and thick crust aren’t sitting well on their tongues.
Lee, owner of Hallandale’s Sage Bagel & Appetizer Shop down in sunny old Florida, opened the shop with her late husband, Milton Fuerst, after they managed to relocate their towering brick-chambered Universal oven brick by brick from their Queens bagel bakery in 1973. “The reason there are so many crappy bagels out there is that they’re not going through the labor-intensive process,” said Lee. “We use all fresh ingredients and don’t veer from the traditional recipe. If you make it the right way, it’s a health food.” Former New York bagel baker Rich Fox agrees that Lee makes one of the best bagels south of New York, but doesn’t see anything special about ingredients she mixes together. He says the real secret lies in the brick oven. “That’s how you get the perfect crust and moisture content inside,” Fox said. “When they’re done in a metal oven, they get too dense, like a muffin, cake or Wonder Bread, but I’ve got some advice for Sage: Turn your oven up 50 degrees and take them out sooner; the bagels will brown a little faster and the crust will be a little thinner. “Then you’ve got a New York bagel.” Now we hear that another transplanted New York baglery in Florida has a different secret – and QConf has tasted these perfect New York style wonders. Beyond Bagels located on Jog Rd. in Delray trucks its water in daily from New York. With everyone buying the bottled stuff, the real bagel magic is in the New York tap. |
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| Sort of Queens
He may be the gay Soprano now, but years before Joseph Gannascoli took the role, which has now led to him running from the mob in “Live Free or Die” New Hampshire, the actor studied, barely, at St. John’s University.
For two years, Gannascoli aspired to become a lawyer at the Queens school, but according to published reports, “had a huge Quaalude business,” so he dropped out and eventually – years later – got a prominent role on the hit HBO series. In the 1980s, Gannascoli attempted a cooking career, picking Cajun recipes and even trying to become a “kitchen magician.” Now, the Brooklyn native is the talk of the town, hangin' with Lawrence Taylor and has everyone tuning in to see how mob boss, Tony Soprano, handles the situation. |
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| Name Game
What's in a name?
QConf has come across some eye-catching names in recent weeks while on regular assignment. It appears that Queens residents may have a couple of on-screen superstars in their midst and may not even know it. The first of these names is an Archbishop Molloy High School math teacher who goes by the name of… Austin Power. Ok, maybe he isn’t really the popular movie character portrayed by Mike Myers and the name is missing an "s" at the end. But that doesn’t mean this math whiz can’t get in a little bit of ‘shagadelic’ free-love ‘60’s jubilee and some crime fighting in between math problems. Yeah, Baby, Yeah! The second name of similar celebrity intrigue is one that appeared on a Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. monthly newsletter. In April’s newsletter, a listing of the month’s fundraising boosters revealed a name that all will surely recognize…Bill Cosby. Apparently the lovable sitcom dad with a taste for Jell-O pudding also has a place in his heart for the Woodhaven community. Attempts to contact these two celebrity-named Queens folks were unsuccessful. Maybe they just weren’t home. Or could it be that Mr. Power(s) really is an International Man of Mystery, and Mr. Cosby has all those kids to take care of? |
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| Driving Us Bats!
Now, we here at the QConf enjoy a good metaphor as much as anyone else, but sometimes, enough is enough. For the record, we’re extremely happy the Mets have reached a deal with the City Council for their new stadium, not because it will benefit Queens, but because we are sick and tired of the silly baseball metaphors.
Every time a politician wants to express their support for the new stadium, they say it will be, “a home run for the borough.” When they ask the team to do more for the community, it’s, “the Mets must step up to the plate.” Even we must plead guilty to, having used the line, “City Council members are playing hardball,” on several occasions. But the most over-the-top one came fittingly from Councilman Hiram Monserrate, who has spearheaded the demand for more from the Mets, when he said at a press conference referring top the fourth speaker, that Councilman Leroy Comrie would be “batting cleanup.”. Come on, these jokes are foul. Where did you steal them from? Three strikes and you’re out. Ok, we’re done. |
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