The year has thankfully grinded to a halt...but indiejourno's quest to keep you entertained and informed continues. So, we decided to paw our way through our archives and dig out the most read stories on our site. There were really no surprises!
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Job Hunt Guide: How to Negotiate a Salary
We hope that the New Year will ring in not just great times for your personal life but also your professional life. And if you are one of the few that has managed to wrangle a job offer, but want to take up the salary offered, up- just a notch, then here are some...
On Aging, Fear, Magic and Technology
Would Jack Kerouac kick back and hammer out his poems in a smooth jazz café? Maybe, if it had wireless internet. My current dig has everything you want- great coffee, reliable wireless, plenty of seating, and a happy little collection of local Brooklyn newspapers that old men ingest while they sip tea and watch...
Year in Music – The Sounds of New York
It has been a fantastic Indie decade for the city, contributing more unforgettable albums to these fragmented ten years than any other time since the CBGB’s heydays in the late 70’s. Be it The Strokes’ "Is This It?" or TV on the Radio’s "Return to Cookie Mountain" and Dear Science or Vampire Weekend’s eponymous...
Queens Day Laborers Draw Residents’ Ire
On any given day, you would find day worker Jose Manuel at Hart Park, 69th at 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights. The painter from Mexico comes to the park each morning hoping to be picked up for work. On Tuesdays, a mobile soup kitchen run by St. John's Bread and Life provides him and his...
2009 – The Year in Review
Yes. It is coming to an end. Thank god.
3000 Days Later
We have now been at war in Afghanistan for 3000 days. That is all.
The Skinny on Fat Chick
Peer into any chick-lit lover’s bookshelf and you might spot the obligatory Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Devil Wears Prada and the terrifyingly titled Skinny Bitch. Page after soppy page details the travails of heroines who stumble and bumble through their diets, makeovers and professional lives—only to emerge skinny, chic, successful and finally with that...
Woodside X-Mas Tree – Size Does Matter
If you don't look hard enough- chances are you will miss the brand new Christmas tree at Carl Sohncke Square Park located at the intersection of Woodside and Roosevelt Avenues at 58th Street in Woodside. Once you have homed into the tree, you will notice, the baby tree is barely three and half feet tall...
Youssef Al Khattab, Alleged Al Qaeda Supporter, Draws Neighbors Ire
It may have been one of the coldest days this season, but that did not deter angry protesters from gathering at 54-11, the Woodside residence of Youssef Al-Khattab, a Jewish convert to Islam and an open Al-Qaeda sympathizer. On Sunday, a handful of protesters gathered outside his home in ankle-deep snow in a rally...
- I've had sleepless nights since reading 'Death in Mumbai'--a chilling account of the Maria Susairaj-Neeraj Grover... http://t.co/7OWpqTGU
- Just finished reading Outlook editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta's memoir - "Lucknow Boy." It's like having a boozy,... http://t.co/RWTJchir
- Get set for a new year! Happy New Year everyone
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