Holidays

I know I’ve mentioned this in this week’s events post, but I can’t resist bringing additional attention to MulchFest. This annual event allows you to bring your tree (and wreath) (…)

New Year’s celebration in Sydney, Australia against the Harbour Bridge based on our own Hell Gate Bridge. Photo credit: Adam.J.W.C. It’s almost the end of 2015! As usual, there’s plenty (…)

The Astor Room is one of our favorite places to eat, drink, and be merry. With today’s giveaway you can do all three! We’ve got a $100 gift card for (…)

The Brass Owl has quickly become an Astoria fixture for great shoes, gifts, and jewelry. Seriously did you see these amazing gifts that we profiled in our Ultimate Holiday Gift (…)

It’s a new week which means a whole new week of giveaways! Sure nobody likes Mondays, but  thanks to Bareburger the day just got a little better. Bareburger is not (…)

The first week of giveaways is complete, and to help us get through Friday we need some amazing coffee & tea from OK Cafe! Heads up today’s giveaway has tweeting (…)

I am obsessed with the products at The Little Soap Shop. Sure I love shopping there personally, but they also have great  hand-made gifts that I can give to so (…)

Happy holiday season! We love to “shop small” and local, and the neighborhood’s seasonal holiday markets are particularly fun. Here’s our list for 2015—if we’ve missed your favorite market, please (…)

The holidays can be stressful; holiday shopping, traveling, and parties galore. This Redken Saloon Salon giveaway will help you be hair-ready this holiday season. And as a bonus you can (…)

Here we gooooo! It’s the kickoff to our annual 12 Days of Giveaways. The competition will be fierce over the next three weeks as thousands of Astorians battle it out (…)

Welcome to our Ultimate We Heart Astoria 2015 Holiday Gift Guide! Make your gift-giving list, check it twice, and stay local this Christmahanakwanzika. So without further ado, the gifts; from (…)

It’s that time of year. A time where you are responsible for bringing a large group of people together to celebrate the Holiday spirit, the successes of 2015, and friends (…)

If you are planning on entertaining anyone this fall, show off your inner Martha Stewart with a centerpiece created and arranged by YOU! Join the Petals and Roots team on (…)

For the past month, I’ve been snapping photos of the Halloween displays and decorations I’ve seen on storefronts and in front yards in the Ditmars area of Astoria. People are (…)

Halloween is almost here! You’re probably already hard at work creating a stellar costume, but have you decided where you’ll show it off? We have a rundown of some of (…)