34 I BOROMAG.COM I MAY 2016 EXPLORE YOUR BORO ness enterprise, helping people with emotional disabilities get re-acclimated to the workforce. Employees can stay up to a year, and a job developer works with them throughout to help them achieve their goals – whether it’s more education or job placement. The bookstore’s inventory is maintained exclusively through donations from other bookstores, the Queens Library or private donations. In fact, individuals donating books can get a voucher toward future purchases. Customers wanting a particular book can sign up for the “wish list,” and the bookstore will notify you when they find it. Buying a book at Turn the Page ... Again benefits a great cause as well as your soul. The trick is finding something my mom hasn’t read yet! Nothing like a good book to work up an appetite, so it’s time to take my mom to lunch in Sunnyside, at the Dog and Duck Pub (45-20 Skillman Ave., Sunnyside, www.thedogandduckny.com). Located on a picturesque, tree-lined street, both the exterior and interior of this establishment are warm and inviting. (What else would you expect from an Irish pub?) The Dog and Duck features an eclectic menu that offers not only classics like bangers and mash and fish and chips, but pleasantly surprising dishes such as wild mushroom risotto, duck confit, and curried monkfish. That’s because owner/chef Padraigh Connolly, who graduated from the Westminster Culinary School in London, wanted to design a menu that went beyond traditional pub fare. And for those looking for more drinking/entertainment options, the Dog and Duck has plenty to offer. The bar regularly features live music, happy hour specials Mondays through Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m. and half-price bottles of wine on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 11 p.m. Personally, I’ll go straight for the Bloody Mary to accompany my meal and for my mom, it’s always champagne. The restaurant is serving a three-course prix-fixe Mother’s Day menu for $33 per person that kicks in at 1 p.m. and runs for the remainder of the day. (Note: the regular brunch menu is being offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. only.) Now it’s time to walk off our delicious meal, and what better way to do that than a stroll through history at the Lent-Riker Smith Homestead (www.rikerhome. com)? Built around 1655, the house is the oldest private dwelling in New York City and is listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks. The focal point of the house is truly its current resident, Turn The Page Again The Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead
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