34 The Queens Courier • may 21, 2015 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT THE FLEA BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAF [email protected] @QueensCourier With a three-day weekend on its way, make sure to take a trip down to the LIC Flea & Food to celebrate the holiday. The popular Long Island City market, located at the waterfront lot at the corner of Fifth Street and 46th Avenue, will be filled with fun events this weekend including music from DJ Johnny Seriuss and a cornhole tournament. The LIC Flea also offers items from over 80 vendors each day. Items for sale include food and drinks, collectibles, antiques, arts and crafts, handcrafted jewelry and fashion, and much more. When visitors want to take a break from shopping, they can relax at the LIC Flea Beer Garden, which is the only venue serving all six Queensbrewed beers from local breweries including Big Alice Brewing, Rockaway Brewing Company, Queens Brewery, Finback Brewery, Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, and SingleCut Beersmiths. LIC Flea & Food runs every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through the end of October. For updates on the LIC Flea & Food market, follow on Facebook.com/LICFlea, Instagram.com/ LICFlea and @LICFlea on Twitter. Make sure to check out these vendors the next time you take a trip to the LIC Flea & Food 1. DRINK MORE GOOD More Good was founded in late 2012 with one goal in mind: to make this world a better place. They use locally sourced and organic ingredients to create handcrafted soda syrup concentrates, tea and tisane concentrates, and bitters. Their mission is simple: global impact through local success. The president and founder of More Good, Jason Schuler, believes that it is a privilege to be a business owner — and it’s one that he doesn’t take lightly. Everyone at More Good is committed to using their influence and successes to make this world a better place. And they invite you to do the same. 2. JESSY’S PASTRIES Jessy’s strives to offer the finestquality handmade products by making them from scratch and by sourcing when possible from local farmers. What started as a Peruvian cookie business has now grown to offer sweet and savory healthy Peruvian food, all with a twist to make the recipes her own. “Growing up in Lima, Peru, and moving to NYC at the age of 17, a fusion of my Peruvian roots and my NY life happened, baking together the best of my two worlds,” Jessy said. 3. SUGAR & SPICE After many years of working in some of the most popular and trendy New York City restaurants, classically trained chef Jennifer Rodriguez has started Sugar & Spice. Bringing you classic desserts with a twist, being influenced by everything from fresh fruits to candy bars, they bring you desserts like you’ve never seen. With layering flavors and textures, get ready to have your senses taken for an amazing ride. 4. LUMIERE GEMS Visit Lumiere Gems to see beautiful earrings, bracelets and necklaces that shimmer and glow. Come see one-of –a-kind vintage and artisan beads, designed with sterling silver and crystal accents — all made in Long Island City. Wear something beautiful and do something wonderful with 10 percent of their proceeds going to the Queens Public Library. 5. CATHARSIS CO. Catharsis Co. began as a labor of love, a desire to treat our bodies as the temples they are. The founders were finished with putting lackluster ingredients with unverifiable benefits on their skin, wondering why it continued to dry out and damage their bodies’ largest organ. There is a great deal of information to investigate, so they dove in head first, spending a great deal of time studying skin’s structural makeup and understanding what nutrients it desires. After trials and errors, testing and practicing, learning and growing, Catharsis Co. developed a skin care product line fit for any hero’s or heroine’s skin type — something maybe even the gods of Olympus might take notice of. 1 3 2 5 4
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