This isn’t shameless self-promotion: Weirdly, I didn’t make the list. There’s always next year to become a one-woman phenomenon.

In the meantime, head over to queens.about.com and vote for the best things to happen to Queens this year. Ali of the Kabab Cafe appearing on No Reservations makes the list, but he’s lagging in the polls! I suspect there’s some ballot-stuffing coming from Jamaica’s art community (um–if it’s not at the public library in Jamaica, then I don’t know about it!).

While you’re there, you can also vote for the worst of Queens 2007. Living in my blissful utopia in central Astoria, within the glow of two 24-hour produce stands, I also have never heard of any of these terrible things. La-di-da.

Happy new year!