Spring has finally sprung. Well, almost. And to kick it off, we’ve once again picked out our favorite and most popular posts from LifeStyler and some other intriguing blogs and websites ’round the web for our March Monthly Mashup.

If you’ve been keeping a keen eye pegged on our Neighborhood Watch series (Lifestyler’s guide to the various residential areas of the city), you’ve no doubt noticed a trend. The first three installments–Bed-Stuy, Ditmas Park, Midwood–are all Brooklyn neighborhoods, which should come as no surprise as 3/4 of the staff hail from the county of Kings.

But we’re an open-minded lot, so we’ve decided to take a gander at our sister borough, Queens–Astoria in particular. Keeping tradition, we’ve tapped the mind of a fellow New York City-based blogger–Brian Heater, the mastermind behind the The Daily Cross Hatch, a wonderful indie comics blog–for the ins and outs of the place he calls home.