Quack Attack!
XXX HOT DUCK
It’s the question on every New Yorker’s mind this time of year: Have you gone to see the Hot Duck yet??
Yes, behold the mysterious (and sexy) Mandarin Duck of Central Park. Maybe the news channel you watch hasn’t been following this invasion of our nation’s eastern border as closely as the one supposedly happening down south, but the Mandarin (aka Hot) Duck is an Asian duck rarely seen here in North America. It likes to aggressively quack at ugly American Mallards and on the weekends it likes to get away from the city and hang out in… New Jersey. Yes, the Mandarin/Hot Duck is yet another gentrifier who just showed up in New York out of nowhere and acts like they own the place. But… have you seen it? [Links: Gothamist]
📚 Read It
- Digging Your Own Grave 101: How CBS chief Les Moonves hastened his own demise by trying to buy off an actress he assaulted with an acting gig worth a whopping $1,500.(Pro Tip: You know you’re doomed if your bribe makes the President look generous by comparison.) [NYT]
- Melania’s red Christmas trees are beyond terrifying, but have you stopped to think about the deep aesthetic reasons why? [The Cut]
- Think the L-pocalypse is the only transit nightmare you have to worry about next year? Well you better brace yourself, because The Great MTA Fare Hike of 2019 is coming — and the only thing worse might be no fare hike at all. [Gothamist/WNYC]
- The most important story of the week: This extremely detailed play-by-play of a Staten Island Sweet 16 party. Literally. [SI Live]
🤔 Skim It
- Robert Mueller just got another guilty plea from super-guilty Trump fixer Michael Cohen. [Vox]
- A gender reveal party almost burned down Arizona. [Betches.com]
- Russia had a not-so-accidental kerfuffle with the Ukrainian Navy around Crimea this week. Headlines might make it seem like the start of WWIII, but in reality it’s just Putin’s latest attempt to shore up his approval rating back home (where Russians are pissed at him for raising the retirement age). So basically the bad news is that this is an incredibly dangerous situation, but the good news is that Trump is canceling his next meeting Putinso we’re one disaster closer finally seeing the pee tape! [Vox x2]
- And New York Media (aka New York Magazine, Vulture, and The Cut) introduced their new $5/month digital subscription this week, but unlike the NY Times their “metered paywall” just nags you (for now…).
🙈 Skip It
- Robert Mueller just got another guilty plea from super-guilty Trump fixer Michael Cohen. [Vox]
- Update: PBR has been saved! [Brooklyn Vegan]
- Russia had a not-so-accidental kerfuffle with the Ukrainian Navy around Crimea this week. Headlines might make it seem like the start of WWIII, but in reality it’s just Putin’s latest attempt to shore up his approval rating back home (where Russians are pissed at him for raising the retirement age). So basically the bad news is that this is an incredibly dangerous situation, but the good news is that Trump is canceling his next meeting Putinso we’re one disaster closer finally seeing the pee tape! [Vox x2]
- And New York Media (aka New York Magazine, Vulture, and The Cut) introduced their new $5/month digital subscription this week, but unlike the NY Times their “metered paywall” just nags you (for now…).
😂 Relax, these are jokes
From our friends at Little Old Lady Comedy
- Mary Cella: How’s your post-Thanksgiving emotional detox going?
- Ginny Hogan: See if you can tell the subtle difference between how men and women respond to a compliment.
- Davidson Boswell: 10 Wildly Inappropriate Times to Use the Word “Latte” as a Pun. (I heard this one live and LOL’d for real.)
🍷 Wine Time!
It’s our first-ever “encore” episode of Chris Tries to Review Wine! Celebrate the L.A. premier of “Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor” by taking a walk down memory lane with Adam Toback in this classic #CantoberFest tasting of Dark Horse Pinot Grigio.
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- Get tickets to see “Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor” at the L.A. Comedy Festival on 12/1.
