Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the chefs approve of the new Anthony Bourdain movie.
Here's what else is happening:
- One downside of those oligarch-friendly Manhattan luxury towers: The tap water can get murky if people aren't actually living there and keeping things moving.
- Conservative artist and provocateur Scott LoBaido suffered a cardiac arrest emergency this week after trying to confront Mayor Mamdani at an event on Staten Island.
- They're putting in a new "mixed-use" development across from the Delancey Street McDonald's.
- The parent company of music publication BrooklynVegan laid off nearly the entire staff this week.
- Sarah Jessica Parker is selling $18.99 bottles of Spicy Sauvy B.
- P.G. Sittenfeld, a Cincinnati politician and the brother of Curtis Sittenfeld, wrote about the agony of being separated from his smartphone while in federal prison for campaign corruption charges that were later vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Australians love their loud-as-a-jet-taking-off cicadas.
- And finally, a fan:
