Docs say the first meal is the most important of the day. But combine it with Morning Links, and you’ve really got the Breakfast of Champions.
- The National Book Award Longlist for Fiction was announced this morning. Click here for the nominees.
- Looking for a tourist attraction like no other? There would be the Haw Par Villa, a theme park in Singapore that pays homage to Chinese mythology. The 76-year-old park was built by the same brothers who developed Tiger Balm ointment. Among of the park’s 1,000 attractions is a diorama of a woman breastfeeding an old lady.
- Actor/singer Zac Efron, of High School Musical fame, reportedly completed a recent stint in rehab. But it’s not his only trip to a treatment facility. So says a story in the New York Daily News.
- There’s something to be said for a quiet meal. A dining establishment in Brooklyn recently hosted a pop-up dinner where participants took a “vow of silence” during the meal. Hear that?
- How happy are you? Fast Company released a list of the “10 Happiest Cities in America.” Might surprise you which city is number one.
