• Our favorite form of hot chocolate involves a healthy serving of Kahlua. If you must go alcohol-free, however, someone has thoughtfully run down many of the city's best options. [A Brooklyn Life]
• Or, "21 Chick Lit Books that Would Only Sell in NYC." [You Can't Make It Up]
• Tips on getting past a coop board. One is conspiculously missing: Be rich. [Daily Slope]
• We're not overly interested in a restaurant review of (the poorly punctuated) Pair of 8's. But, dude, you're a member of a writer's guild that can get you free tix to that hot new The Squid and The Whale flick? Totally sign us up. [Mona's Apple]