On today’s Update Journal, we revisit my first contact with Buffalo Wild Wings, where the Garlic Parmesan wings were delicious, the Honey BBQ was respectable, and the Blazin’ wings nearly required a call to the fire department. Let’s just say one brave soul tried exactly one wing… finished their entire drink… and then stared into the distance like they had just made a terrible life decision.
Meanwhile, the lie detector test has determined that daytime TV syndication might officially be cooked, as more shows disappear faster than wings at a table of hungry students. We’ll talk about why the old model may finally be running out of steam.
And finally, with St. Patrick’s Day descending upon New York City, I reveal my personal strategy for survival: avoid Midtown at all costs. Because unless you enjoy shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, green beer, and people who started celebrating at 9 in the morning, the smartest move might be staying home with a Crystal Light mocktail and letting the luck of the Irish work itself out from a safe distance.
In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, strong winds are expected to blow through New York City as a cold front moves across the region, bringing with it rain and thunderstorms, according to forecasters.
A New Jersey man was arrested for allegedly punching a straphanger during a confrontation on a Penn Station subway platform — with the victim dying hours after the violent clash, authorities said.
And out in the American West, about 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants were set to strike in Colorado in what union representatives said would be the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse since the 1980s.
