• The real mystery is figuring out why New Yorkers are spending so much time uncovering a friggin' cake. [NYO]

• We had no idea there was a list of "endangered historical places" in New York. Is there like a t-shirt or a poster we can get or something? [NYT]

• The most dangerous thing in Park Slope is not the falling foam. It's the flip-flops. [NYDN]

• Mort Zuckerman is putting money toward helping people who got cancer from reading his newspaper. Fine, we don't actually have any proof that the Daily News causes cancer, but it often makes us want to smoke a pack cigarettes when reading it. [NYT]

• Um, the Olsen twins are supposed to carry on the tradition of art and culture in New York? We are at a loss for gasps. [NYO]