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Zoo Lemurs Have a Holiday Feast; Weight Watchers Kills Points Progam

Photo: Courtesy of SF Zoo

• As a clever photo op, the San Francisco Zoo hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for their lemurs, and their cute little hands. [Flickr via Uptown Almanac]

• Tamara Palmer at Feast visits the new beehives on the roof at Quince and Cotogna, gets stung. [Feast]

• A lot more people drove drunk this holiday weekend. [NBC]

The city is gearing up for a replanned Fisherman’s Wharf that will attract tourist and locals alike, to prevent a “long slide downhill” for the existing businesses there. [NYT/Bay Citizen]

• Weight Watchers has dispensed with its popular Points system in favor of a new one, dubbed PointsPlus. [USAT]

• In case you’re in the market: Atlanta institution Ann’s Snack Bar, famous for its big, messy $9.50 “Ghetto Burger,” is for sale. [NYT]

• With Four Loko on the way out, alcoholic whipped cream might just prove the next big trend in teenage boozing. [NYDN]

• For no reason other than to toy with the American consumer, McDonald’s will retire the McRib indefinitely on December 5. [USAT]

• The Senate will finally vote today on that food-safety bill, which now has the support of a number of large corporations, including Cargill and Campbell Soup. [USAT]

Zoo Lemurs Have a Holiday Feast; Weight Watchers Kills Points Progam