Family Meal presses pause

Some personal news...

Hello Friday,

Apologies for the absence on Tuesday, but…

Some Personal News: A still nameless baby boy was born into my more immediate family on Wednesday. Mother and son are doing great. I am FINE.

ATTN You: This means there will be no Family Meal for a couple of weeks. Paying subscribers, I hope you’ll bear with me, but if you need to press pause or get some money back, very happy to oblige. Just drop a note.

The Gift Guide - Before we left for the hospital, I tried to get together a quick list of all the places I read for this newsletter. It’s my very little way of giving back to all the journalists we read, love, hate, and hate to love. Each link or phone number below should take you where you need to go to buy a gift subscription for someone special this holiday season. Journalism makes a great gift! Buy in!

Obviously, I use a lot of sources that still rock the free model, so if you want to pat those folks on the back directly, share their articles (and newsletters), give their podcasts five stars, and just straight up write them an email telling them you like their work. You’d be amazed how many of them care. HINT HINT.

And that’s it for today. I’m off to figure out a name for this kid. The Hong Kong government, in all its infinite wisdom, has given us six weeks to name him. Six weeks! Good God, HK, we’re procrastinators! May as well just name him Ohshitisitmidjanuaryalready.

OK. Here’s your gift guide. Have a great next few weeks without me!

Much love from Hong Kong,

Andrew

Gift Subscription info for:

Washington Post: https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/gift/#/offers/promo/g_r

San Francisco Chronicle: 1-800-310-2455

L.A. Times: (213) 283-2274 or email customer_service@latimes.cust-serv.com

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/multiproduct/lp8R34X.html

Chicago Tribune: 312-222-3232

Miami Herald: Discounted friends and family daily print + digital price is $10 a month, and you can enter the delivery address (which can be different than the billing address) at checkout. For digital-only access, that's $6.95 a month, and you're also able to choose login information at checkout. Family Meal readers are considered friends of the Herald, per my source.

The Seattle Times: 206.464.2121 or 1.800.542.0820, or customerservice@seattletimes.com

Charleston Post-Courier: 853-POST (7678)

The New Yorker: https://subscribe.newyorker.com/subscribe/newyorker/115218

The Washingtonian: https://www.washingtonian.com/_subscribe-washingtonian/

NY Mag: https://subs.nymag.com/magazine/gift/gft-frm-gpul.html

SF Magazine: https://online.icnfull.com/lxp/?action=SUBSCRIPTION&list_source=WS8LA&sub_type=GIFT&base_country=

LA Taco: https://www.lataco.com/join/

Bon Appetit: https://subscribe.bonappetit.com/subscribe/bonappetit/79745?source=IntGiftDft

Saveur: https://subscribe.saveur.com/pubs/BN/SAV/sav_allaccess_gift.jsp?cds_page_id=182203&cds_mag_code=SAV&id=1543828784082&lsid=83370319440011097&vid=1&cds_misc_2=PG-SEO&cds_misc_1=web-i-sav&loc=contentwell&cds_response_key=IWACLEYS0&dom=section-2&lnk=give-a-gift-

Wine Enthusiast: https://www.wineenthusiast.com/wine-enthusiast-magazine-(1-year).asp

Philadelphia Inquirer: 215-222-2765

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: https://ssl.post-gazette.com/circ/giftsubnate.asp

NoVa Mag: https://www.northernvirginiamag.com/subscribe/gift_subscribe.php

For the many I missed, or got wrong, tag me on Twitter and I’ll spread it around best I can. Apologies. Have been busy!

I’ll see you here in a few weeks for next Family Meal.

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