Week Around The Ists

Kung Fu Panda balloon at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by NYClovesNYC on Flickr

Kung Fu Panda balloon at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by NYClovesNYC on Flickr
Gothamist was all about hot air: It was a very Kanye Tuesday (thanks to a surprise concert) and a very Kanye Thanksgiving.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the ist-a-verse...

• Shanghaiist found out that British media (the BBC, Sky News and the Daily Mail) had been royally punked by one Chinese PR firm into promoting a huge “star” they breathlessly deemed “China’s Madonna... only nobody knows (or, judging by her music videos, should know) her.
• Chicagoist was in a Thanksgiving state of mind. Readers were particularly happy for tips for vegetarians to survive the holiday and Thanksgiving-themed movie selections.
• DCist was on hand to document the bizarre sight of several local politicians donning blue IHOP sweaters to welcome the pancake chain to the District’s Columbia Heights neighborhood.
• Phillyist is thankful that the Eagles head into today’s game with the division lead.
• Bostonist didn’t opt-out of bad news over the holiday and dealt with a suicide and investigation in separate political scandals, a dinner-disrupting fire, and an update in the Mattapan quadruple homicide.
• Seattlest remembered how mayhem ensues over a few inches of snow here, and that even Seattle sports fans have a few things to be thankful about.
• We aren't looks obsessed, but even our downtown Central Library placed in a beauty contest.