Week Around the Ists

By Staff

Published Aug 17, 2008 11:00 PM

Torontoist featured video of an absolutely insane series of explosions at a propane facility in the north end of the city last weekend.
Despite an eventful week at the Olympics, Phillyist focused on local, Philadelphia teams.
Seattlest, freshly aware of their "Junior High Readability Level," implemented a new weekly feature spotlighting a local they're totes crushing on. First up, a guy they met at the Seattle Tattoo Expo.
LAist reported on a protest by bicyclists in Santa Monica who were sick of being harassed by police. What they did was halt traffic for blocks legally.
Gothamist is fine with opening doors to air-conditioned stores--the New York City Council passed a bill that will fine stores if they keep their doors open while they are using air-conditioning.
Shanghaiist was not amused by the "slanty-eyed Chinese" poses of the Spanish basketball and tennis teams.
Londonist revelled in the city's silly signage.
Chicagoist discussed a local graffiti mural and cranky neighbors' responses to it.
DCist was both horrified and excited by the news that Lifetime had picked up a new reality TV show set inside the privileged Georgetown socialite scene.
SFist reported on local blogger/photog Thomas Hawk's physical ejection from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which stirred a heated debate about the rights of photographers.
Bostonist saw Kelly Clarkson at Fenway Park and wondered when she started looking like Rachael Ray.