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Week Around the Ists

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- Gothamist was shocked when someone scaled the 52-story New York Times building's exterior on Thursday. And then Gothamist was shocked again when a second personscaled the building six hours later.
Shanghaiist was amused by a wild and wacky publicity stunt by a Chinese acupuncturist who stuck 2,008 needles in his head to welcome the Olympics.
- Torontoist featured dozens of dramatic photos from Newmindspace's downtown pillow fight.
- Phillyist encouraged its readers to foster kitten litters and their mothers during kitten season. Insert LOL here.
- Chicagoist caught Olympic fever with a downtown celebration...and surprise guest Barack Obama.
- SFist reported on a fine dining establishment set to host the "First-Ever Single Cougars Party."
- LAist finally made it over to the Playboy Mansion for a Spike TV Bash, and it was everything everyone thought it would be.
- Londonist abandoned trying to taunt their New York counterparts into a live Teletroscope dance-off, opting instead to send one of their expat American contributors to gawk in realtime at her Brooklyn-based brother. The end result was rather sweet, by all accounts.
- DCist checked out local reporters being hassled by Union Station security.
- Seattlest watched in awe (and made light of the moment) as Mariners' manager John McLaren had a post-loss meltdown.
- Bostonist talked to Lewis Black about his lack of faith, and learned how to make a perfect Boston movie from Paul Sherman.
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Cruise off the highway and hit locally-known spots for some tasty bites.
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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A hike can be a beautiful backdrop as you build your connection with someone.