Week Around the Ists

By Lindsay William-Ross

Published Jun 27, 2010 11:00 PM

Chicagoist survived a round of apocalyptic storms in which lightning struck the city's three tallest buildings at the same time.
SFist fetched the smelling salts after looking at this shocking Gay Pride window display at the downtown Diesel store.
Bostonist rocked the American Craft Beer Festival for the third year in a row.
Londonist encountered some super-cute knitted pigeons in Trafalgar Square, and learnt about a celebrity bus tour of London, and a special opening of one of the city's 'ghost stations'.
LAist learned that some Critical Mass cyclists were initiating a movement called "Project Civil Obedience" so riders would obey all the laws during their monthly group ride.
Torontoist gave its readers round-the-clock live coverage of the G20 summit, which landed in their city on a chaos-filled Saturday that saw cop cars get lit on fire, windows get smashed, and some lighter moments.
DCist's morale during an insufferable heat wave was boosted by video of a dude shamelessly getting down on the Metro.
Shanghaiist learned that 77% of Chinese citizens would move to Canada if they could.
Austinist looked at the Texas GOP platform, which includes themes like anti-gay legislation and voter ID.
Seattlest considered Smith Tower, which was the tallest building west of the Mississippi for some time.
Phillyist Gleeked out over Idina Menzel's appearance at Philadelphia's Mann Center.
Houstonist ran down the players called up for the Texas Rangers.
Gothamist watched as the state passed a cigarette tax hike that now makes smokes nearly $11 a pack.

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