By David Topping

Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse.

• SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others.
• Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia’s New Year’s wish list.
• Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC’s first bike share program on Governors Island.
• LAist received a Christmas present in the form of a drunk Santa Claus in a g-string.
• Bostonist launched Veggieist, a brand-new weekly column that is already whetting the appetites of vegans.
• Shanghaiist saw their city turn into a Christmas wonderland.
• Chicagoist will never tire of watching a local news anchor’s hilarious reaction to a car crashing into the studio. No one was hurt, so it’s OK to laugh.
• Austinist interviewed the intimidating but always brilliant Joe Rogan, chatting about News Radio, Fear Factor, Dane Cook, and more.
• Seattlest mourned the loss of iconic jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.
• Londonist cheered after hearing news that London, it seems, is the capital of the world. (Sorry, NYC.)
• Houstonist tells an interesting tale about Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher getting trapped in the powder room at a Houston Hotel.

Photo by Steve Rhodes.