Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'washingtonpost'
March 9, 2008
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. Gothamist found that an explosive set off outside the Times Square army recruiting center may be similar to five past bombings in New York City.Seattlest worried when severed right feet and bottles of rat poison started washing......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse"March 25, 2007
It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... Gothamist spent the week writing about New Yorkers behaving badly: at the post office, at the Garden, and at the fertility clinic. Calvin Klein may not be misbehaving, but he's just a little dirty, and in a completely different way than some NYC kitchens. SFist had its share of misbehave-rs, too, like......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"February 28, 2007
Yesterday, in a last-ditch attempt to guilt Liberals into supporting the extension of two controversial "anti-terror" laws, Stephen Harper trotted out for the media two Canadian women who lost family members in the attacks on the World Trade Centre. In case we had forgotten what 9/11 looked like, CTV Newsnet, as part of its reportage on the matter, helpfully replayed images from that day—complete with the chyron seen above and at right. Last summer......
Continue Reading "Coming Up On CTV: Kubrick's 2002: A Space Odyssey"December 31, 2006
As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading to......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"September 17, 2006
As we sat down to write this week's Best of the -ists post, a car blaring "21 Questions'" passed by our house. And that started us thinking about how some of the best -ist posts out there have at their hearts questions, some of which are answered, and some of which are left open. Check out the Best of the -ists from this week, and see if you agree. Londonist answers the questions "How much......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"March 27, 2006
Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom. Shanghaist gets all excited this week over a new nightclub in the city unfortunately named "Snatch" and Mike Tyson is scheduled to......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in The Ist-a-verse"October 29, 2004
It happened again, folks. Leonard Cohen came down from the mountain and made a new album of synthesized easy listening. But while his last album merely sucked, Dear Heather is actually quite decent, with a few songs falling squarely into the beautiful camp, like the title track. With Lenny's latest coming fresh on the heels of another McGill grad's latest CD effort, it's hard not to compare these men of similar age and girth. Yes,......
Continue Reading "Take This Shmaltz"