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Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
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.
- LAist initially met the coolest police officer at the Anonymous protest, and then later, caught thousands of UCLA students celebrating spring break in their undies.
- Shanghaiist was amused by the Tibet Communist Party chief Zhang Qingli’s claims that the Party is the real Buddha of the Tibetans.
- SFist, after reporting on Wednesday’s anti-war bash, asked a simple style question: keffiyehs—hot or not?
- Seattlest followed a local pillow fight from fun to fiasco.
- Phillyist got word that Stephen Colbert will be visiting the City of Brotherly Love, and they intend to stalk the hell out of him while he visits.
- Londonist followed the treasured English institution of lollipop folk who were licked by high winds and overcautious local councils.
- Gothamist got a crazy dose of “politics as usual” with a new governor who immediately admitted having various extramarital affairs while he was a State Senator and claims that the former gay American NJ governor and his wife apparently had threesomes with a young aide.
- DCist captured footage of over 200 activists who staged a “freeze-in,” part of this week’s anti-war protests.
- Bostonist spoke with the fashionable minds behind Go Fug Yourself and got the scoop behind Fug Madness.
LAist photo credit: Wilmar Estrada, Adam Rose, Zach Behrens, and LAist Featured Photos contributor, coffeextv