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Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
Torontoist is one of thirteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list that is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-a-Verse.
- Gothamist said goodbye to 2008 by looking back at the year, and rang in 2009 in Times Square. (God bless YouTube for capturing Kathy Griffin’s salty New Year’s comments to a heckler.)
- Phillyist interviewed Robert Bielski, whose father will be played by Daniel Craig in the upcoming film Defiance.
- Seattlest entered 2009 shaking off some bad pizza recommendations and debating whether or not the New Year’s Eve police shooting of a UW student who was dressed in a military costume, holding a rifle with a bayonet, was justified.
- Bostonist was all about vice this week when they dispensed sparkling wine buying advice and celebrated Massachusetts’ first annual Marijuana Possession Day.
- Londonist gawped at an utterly deserted London—not even a zombie to be seen.
- SFist asked why in God’s name you bothered going to work this holiday week; and, also, was tickled and awed to see Bay Area Rapid Transit (i.e. BART) ask subway riders to snitch on and snap images of fellow passengers behaving badly. To make public. On BART’s Facebook page.
- LAist bid a fond farewell to last year by looking back on what was a tedious, musical, and delicious year in Los Angeles.
- Chicagoist dealt with more gubernatorial shenanigans as embattled Governor Blagojevich introduced Roland Burris as President-Elect Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate (much to everyone’s chagrin).
- Shanghaiist reported on a remarkable sixteen-year-old Chinese girl who received a coveted invite to Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Photo by Neil Epstein/Gothamist.