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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 learned that activists trying to repaint a stretch of bike lane in Brooklyn were arrested by a Hasidic patrol group. The activists later said they were “self-hating Jewish hipsters.”
- Seattlest followed Tiger Woods’s alleged eleventh mistress into the wilds of Washington State.
- Shanghaiist found the most buttastic eatery in Shanghai: ASSMANN RESTAURANT.
- Bostonist watched Santas run in Speedos.
- LAist jumped headlong into the mystery of why American media fears the terrifying threat of derivative homosexuals, a.k.a. Adam Lambert.
- SFist watched as a gaggle of drag queens crashed a family-oriented ice skating rink in Union Square.
- Chicagoist was surprised when—on the year anniversary of the arrest of former governor Rod Blagojevich—a candidate for governor suggested the minimum wage be cut.
- Phillyist honoured a few local superheroes as they continued to count down to the new year.
- Londonist noted the extended fiasco of constant weekend closures of a busy tube line, joining the rest of the city in wondering who to blame.