Photograph of investigation at Times Square recruiting center by kerfuffle & zeitgeist on Flickr
Week Around the -ists
Last Updated 09 March 2008
Week Around the -ists
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 up on local beaches.
Shanghaiist was surprised by Bjork's rooting for Tibetan independence at her concert (see video), and the political fallout has only just begun.
SFist debated the merits of new bronze plaques that will be placed in locations where San Francisco's homeless have died.
DCist was obliged to respond to the worst Washington Post Outlook column ever published, in which conservative writer Charlotte Allen tried to make the case that women are dumb.
LAist found Satan's ice cream truck trolling the streets, and they recorded the music.
Some crafty Torontoist readers didn't like the dearth of ski hills in downtown Toronto, so they just built one of their own on their deck and (of course) recorded a video of them all taking turns on it.
Bostonist knows the city's subway and bus system, the MBTA, has problems. So does this 17-year-old who submitted a report and told the MBTA brass how to fix it.
Phillyist explored the possibility of an Ivy League prostitute, while their commenters debated the most ethical approach to proving or debunking the story.
Londonist spent a little too much time looking at airbrushed operatic private parts, and enjoyed an enlightening comment from someone who was there.
