Week Around the -Ists

By Staff in News on Jan 14, 2008 2:36AM

• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
• Gothamist believed that a writer who wanted pre-gentrified gritty New York and ended up getting beaten up during a mugging learned his lesson.
• DCist followed Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council to New Hampshire, where they helped introduce a bill that would signal that state's support of voting rights for the District.
• Torontoist learned a brand new threat this week, thanks to a police officer who pulled over a driver in the city's entertainment district and told him––actually––"I'll break your fucking ponytail." Oh, and then they tased him.
• SFist witnessed (and predicted) San Clemente's Greg Long winning this year's Mavericks Surf Contest.
• LAist reported on everything you wanted to know about this year's most anticipated movie, Cloverfield, as told by director Matt Reeves.
• Bostonist watched as Bronson Arroyo, formerly of the Red Sox and now of the Cleveland Indians, pleaded to return to Boston--in song.
• Chicagoist saw lightning strike twice.
• Houstinist interviews Big Daddy’s Ass Burn Hot Sauce founder Trevi Biles.
• Phillyist supports an end of the city's "quack-tacular" duck tours.
• Seattlest discussed this year's presidential election with some top-notch political writers.