Jun 17, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Happy Father’s Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one’s for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network. It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by…
Sep 24, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks “the elusive Bahamas streetcar”, and watches Tom Green get surgery. Phillyist rejoices in the Phillies’ wild card chances, mourns the injuries sustained by Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse, and goes pirate on our asses. SFist notes that Guns and Roses were in town, that San Franciscans are taking over reality TV, and that the San Francisco Chronicle’s skills of original nomenclature could use some…
Jul 16, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn’t know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we’ve said, typed, and thought the phrase “server problems” more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it…