Week Around the Ists, November 1–7

Photograph by James So on Flickr Gothamist had a week of big stories unfold—Mayor Bloomberg narrowly won his controversial third term while the Yankees won their 27th World Series Championship (yes, suck it, Philly ) and celebrated with a ticker tape parade . Seattlest talked about gay marriage, performing, and the sexiness of the Pacific Northwest with Rufus Wainwright. Bostonist saw a near death experience on the subway. Shanghaiist welcomed Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to our town. To prove how Chinese they were, they proceeded to play a game of Chinese chess for us. DCist watched as a local gay couple got engaged in the middle of a D.C. Council hearing on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital. Torontoist learned what happens a big city paper announces plans to outsource 100 union editing jobs— an editor takes revenge

by editing the crap out of the internal memo that made the announcement . Chicagoist reveled in the beauty of its city in Autumn. LAist eagerly reported that a prominent doctor was found guilty on multiple charges in a “road rage” incident in which he slammed on his brakes to deliberately block a cyclist riding behind him. SFist continued to follow the details of the Richmond High School gang rape , where a student was beaten and raped on school grounds over a two-and-a-half-hour period. Londonist completely geeked out with London’s very own periodic table of trivia. Phillyist didn’t dwell too long on the Phillies’ World Series loss , what with Philadelphia’s transit workers on an unpopular strike , which has forced many Philadelphians to bike or drive to work.

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Week Around the Ists, November 1–7