Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse

Photograph by Zach Behrens/LAist

• LAist headed to the LA County Fair to earn a heart attack by checking out all the deep-fried foods such as deep-fried avocado and deep-fried Oreos. And then they ate a huge brick of cheese fries.
• Phillyist analyzed the problem of hecklers at live performances.
• Londonist eagerly anticipated the annual Open House Weekend, where for one weekend only, the public get to poke around some of the capital's more interesting buildings.
• Shanghaiist was happy to learn that Shanghai is one of the world's five most improved places for gay tolerance.
• Torontoist took a look at a photographer whose exhibit of photographs of street art was shut down last week, after local graffiti artists took issue with their work being photographed and re-sold for thousands of dollars without permission, credit, or compensation.
• Bostonist dared to criticize horny hometown heroes NKOTB.
• Chicagoist found out they live in America's Most Stressful City and then were given another reason why as they dealt with massive flooding.
• Gothamist went on the Wall Street roller coaster during a crazy week for financial institutions (bankruptcy, sale, bailout) and the county.
• SFist captured images of PARK(ing) Day, an annual event where people take over metered parking spaces for a day, turning them into fun-sized public parks.