Best Of: January 2009 Archives

Week Around the Ists

Photograph by Marcus Gilmer/Chicagoist Chicagoist hit Washington D.C. for President Obama's inauguration festivities. Phillyist wondered just how much a star ball player is actually worth. DCist is still recovering from all things inaugural, including bird's eye view coverage of the craziness on the National Mall and the Swearing-In Ceremony of President Barack Obama. Oh, and they got Anthony Bourdain to say some controversial things about Alice Waters. LAist asked a hard-hitting question......

Photographed and discovered by Val Dodge Torontoist scoured Toronto to find the city's finest punny business names.Gothamist was stunned when a plane with failed engines landed safely into the Hudson River. All passengers survived, thanks to the pilot, crew, and amazing rescue efforts from commuter ferries and authorities!Bostonist drank a cocktail named after Superman's Fortress of Solitude and got ready to swill some inaugural beer.DCist continued its full-court press on all things Inaugural; they were the first to report on......

Image Credit: Flickr user bretneilson. Phillyist looked at J.C. Romero's controversial MLB suspension, bought a stranger a lap dance by accident, and started recruiting new writers, using a photo mash-up they're quite proud of. Gothamist had an exciting week: That mysterious maple syrup smell returned (with no explanation at all!), found out there's a link between boozing and sex, and interviewed Janeane Garofalo. LAist was all about getting out and soaking up the local color, like seeing......

Photograph of Times Square during the first moments of 2009 by Neil Epstein/Gothamist Gothamist said good-bye to 2008 by looking back at the year and rang in 2009 in Times Square. (God bless YouTube for capturing Kathy Griffin's salty New Year's comments to a heckler.)Phillyist interviewed Robert Bielski, whose father will be played by Daniel Craig in the upcoming film, Defiance.Seattlest entered 2009 shaking off some bad pizza recommendations and debating whether or not the New Year's Eve police shooting of a UW student -- whose was in military costume,......

T.E. Lawrence on Photo du Jour 516: I bought nothing because I was broke and my paycheck is not direct deposited until...
xallure on Photo du Jour 516: I second this. I'm not a well-to-do trustafarian either (though sometimes I wish I was)...
peej66 on Photo du Jour 516: Isn't spit in your parent's eye day on Dec 25...when they open up the wrapped...
jnice on Photo du Jour 516: I didn't realize it was also spit-in-your-parents'-eye day! If I had known I would have...
MalcoveMagnesia on Photos from Black Friday: I think the idea is that there are a number of super amazing discounted items...