DCist kept track of the ongoing same-sex marriage debate in the District, including a number of heated Democratic party meetings, plus, of course, intervention by members of Congress.

Shanghaiist saw a man in Hong Kong verbally berate and hit a toddler and his mother after the little boy coughed without covering his mouth.

Bostonist celebrated five years of gay marriage in Massachusetts with some rainbow cocktails.

Chicagoist checked out their former-resident/now-president Barack Obama at his controversial commencement speech at Notre Dame and in some excellent behind-the-scenes photos from the White House.

Gothamist found New Yorkers hot and bothered about swine flu, ice cream truck jingles and terror plots.

LAist got up close and personal with the G4 Network's sexy Anna David, who knows a lot about high class hookers.

Phillyist found a photo in their Flickr pool that seemed a bit of a zeitgeist.

Londonist drooled over shameless sandwich porn.

Seattlest's first celebrity tourist of the season turned out to be a black bear on a see-all-the-sights quest for fame.

SFist anticipated the California State Supreme Court's ruling on prop. 8, the same-sex marriage ban, which will happen on Tuesday.