• Chicagoist survived a round of apocalyptic storms in which lightning struck the city's three tallest buildings at the same time.
• SFist fetched the smelling salts after looking at this shocking Gay Pride window display at the downtown Diesel store.
• Bostonist rocked the American Craft Beer Festival for the third year in a row.
• Londonist encountered some super-cute knitted pigeons in Trafalgar Square, and learnt about a celebrity bus tour of London, and a special opening of one of the city's 'ghost stations'.
• LAist learned that some Critical Mass cyclists were initiating a movement called "Project Civil Obedience" so riders would obey all the laws during their monthly group ride.
• Torontoist experienced an earthquake.
• DCist's morale during an insufferable heat wave was boosted by video of a dude shamelessly getting down on the Metro.
• Shanghaiist learned that 77% of Chinese citizens would move to Canada if they could.
• Austinist looked at the Texas GOP platform, which includes themes like anti-gay legislation and voter ID.
• Seattlest considered Smith Tower, which was the tallest building west of the Mississippi for some time.
• Phillyist Gleeked out over Idina Menzel's appearance at Philadelphia's Mann Center.
• Houstonist ran down the players called up for the Texas Rangers.
• Gothamist watched as the state passed a cigarette tax hike that now makes smokes nearly $11 a pack.