Former Phillyist, now full-time blogger and author, Jen A. Miller made it to the finals of the Hot Blogger Calendar contest. You're next, Jill! Ladies and Gentleman...The Beatles...I mean, The Jonas Brothers! Philly Comedian Doogie Horner teaches Things To Say During Sex over at Comic Vs. Audience. (Buzz Feed picked up the post yesterday. Of course they did, it was about sex.) The Bicycle Chef shows us how to make and can Summer Garden Salsa.......

We bring you the buzz in the 215 blogs. The Highstrung Loner was amused by SEPTA's new signage. (Warning: parts of this website are NSFW.) Philly Chit Chat was sad to find out that the TLA near the art museum is closing. We say look on the bright side: the inventory sale is a good opportunity to augment your DVD collection. Phawker pointed out the virtual media blackout on the Articles of Impeachment read against......

A week's worth of local Craigslist hijinks. A battle is brewing over a lost (or stolen?) cat in Mayfair. Watch out—the claws are out. And speaking of cats, this Mr. Bigglesworth-esque feline is looking for a new home. If you've been looking for something to stroke while plotting world domination, here's your chance. A non-skinny jeans wearing, anti-PBR guy threw caution to the wind in his quest to hook up with the hipster girl of......

Looking back on a week's worth of local craigslist hijinks... Fashion-conscious hipster-lover reaches out to a foxy girl in a grandma sweater he peeped on Wednesday in Old City. We are relieved to infer the attraction does not extend to his own grandma. To the girl who assures us she is not creepy, just cheap—tell us if your scheme works because we think paying rent is bullshit too. But if it doesn't work, we're sure......

Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo. We've got one event related to the fiesta, but that doesn't mean you can't throw together your own party. Just get some tequila and the number you'll need to call out of work tomorrow morning. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS LANDS IN UPPER DARBY That's right, folks. They're here. Flight of the Conchords has brought HBO a kickass series and now they're bringing their hilarious trunk full of awesome to the......

What happened this week in the City of Bloggerly Love... Philebrity clued us in on where to go to find out what a hipster is. There's actually a whole seminar about them. Better sign up soon as we're sure this one will be filled to capacity with scholars trying to unravel the mysteries of shaggy hair and ironic t-shirts. Jim Rutter at Broad Street Review thought fallen NY governor Eliot Spitzer could take some pointers......

The Pennsylvania Turnpike has been closed in both directions between the Philadelphia and Willow Grove interchanges, and is likely to stay closed most of the morning, due to a fiery five-car accident earlier today involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. Thankfully, as of this writing, no fatalities have been reported. The Fort Dix suspects are asking to be moved Special Housing Unit at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia due to the fact......

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market......

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. The deaths of two firefighters shook Bostonist this week. Boston's firefighters bent over backwards all week long - first, they fought flames pouring from the Boston Tea Party museum, and then a restaurant fire killed two and injured many more. Their efforts make everything else - like Tom......

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......

Hallelujah. Holla back, hipsters. It's the triumphant return of the Craigslist round-up. On a weekly basis, we will be brining you the Craigslist craziness like hot butter on your breakfast toast (or margarine, for the lactose intolerant). Like you, our amazement never ceases when we're scouring CL in an (ongoing) effort to delay the inevitable work that rests in front of us. So, pull down your plastic-framed spectacles, kick up your Chuck Taylor-clad toes, and......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The Morning News has an important public service announcement for you regarding a terrible infestation you could already be experiencing without realizing it: hipsters! (Via) LOL Trek. It's "The Trouble with Tribbles" summarized in a series of screen grabs from the show captioned in lolcat fashion. Hi-larious. Many of these images are ripe for being turned into personal icons. WE IN UR STATION......

Band I Caught: Barking Spiders Venue: The Avant Gentlemen's Lodge I'd never been to the Avant Gentlemen's Lodge before last night. I assume that most people haven't, either. So here's a tip: bring earplugs. I didn't, but the good folks at POPPED! had a bunch at the door, and I'm glad. Because the space is loud. Low ceilings + concrete floors + makeshift sound system = a few decibels louder than the human ear should......

Phillyist would like to take a moment to officially welcome Warren Longmire into the fold. (You may have already caught his inaugural post.) Warren, a fab spoken word poet in his own right, joins us to tell Phillyist readers about open mic nights around the city, as well as to be very willing to cover things that need covering, and to just generally be a lot of fun to hang out with at shows. Bands......

...But it's inspired by something we saw there when we got tired of looking for jobs and decided to briefly digress. Namely, this (quite funny) post in the Missed Connections section, and the subsequent follow-up posts. The initial post reads, in full: Hipsters dry humping in Independence Park yesterday That was awesome. My whole office thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you enjoyed us screaming and cheering for you from the windows across the street.......

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... Over at Sampaist, spring has more than sprung: it's sweltering! But, as everyone knows, museums are an ideal......

Monday evening, at the TLA. Aaron LaCarte was spinning and Lily Allen had yet to (unenthusiastically) take the stage. Jill and I were commenting on what a mix the crowd was: teenyboppers, couples pushing 50, hipsters, unclassifiable folks there for love of music, and, well, what appeared to be a contingent of Main Line soccer moms to our right. So, I'm happily bopping around, and 50 Cent comes on. No sooner do I hear "WHAT......

When we headed into the city from the depths of the wild Philadelphia suburbs, we were practically giddy with anticipation at being offered the chance to see Yo La Tengo, one of our favorite bands, live at the Trocadero. That euphoria lasted about fifteen minutes after we entered the Troc. Look, we realize it's wintertime, and people take up more room when they're wearing their bulky winter coats, and we realize that it was......

As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans......

The most remarkable thing about this video (other than the bad jingle) is that area hipsters have probably been consulting it for fashion advice. Zing!......

On a recent trip to the allergist, Elite -ist was informed of something quite shocking: a dog allergy. But Elite -ist grew up with dogs! Elite -ist has never had a bad reaction around dogs! Besides...just look at the picture. How could you be allergic to something that adorable? Austinist: Aww, hipster love! Sampaist: Our Portuguese isn't improving, but as long as Sampaist keeps posting adorable puppies—this time with a cute kid!—we'll keep posting their......

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on......

We love Megan over at Canary Promotions. That's because she tells us about all the cool stuff happening around Philly and sometimes gets us in to them for free. She's also just an all-around cool person, so far as Phillyist can tell. So we thought we'd show Megan some love in return and let you know about the awesome bash she and partner Mason (both Wendell) are throwing this Saturday night to celebrate their......

- The NYT wrote about our City Hall - prompting local bloggers to praise it in their own ways. Blankbaby ogles it. I've Made a Huge Tiny Mistake urges you to visit it. And Philly gets visual. (The building's statuary has always been Phillyist's favorite part of the building, so we were intrigued to learn that no one knows exactly how many statues there are - or if they have an overall message. Sounds like......

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

Sorry to start things on a down note today, but we thought LAist's post needed to lead. More entertaining posts from other -ists follow. We promise! LAist: Because this week's "Celebrity" post was entirely dedicated to Brit and K-Fed, we didn't get a chance to pay tribute to the amazing June Pointer, who passed away this week. LAist did a great job with her obit, though, and we're happy to share the photo. Austinist: What......

Everyone's all abuzz over yesterday's Philadelphia Weekly anti-hipster edition. OK, well, just Philebrity. We mostly flip past the articles to get to the event listings in PW, but it was hard not to notice Steven Wells' whiny, vitrol-filled, diatribe against knitters. Back it up, yo. Phillyist has a couple of knitters on board who plan to beat Wells senseless with their knitting bags next time they see him on the street. Daring to denigrate America's......

Phillyist just heard that three West Philadelphia / University City standards are donating all receipts from dinner tonight towards the American Red Cross. The restaurants are Dahlak, an Ethiopian joint located at 4708 Baltimore Ave, Laotian restaurant Vientiane Cafe at 4728 Baltimore Ave, and Abbraccio, which serves up Italian cuisine at 820 S. 47th St. (just south of 47th and Baltimore). As a regular patron of all three establishments, Phillyist can vouch for the......

Ali G, though, isn't driving Phillyist around in a limo, so we'll have to slum it by providing you with some concert previews for the upcoming week. A reunited (and it feels so good) Dinosaur Jr. is touring this Summer with a set that we've heard is gritty, dynamic, and just plain good. No doubt aging hipsters will be flocking to the Electric Factory to revisit their youth and the recently rereleased first three Dinosaur......