From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here's what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes' exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest skyscraper was finally completed, found a cheaper way to get to Gothamist, invented a tasty new dessert, and brought back their Craigslist Round-Up feature with a bang. Bostonist watches......

Bostonist has known since college (and repeatedly confirmed at our first office job) that no Internet-researched and keyboard-typed task can be completed without a healthy dose of procrastination. There are lots of very important things to do before you start that pending assignment. You need to check your e-mail (all active accounts), Facebook, myspace, weather forecast, local news, and of course Bostonist.com. One Internet destination that has been dear to our hearts throughout our desk-bound......

Headline of the day might be awarded to MIT’s news office today. “Students fold under pressure” adorned their announcement of the winning entries of the 2006 juried Student Origami Competition. This follows on the heels of their subtitle for the contest's annoucement: Will you join the fold? The winning entries, including a beaver (is everything coming up beaver these days?), are now on display in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery in the Stratton Student......