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LAist initially met the coolest police officer at the Anonymous protest, and then later caught thousands of UCLA students celebrating spring break in their undies.

A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part photo essay, one, two). That wasn't the only photo essay either: Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy friends and Star Trek actors all joined in at the Writers Strike and KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas brought two nights of amazing bands that included Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park (Part I), Modest Mouse, Muse, Spoon and The Killers (Part II). Not only is L.A. a great music town, it has just been named the best city for bookish types. For those who are looking for something a little more active, American Gladiators are back (yes!) and if that's not enough, how about a Christmas gift of action and adventure?

Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city's attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just in time for Halloween, the Chocolate Jesus is back.

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week.

Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it's nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here's a glimpse at what's been keeping your favorite citybloggers busily away from home and out of bed.

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend...

Phillyist paid tribute to her this week with a heartfelt letter to her and an obituary.

Let's look back at a week in which no site in the -ist network adopted anyone from Africa...

She attended UCLA as well as Cordon Bleu in Paris, which led her to working in a number of restaurants including Wolfgang Puck’s Spago http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/rest/fine/spago/bh/index.php. From there, she started her own catering company, GDL Foods (look up link), and has had her own show, “Everday Italian” http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ei/0,1976,FOOD_9958,00.html on the Food Network since 2003.Phillyist: Your day to day must be a bit overwhelming at times. As a famous personality with a Food Network show, a successful catering company and now a new cookbook“EveryDay Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes” how do you juggle it all?GDL: I would never take all the credit and say I make it happen all by myself.... It just seemed like a natural progression to venture into something that has been so rooted in my own family history.Phillyist: I notice your new book features some of my own personal favorites in terms of ingredients.