Here’s a sampling of some recent and interesting postings from
a few other cities in the Metroblogging network:

• Lahore: “Balloon Purple to the 1” on cake
  thievery
• New York City: Dhaval Mehta on a New York Times Magazine
  article about the hikikomori (引きこもり) phenomenon in Japan
• Mumbai: Akshay Mahajan has some wonderful photos up (as usual); this time, they are related
  to Makar
  Sankranti, a mid-winter festival that’s celebrated with kite
  flying (Patang Baazi)
• Islamabad: In a posting titled Mission Impossible!, “Entrepreneur Balloon Purple 2 The Core”
  recounts a quest to find a suitable bakra (goat) for Eid ul-Adha
• Los Angeles: Sean Bonner on Zoeradio, a podcast with tunes selected by a 15 year old named
  Zoe (who seems to be doing a lot better job of it than most of the
  local radio stations)
• San Francisco: Sandra on the opening of the Beat Museum
• Chicago: Lauren Liss on the American Kennel Association’s list of
  the ten most popular dog breeds in Chicago
• Seattle: Peter Leonard on accordion-playing polar-bear sightings (Hey, isn’t that actually
  a concertina?)

Related posts:

1. Elsewhere on Metblogs: Eid
2. 2channel, blogging, and “real news”
3. Hikikomori in other country = Sotokomori
4. Raoh died
5. New Metblogs