[XuHui by Montrasio International (Flickr)]

I don’t know why it took so long for me to get hooked, but it’s official: the Gothamist has sunk its claws into me. Or actually, Shanghaiist and Bostonist are the blogs that have made it onto my Google Reader, the first for its thorough (if at first a bit trigger-happy) coverage of the Beijing Olympic bar ban and the latter because, well, it’s about Boston.

But the addictive potential of the “Ist” family of city blogs don’t stop there. The weekly roundup of interesting stories from all the cities is the real highlight of the Bostonist front page. Is your hunger for postmodern hyper-connectivity sated yet? Didn’t think so.