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Alan Richman traveled 23,750 miles and consumed more than 150,000 calories while taking the measure of 162 burgers across the country—with one goal: to find you the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns this country serves up.

At its best, the hamburger eliminates the need for conversation or the urge to glance up at the TV over the bar. If you find yourself eating silently, eyes closed, ignoring everything around you, even the unavoidable burger-joint din, you have come upon a burger that can be pronounced a success.

Pretty cool that 4 of the places listed are in California :)

The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die

(via Kottke)

The World's Sexiest Cities poll has run its course, and the final results are in. Starting tomorrow, Gridskipper will feature a post on each of the nine winners that explains how each took home the prize. Stay tuned.

World's Most Feminine City: Paris
World's Most Masculine City: New York
World Most Gay-Friendly City: San Francisco
World's Most Lesbian-Friendly City: Seattle
World's Most Fetish-Friendly City: Berlin
World's Most Heterosexual City: Houston
World's Sluttiest City: Los Angeles
World's Least Sexy City: Detroit
World's Sexiest City: Rio de Janeiro

Final Vote tallies and more info available on the site.

Gridskipper poll results: The World's Sexiest Cities

Post Modernism? Or Just Vandalism? The Wooster Collective weighs in on the graffiti advertisement that's been slowing coming together for the past few months in New York on a building at Houston Street. Recently the campaign was completed and revealed to be a promo for the TIME Magazine Graffiti Archive

I'm appreciating TWC's take as I've been following this for the past few weeks along with the Axe Deodorant ad fiasco.

TWC sums up Time Magazine's attempt by saying: "We think that Time, CopeII - and Fallon (the ad agency behind it) have executed the campaign brilliantly."

Post Modernism? Or Just Vandalism?