Before I write a post of my own about The Burgh Blog’s ride into the sunset, I wanted to read what others were saying about her departure. As I started going through them, I thought I should round them up here. Normally I’m not about link vomit but I hope you will grant me license to do so now:
City of Pittsburgh: “The End of an Era.”
Jim Lokay from KDKA: “She never forgot where she came from, and so many can learn from her words.”
From the Admiral: “Nobody did it better than PittGirl.”
DJLunchbox from Thoughtful Riot: “PittGirl has decided to hang up her keyboard.”
Mind Bling: “If you ever need anything, tape an X on your window. I’ll know what it means.”
What Would Chuck Bass Do?: “You will be missed, and I will keep drinking on ‘moving forward’.”
Screaming Weasel: “it was done with fun, and it wasn’t done with income from Google ads.”
Ms. Papuga: “It’s like saying goodbye to a college friend you don’t know if you’ll ever see again.”
PGH is a City: “Au revoir, PittGirl.”
2 Political Junkies: “PittGirl says goodbye to blogging making it safe once more to look for love (and other stuff)on craigslist.”
The Blog of Burgher Jon: “…one of the coolest things about the burgh.”
Keeping Up with the Belks (from NC): “Good Luck, Pittgirl. The expats will miss you.”
Sesquipedalian Prose: “Tonight, before, during, and after the Penguins game, a Zima shall be poured on the ground to let the fallen take a last drink.”
Uncle Crappy: “Thanks, PittGirl, for three awesome years.”
Jennie at Bricks and Boxes: “Today, we are all PittGirl.”
Jen at Can We Talk?: “I still don’t get things, but I feel that reading her blog helped me with the transition and I became comfortable enough to eventually call myself a Pittsburgher.”
Father Spoon at My Blog n’at: “PittGirl broke up with all of us today and headed off into blogger retirement.”
Liferants: “We were shocked to find out today that one of our favorite reads shutdown.”
Fresh Pittsburgh (HBIC): “Because one of the most popular blogs about Pittsburgh The Burgh Blog is no more. and although its sad for some, I say YAY!!!!.”
BurghBaby (via OMGPittsburgh): “Thanks, PittGirl, not just for supporting fellow bloggers, but also for the daily laughs. The Burgh Blog will be missed.”
Erin Patricia: “Thank you for being Pittsburgh.”
Mme. Trois-Rivieres at Out of the Burgh, In the Pitts.: “It was The Burgh Blog that sparked my interest in writing about the city I love so very much, in making it funny and sweet and most of all making other people think about seeing Pittsburgh the way I do.”
Rebellious Flaw: “Whatever her rationale for doing so, everyone reaches a point when they must move on. And, for PittGirl now is that time.”
Pop City – A Fan’s Perspective: “Let’s face it: PittGirl … just got Pittsburgh.”
Andrew Stockey – WTAE: “She didn’t hide behind it as much she used it to truly say what she felt and what was on her mind. Had she used it to just rip on people, I doubt she would have had thousands log onto her site daily.”
Sorgatron.com: “Goodnight @PittGirl. Whereever you are…”
Michael Fulk’s blog: “We’ll miss her random and somewhat snarky commentary on happenings in Pittsburgh, quirky nicknames for politicians and celebrities, hatred of pigeons and everything.”
timesonline.com: “Goodbye to The Burgh Blog”
The Busman’s Holiday: “Someone recently said to me of PittGirl, ‘I know who she is!’ I didn’t even ask.”
Corner Press: “PittGirl taught me so much, not just about loving Pittsburgh, but loving blogging.”
red pen mama: “… I would feel remiss if I didn’t mention that PittGirl had become probably my favorite Burgh Blogger to date …”
Writing by Ear: “Writer to writer, I’ll miss her.”
Pittsburgh Hoagie: “Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?”
Sesquipedalian Prose: “I have jumped on the bandwagon just as the bandwagon stopped moving.”
More of Mandy: “Sadly, one of Pittsburgh’s most entertaining writers has closed up shop.”
Plus the countless Tweets, Plurks, and other sorts of micro-mentions.
These are the ones that I have found to date. If you’ve found more, please include them in the comments and I’ll add them.
Texburgher: @PittGirl So long! We’ve enjoyed you so much, and wish you all the best for your new life of anonymity. See you around without realizing it!
Impressive roundup. Did you use Google, Technorati, or spend the day reading everything posted in Pittsburgh?
Right address. Wrong credit. Thanks, but Jennie gets full credit for that post.
I didn’t know you guys were collaborating. That’s awesome! Changed it to give props to Jennie. Thanks Anthony!
She will be missed by MANY.
Thanks, Woy.
Thanks, Woy, for the roundup.
Pop City also had a nice little article: http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/pittgirl1119.aspx
~*sniffle*~
Post Gazette – http://postgazette.com/pg/08323/928883-100.stm
Thanks guys! I had started with blog mentions but I’m happy to put the publications on here as well.
PittGirl’s blog is what I want to be when I grow up and Figure It Out.
http://vannevar.blogspot.com/2008/11/vaya-con-dios-pittgirl-burgh-blog-goes.html
[...] saddened that PittGirl has closed up the Burgh Blog for several reasons, but the one that will linger longest is an unresolved issue: the creation of a [...]
Mentioned on KDKA and TAE tonight…surely on PXI as well.
I feel like I am only here because of her. I am a yacht with no anchor.
I wrote a blog about it…
http://pheh.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/via-con-dios-pittgirl/
And I believe the Trib has a columnist talking about it in tomorrow’s local section.
My thoughts…
http://mikesorg.blogspot.com/2008/11/world-without-pittgirl.html
[...] morning I learned that one of our favorite Pittsburgh bloggers has hung up the hat. The author of The Burgh Blog, PittGirl, had successfully [...]
Mike, thanks to you for your part in PG’s run. My old media contribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTD13y7192k
To Pitt Girl: Moving Forward
http://thebusmansholiday.blogspot.com/2008/11/to-pittgirl-moving-forward.html
http://brainlint.blogspot.com/2008/11/goodbye-pittgirl.html
Mine … although you probably already got the Twitter link.
http://tinyurl.com/6nwg8m
[...] is not for PittGirl. Or Good-bye. Or We’ll Miss You. But I would feel remiss if I didn’t mention that PittGirl had become probably my favorite [...]
mine. thanks for being a good butler. :)
http://albamaria30.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/letter-of-the-day-the-car-crash-edition/
ciao,
rpm
Couldn’t let a Pittsburgh icon pass without mention — we’ll miss you, PittGirl! Good luck on whatever comes next.
http://writingbyear.com/2008/11/19/see-ya-later-nat-pittgirl/
You can add mine if you would like.
[...] Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 2:57 pm · Filed under Misc via Have A Good Sandwich [...]
I haphazardly blogged until I found her blog. I continued to haphazardly blog until her love and affection for Pittsburgh from When I fell in love. I followed her lead with Friendliest Strangers. Now I’m hooked. I blame her for any mess I get into.
Tonight, I pour another Zima out.
Sadly, one of Pittsburgh’s most entertaining writers has closed up shop. The Burgh Blog, where she wrote to us for the past three years is now, non-existent.
Full post: http://mandymcfadden.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/pittgirl-no-more/
[...] Burgh Blog, where she wrote to us for the past three years is now, non-existent. Needless to say, the whole of the Steel City is saddened about the news. If you follow Twitter, there was an abundance of “I am [...]
When I clicked on her website on Tuesday my heart fell into my stomach. To the jerkface who poked around and outed her, may you rot in hell. I’d been waiting for Woy to post something on this. I feel like he’s sort of the lighthouse in this sad storm. Gosh, I miss that PittGirl. For three years she made my hum drum days bright and cheerful. You’ll be sorely missed PG.
She wasn’t that good of a writer, wasn’t funny at all, very self important, and mega narcissistic. This weeks past events prove this.
The embracing of simplemindedness and medocrity in this town kills me. This is not the end of an era. If we define ourselves by her/his/their (whoever PittGirl is or was) worldview, then I don’t want to be a Pittsburgher. That’s the problem. This region has an identity crisis. Why can’t we be like New York or Chicago and just all be who we want to be individually? Then Pittsburgh becomes truly diverse and not this place where belonging means wearing mesh Steeler jerseys every weekend. ARGH.
Funny how PittGirls initials are PG.. what else in town is PG?
Wow. Thanks for linking to all of those posts.
I saw a billboard on my drive back into Sq. Hill from the Waterfront about PittGirl. It was amazing. “Pitt girl quits. And that’s church.” (I could be botching it, but that was it generally).
How did I guess that “Honestly” went around spamming the exact same comment to various blogs? Had almost the exact same comment today. Sheesh.
It’s not spam when it’s the truth. She/He/They might have been entertaining to some but She/He/They was an embarrassment to others.
And thanks HAGS for not blocking my comments unlike Three. Any real blogger would just deal with an opinion they don’t agree with.
Oh yeah, that’s yet another reason I didn’t like PittGirl, her comments went into moderation. That is huge blog NO-NO, we all know that. Take the good with the bad!
truth can be spam when it’s the same message across multiple blogs. where’s there love when you can’t even personalize it.
Fair Enough. My apologies. Next time I’ll personalize my rants. :)
Yeah, Spoon summed up my feelings on the matter with his response. Thanks Spoon!
Honestly – I won’t block your comments just because I don’t agree with you. I definitely don’t agree with you on your initial comment – I think that this post makes that obvious.
I will tell you that what you said about The Burgh Blog’s comments is not true. Comments never went into a moderation queue. Very infrequently, the Akismet anti-spam engine would catch and flag potential spam comments. I, and others, had posted countless comments over the years having them appear instantaneously.
I think we should subscribe to a e-newsletter and pay for her work so that she could quit her job and not have to worry about being fired.
Who will mine the Craiglist ads for us now?
Miss you Pittgirl! Hope you got out before the site caused you problems. Will still wear my hoodie with pride. Oh, and Woy, I think we need 1more Pittgirl shirt for the road… an ‘I am Pittgirl’ shirt for everyone in the ‘burgh!