Have A Good Sandwich

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.”

Clumberkim:  “So many of the ‘burgh faithful, not to mention several dozen self-united husbands, join me in mourning today.”

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.”

Dennis Roddy – The Post Gazette: “Visitors to TheBurghBlog.com, the Internet site through which thousands daily wandered through PittGirl’s world of pigeon-stomping, imaginary celebrity marriages and occasional invective hurled at miscreants great and obscure, were met with a simple text message:  ‘I’ve got to say goodbye to you all.’”

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.”

WWVB:  “Her blog became a new neighborhood, as much a part of the Burgh as all the dinky hamlets along the rivers.“

The World of Threes:  “It’ll be very similar to when they reveal the last Cylon on Battlestar Galactica or the writers tell you what’s really going on on “Lost” — the mystery is 90 percent of the fun. Go with it. Enjoy it. And let it be.”

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.”

Brain Lint:  “Her extreme hate of pigeons, Love/Hate relationship with the Duke of Fug and the Earl of Gross and her “move forward’ drinking game sure did make me smile.”

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.