Still Life with Robin: Life without DCist

Photo by Thomas S Mann

by Peggy Robin

Sad loss! – DCist, for so long the breezy blog of the young and hip around town – is no more. The owner abruptly pulled the plug two days ago. Didn’t even allow for any last-minute, fire-sale bidders who might have saved it, and saved the jobs of the writers, too. Didn’t wait to see if those same writers might be able to pull together a campaign to keep it going….a Kickstarter page….anything to give it a chance to stay alive. Just a farewell letter, and not an especially warm one at that:

http://assets.dnainfo.com/message.html?_ga=2.43313701.1688764.1509850118-1584890850.1476834456

Here’s what I’ll miss most:

Overheard in DC:

http://dcist.com/2017/10/overheard_in_dc_not_recommended.php

Listicles, always listicles….like this one, “12 Ways to Spend a Rainy Day in DC”

http://dcist.com/2017/10/best_rainy_day_things.php

Useful tips, such as this one from the last day of publication, “Here's Where To Bring Your Soon-To-Be Rotting Pumpkins” with specific info on where in each ward to bring your pumpkins for composting:

http://dcist.com/2017/11/theres_a_place_for_your_soon-to-be.php

Updates and complaints and occasionally appreciation of the Metro system – including, most recently, this hypnotic time-lapse video”

http://dcist.com/2017/11/video_the_poetic_beauty_of_metro_se.php

Dish of the Week, so I could keep up with hot trends in restaurants that I’ll never visit except online)

http://dcist.com/2017/10/dish_of_the_week_a5_wagyu_steak.php

…and ending the day with a round-up of late news under the heading, “Go Home Already”

http://dcist.com/2017/11/go_home_already_1554.php

Wish it would come back already!

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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.