It may not be evening when you read this, but the time has come to put Houstonist to bed. We got word from our parents at Gothamist a few weeks ago that they felt it was time to shutter the site, due to things like statistics, advertising, and the general plight of maintaining a journalistic publication in today's economic climate.
To speak from a very personal angle for a moment, I'd like to personally thank everyone who's every contributed content, read an article, invited us to a performance or event, and really anybody who has ever laid eyes upon the site. I've really enjoyed the opportunity I've had as Editor this year, and I can truly say that I've met a fantastic amount of people and discovered a tremendous amount of music [my beat, if you hadn't figured that out yet] over the course of my tenure at Houstonist.
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LAist got caught up in the Lindsay Lohan courtroom saga and watched as the former teen starlet was handed a 90-day jail sentence for a pair of '07 DUIs.
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DCist said hello to a new editor-in-chief and got excited about Spike Mendelsohn's new pizzeria.
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Phillyist continued to advocate for Philadelphia's four-footed friends, this time after a year-old pit bull puppy was fund hanged in a local playground and the city's animal awareness and rescue groups responded.
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Phillyist followed up on the story regarding a controversial play about a pedophile by posting a review. Verdict: no child abusers were glorified in the making of this production.
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Chicagoist watched in amusement as former governor Rod Blagojevich interrupted a kickball game on the eve of his federal corruption trial which kicked off on Thursday.
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Bostonist watched the Boston Celtics decisively win the Eastern Conference championship, to the dismay of many locals who saw "collapse" written on the T.D. Garden. We, on the other hand, never lost hope.
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SFist survived another Bay to Breakers race, the city's annual costumed marathon of pomp and hilarity, but held its nose after participants used Tehama Street as a toilet.
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Torontoist has something for your architecture nerds: a look at the very best and very worst new buildings in their city, all of which are nominees up for public praising or shaming in this year's Pug Awards.
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Chicagoist saw the debate over Arizona's new controversial immigration law reach their front yard in the form of a boycott of the Cubs games against the Arizona Diamonbacks.
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Chicagoist marveled at local comic-book artist Chris Ware's rejected cover for magazine.
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DCist was stunned by a new video of Prince George's County police officers beating a Univ. of Maryland student during a post-game celebration that got out of hand in College Park.
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Torontoist scoped out a big, illegal, flashing McDonald's ad parked on the property of a local museum, for some reason.
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Gothamist was excited to learn that First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha were in town—and that FLOTUS said that Grimadli's pizza is basically better than Chicago-style pizza.
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Phillyist nominated yet another asshole of the week, and not without controversy.
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Gothamist had its fill of salt-related news: There was "salty" Eric Massa's resignation and "snorkeling" allegations and then a NY lawmaker's proposal to ban salt.
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Gothamist heard more about Governor Paterson's many multiplying problems while dolphins frolicked in the East River.
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Seattlest broke with Lent to try crack pie, a dessert so delicious that it ought to be as illegal as its namesake.
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Londonist discovered an alpine ski lodge, some abstract art, a treasure-trove of antiques and several tube-carriage offices, all in the unlikely setting of East London's rooftops and alleyways.
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DCist took note when a U.S. District Judge ruled that the Jefferson Memorial is not a public forum where people may dance.
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Houstonist brought you some goodies from around the Istaverse yesterday, but we wanted to share one more thing with you. We suspect that it's possible you've heard of the G20 Summit going on right now to the north of us. Our sister blog Torontoist has been providing round-the-clock live coverage of the
G20 summit, which landed in their city on a chaos-filled
Saturday that saw cop
cars get lit on fire, windows
get smashed, and some
lighter moments.
- Chicagoist survived a round of apocalyptic storms in which lightning struck the city's three tallest buildings at the same time.
- SFist fetched the smelling salts after looking at this shocking Gay Pride window display at the downtown Diesel store.
- Bostonist rocked the American Craft Beer Festival for the third year in a row.
In the beginning of Houstonist on your phone, there was plain old Houstonist.com; it was good. Then, there was Houstonist Mobile; it was better. Now there's a Houstonist mobile app. It's mo betta faster.
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