The giant panda is leaving for China on Tuesday.

Get out the tissues.

DCist Editor-In-Chief Matt Cohen reflects on his time on the job.

It’s that time: I’m bidding farewell to DCist.

Hundreds of movies later, our intrepid film critic Ian Buckwalter bids farewell.

Farewell, and thanks.

We are human. There are so many different ways in which we react to the unhappy occurrences we experience throughout life. Washingtonians had the chance to emit such varying emotions publicly at the goodbye party for the National Zoo’s youngest giant panda on Saturday. Sure, Tai Shan will be here until Thursday, but people from all over the world — including chatty visitors from Massachusetts, Canada, and China — came to the Zoo to just…

The National Zoo will be closing at 1 p.m. today, due to the snow. Of course, this means that Tai Shan’s farewell celebration will also be ending at that time — the big fella was scheduled to get a special frozen cake at 1:30; but he’ll now receive the treat at noon. If you had plans to say goodbye to our beloved Butterstick, better get yourself to the Zoo on the double….