Monthly Archives: April 2009

Garden Tour Next Weekend

Close on the heels of the posh Georgetown House Tour is its slightly younger and less stuffy sibling, the Georgetown Garden Tour. May 9th, from 10 AM to 5 PM, the back yards of eight Georgetown homes will open up. Tickets … Continue reading

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The Georgetown Metropolis

3000 block of R St.

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So Where Are You Getting Your Groceries Now?

Social Safeway is no more and we have roughly eleven months until Social Safeway Mark II opens. So unless you’ve got one gigantic pantry, you’re going to need to find a new option for groceries. GM explores some of your … Continue reading

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1000 block of 33rd St.

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ANC May Preview

Next Monday, ANC2E will meet for their May session. GM’s hopeful that like the several months before it, this coming meeting is not nearly as boring in person as it looks on paper. GM crosses his fingers and trudges through … Continue reading

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3300 block of M St.

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Evermay Follows Halcyon House In Price Reduction

As mentioned a little while back, Halcyon House cut its offering price 37% from $30 million down to $19 million. At the time, GM wondered whether this would pressure Evermay to follow. Well, it took less than a month: Evermay is … Continue reading

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1000 block of 33rd St.

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Tiki Tacky?

According to the Washington Post, the Georgetown waterfront is soon going to be adding a tiki bar. Agraria, the fresh-ingredient-proselytizing restaurant, is apparently going to undergo a face lift that will include the addition of a tiki bar.  If there’s … Continue reading

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Ginkgogate 2009 Averted?

After the putrid travesty of Ginkgogate 2008, it appears that the DC Urban Forestry Administration has learned its lesson: don’t inject female ginkgos with a steroid-like vitamin C super serum.

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