Monthly Archives: April 2009
Buy Yourself Some Cubans
Cuba’s been in the news a lot recently. President Obama eased travel restrictions to the island nation. The Castro brothers disagreed on what that meant. And worst of all, Joe Cuba died. When better a time to buy up … Continue reading
Filed under Around Town
Avenue des Champs-Wisconsin
Georgetown is blessed with more than its fair share of French establishments: Bistro Lepic, Patisserie Poupon, Bistro Francais, Cafe Bonaparte, Cafe La Ruche, Citronelle, La Chaumerie. La liste goes on… Well this weekend, Georgetown is about to get Frencher because … Continue reading
Filed under Events
Busriders Who Talk Too Loudly on Their Cellphone
Second in our series of “Busriders Who Talk Too Loudly on Their Cellphone”, GM presents Woman Who Moved Here From LA. If you employ this woman, she’s not happy that you’re not paying for Blackberry, home Internet, and dinner at … Continue reading
Filed under Loud Cell Phone Talkers
Royalty Moving to Georgetown?
As DCist noted, the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia is reporting that the Duke and Dutchess of Palma de Mallorca are planning on moving to Washington (she’s the youngest daughter of the King of Spain). According to Google Translate’s manglings, the … Continue reading
Filed under Rumors
Save Scheele’s Group Meets With Teren
On Sunday night, approximately 35 people met at Mt. Zion Church to discuss their efforts to ensure that Scheele’s Market remains open. Additionally, they gave an opportunity to the potential purchaser of the property, Marc Teren, to discuss his plans … Continue reading
Filed under Preservation
Greater Georgetown – Open Table Edition
As part of an ongoing, if infrequent, series the Georgetown Metropolitan attempts to document the more egregious examples of people and places claiming to be in Georgetown that are clearly not. Today GM explores Opentable.com. The convenient restaurant reservation finder … Continue reading
Filed under Greater Georgetown
