Monthly Archives: April 2009
New Georgetown Shop Employing Greatest Marketing Strategy Ever
WUSA reports on the brilliant marketing stratgey of a new men’s clothing shop at 1033 31st. St. called Lost Boys. The plan? Offer free beer and personalized attention from a beautiful woman. Ka-ching! (ed. Is it really the case that … Continue reading
Filed under Retail
Georgetown Loses Trial Lawyers, Gains Boutique Hotel
The Washington Business Journal is reporting that a joint venture between Castleton Holdings and ICG Properties is planning to open a “ultra high end” boutique hotel on 31st st. below M st. According to WBJ, the actual hotel operator hasn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Development
All of Georgetown is a Bunch of Gray Boxes, Except for Trinity
Google Earth is the more complicated version of Google Maps. It offers, among other bells and whistles, the ability to see a map with three-dimensional shapes representing actual buildings. Here’s an example from the corner of M and Wisconsin: While … Continue reading
Filed under Around Town
Farewell Social Safeway
Social Safeway is just days away from the wrecking ball. To help bid it adieu, GM took one last trip with his camera:
Filed under Development
Blackout in Georgetown
Some or all of Georgetown is experiencing a power outage right now. Pepco estimates power to return by 1:00. UPDATE: Power’s back on.
Filed under Breaking News, Uncategorized
D2 to Remain the Same
One more thing from Monday’s ANC meeting: Commissioner Ron Lewis announced that in response to ANC2E’s resolution, WMATA wrote to the commission announcing that they decided not to make any changes to the D2. This seemed to be the likely … Continue reading
Filed under Transit
