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Monthly Archives: March 2010
18th Century Double-Barreled Pistol Dug Up at Tudor Place
Last week an ancient double-barreled pistol was dug up on property that was once part of the Tudor Place estate on 31st St. It is a Belgian-made flintlock pistol dating from the late 18th or early 19th century.
At one time, Tudor Place took up the entire block between Q St. and R St. (then known as Stoddert St. and the oddly named Road St.). The land north of the current estate was sold off after the Civil War. Now that land is home to a row of rather large homes and the Dumbarton apartment building. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by @heylovedc.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Seven restaurants you should avoid.
- More good stuff from Vox Populi: A closer look at GU’s new hospital plans.
- Where you ought to stop by at least for a little bit today.
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Georgetown’s Thought Journal
Walking through the Georgetown waterfront park, you may stumble on a bench that doesn’t look like any of the other ones. As you can see above, it’s wooden and has a circular back to it. But what really sets it apart is a little yellow book that stashed away underneath the bench:
It’s an all-weather journal that’s been attached to the bench. It, along with the bench, was put there by an organization called the TKF Foundation, which seeks to create sacred spaces. At these sacred places, they install a bench just like this one with a book and invite people to contribute their thoughts.
Thoughts like these (you may have to click through to the slideshow to make out the words): Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Flooded Watefront by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Small Georgetown design firm at the center of stemware-based scandal.
- Safeway to reopen May 6th.
- One broken lock several miles up the canal from Georgetown set off flood warnings back down here.
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Serendipitous Plans
Serendipity 3 ice cream sundae by joanna3555.
As reported all over the place, L2’s Rodrigo Garcia and Rhino’s Britt Swan have signed a deal to bring New York’s Serendipity 3 to the old Nathan’s location. For those not familiar with it, Serendipity 3 is an expensive ice cream parlor in the Upper East Side. Depending on whom you ask, it’s either a wonderful high-end restaurant or a total tourist trap.
But what specifically can we expect for Georgetown’s Serendipity 3? The NYC location offers a menu of various burgers and sandwiches, including also such odd choices as macarroni pizza and a $1,000 sundae.
But beside this basic outline, what will the Georgetown location actually look like? GM inquired with Garcia and Swan and received no comment, so he had to do a little digging on his own. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photographers at GU by Warriorwriter.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Was the Georgetown Sexual Assaulter caught?
- Potomac floods the Georgetown waterfront.
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