Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Georgetowners like Evans a lot more than they like Gray. Great story about Georgetown family businesses staying in the family.
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Georgetown Bootlegger Honored By Ken Burns
The other night, during part II of Ken Burns fantastic documentary on Prohibition, the camera turns to M St. and the story of Paul Ward, a bootlegger. The clip shows a photo of the Thomas Sims Lee corner at 30th … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by qspeaks. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: New student center planned. A bit more information on the bright future of Scheeles.
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ANC Round Up: Kissing Up Edition
Last year, Georgetown voted overwhelmingly for Adrian Fenty (84%) over Vincent Gray (14%) for mayor. And by most accounts, Jack Evans is somewhat on the outs with Gray for supporting Fenty. But you wouldn’t know either of those two things … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Update on potentially bad news from yesterday: hopefully Scheele’s will remain open. In East Village market news: the Georgetowner gets more details on Jamie Stachowski’s new butcher shop to replace … Continue reading
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Not So Long Ago: Wisconsin and Prospect
This week for Not So Long Ago, in honor of the new iPhone 5 that probably will be announced this week, GM stops by the Apple store. Nowadays this stretch of Wisconsin Ave. hosts Ann Taylor Loft, the Apple store, … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jeffrey – D5000. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Carol Joynt reports that Scheele’s might close by the end of November. No word on whether the new landlord plans to bring in a new market. On the good … Continue reading
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