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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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Washington Post Writes Yet Another “Is Georgetown Dead?” Article

Every six months of so, it seems some news outlet rolls out another “is Georgetown is dead?” story. This week it was the Washington Post’s turn. Inspired by the genuinely sad story of the closing of Furin’s, the Post ponders: … Continue reading

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Help GM Catalog the Worst Signs in the Neighborhood

Right now, GM is working on an effort in behalf of CAG to address some of the poor signage in the neighborhood. You may not realize it, but every single sign in Georgetown needs a permit. Depending on how long … Continue reading

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The Morning Metropolitan

Pinball Museum by Chris DiGiamo. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Nice round-up on some of the openings and closings around town. The Georgetown-Union Station Circulator is by far the most popular Circulator.

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Georgetown Becoming A Little Less Like a Typical Mall

Photo by Knowsphotos. Recently GM sat down to compile some of the new stores that are planning on opening up in Georgetown in the near future and a realization occurred to him. Georgetown is in the midst of a shift … Continue reading

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All the Stores in Georgetown – 2011

Tuesday, GM reported on his annual survey of stores in Georgetown. Today, he thought people might be interested in actually seeing that list of 527 stores (actually, make that 530, since GM realized he left out Village Hair Design, the … Continue reading

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The State of Georgetown 2011

Photo by twofivesevenzero. Every January, GM walks up and down the streets of Georgetown updating his database of the stores of Georgetown. He started this two years ago by simply scribbling down on a notepad every establishment on M and … Continue reading

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Updates to Aren’t They Building…

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Up at the top of this page, you’ll see a link to a page that GM tries to keep relatively up to date: Aren’t They Building… GM doesn’t always do a great job keeping it right … Continue reading

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The Morning Metropolitan

Photo of Buffalo statues by Pinelife. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: An absolute must-read over at Carol Joynt’s blog: an old Washington Post article on how the patrons of Nathans felt about the upcoming election, in 1980. So many hilarious and … Continue reading

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Photo by Cremeglace. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Kate Michael is reporting that, as rumored, Britt Swan is bringing the Serendipity 3 ice cream parlor to Nathan’s space. Georgetown Voice contemplates the Georgetown retail environment.

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