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Photo by Angela N.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Patient Zero for the novel coronavirus in DC is Rev. Tim Cole of Christ Church. He is recovering, but hundreds of parishioners may have been exposed. So, uhh, keep washing you hands.
• How bout some good news? Dumbarton Oaks Gardens is still free through Saturday! Should be able to catch the saucer magnolias and the plum trees.

Photo by Geoff Livingston.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Cafe Bonaparte shuffle’s chefs again.
• Signatures are due to the Board of Elections today to appear on the Ward 2 ballot for the primary. So we should have an idea shortly who will actually appear on the ballot. Fingers crossed one of them’s not Jack Evans.
• (GM’s going to be out of town for the next couple days and updates will pick up again next week!)

Georgetown University

After repeated police raids, the shop selling pot has decided to move on.

Mr Nice Guys, which operated out of 1660 33rd St., opened in November, ostensibly selling t-shirts with a bag of marijuana thrown in for free. This fiction arguably allowed the shop to get around the fact that selling pot is still illegal in DC, even though possessing it isn’t. The police raided the shop in December. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• New butcher shop coming to replace the Neopol Smoked Fish shop on Grace St.
• Georgetown reasserted itself as one of the priciest neighborhoods in 2019.

3300 block of Volta Place

While the temperature is still dipping below freezing here and there, the warm sun makes it pretty easy to believe spring is right around the corner. And with spring in Georgetown comes a series of annual and beloved events. Here are GM’s favorites:

The Georgetown House Tour

First of the two grand dame tours, the Georgetown house tour will be held this year on April 25th. It is held every year to benefit St. John’s Episcopal church. As the title states, this tour gives you a chance to walk through 8-10 of Georgetown’s nicest homes. The patrons party is always the place to hobnob with the nobbiest hobs.

The Georgetown Garden Tour

Of the two tours, the Garden Tour is probably GM’s favorite. Like the house tour, you get a chance to look behind the gates of 8 or so homes, but GM just thinks there’s something more interesting about gardens than interiors. This year the Garden Tour will occur on May 9th (just like it did the day GM got married!). Continue reading →

Photo by Ted Eytan.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The story behind the new Allbirds store in the former Ben & Jerry’s.
• GU weighing in against the proposed cut of the G2 bus.

1300 block of 33rd St.

Tonight the City Tavern Club is hosting what should be a fascinating talk by Yvette LaGonterie. Ms. LaGonterie is a retired federal employee who has used her time to research her family’s history. And in particular, she is exploring her family’s connection to the building that now houses the City Tavern Club.

As the name suggests, the building was once a tavern. And at least three generations of LaGonterie’s family worked there enslaved. This is an incredibly important aspect of Georgetown’s history to delve and highlight. To do so inside the building itself should be all the more moving.

The event is free and open to anyone, but you need to RSVP to membership@CityTavernClubdc.org. See you there!