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Dumbarton Oaks Park

Photo by Mark Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• To be fair: The Union Station to Georgetown Circulator does technically end in Glover Park, but only just.
• Josh Hermias, who was once the Economic Development head of the BID, just left the job he had after that: head chef at Minibar. Open a restaurant in Georgetown Josh!

1500 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Normally “snowfall” in a Georgetown spring means lying underneath the cherry trees in Dumbarton Oaks as the blossoms cascade down. But yesterday brought genuine snow to spring. And the neighborhood is quite lovely in white.

In his venture around with his camera, GM was struck by one big difference in Dumbarton Oaks Park (the best place to enjoy snow in Georgetown). In 2005, he took this photo of the stone bridge:

Yesterday, standing in the same spot, this is the photo that resulted:

In other words, a lot of vegetation has grown along the brookside in twelve years. GM’s glad he got the shot he did when he could.

Anyway, here are some more shots from yesterday:

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Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Loads of details about the soon to open Church Hall located in the mall.
• Documentary on the Bayou nightclub playing at the Georgetown library in April

1300 block of Wisconsin Ave.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine: GM is visiting an odd item in DDOT’s collection. It’s a photo of the Whitehurst Freeway circa 1959, but there’s another Whitehurst sketched in beside it! Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Bluestone Lane coffee shop is set to open by the end of the month.
• This is a far too accurate description of too many people who shouldn’t be driving on our roads.

Oak Hill Cemetery

This week on Know Your Trees, GM wants to help you help yourself. Rather than discuss a particular species, GM wants to show you how to find out what trees are on your block.

It’s all well and good to read about trees on the Internet or through a guidebook. But it’s better to look at trees up close and observe how it changes throughout the year. And you’ve got a small textbook right outside your door.

Every block in Georgetown probably has anywhere between ten and twenty trees. GM recommends you try to identify each tree on your block (or if you want to start off slowly, just learn those on your side of the block). And while you could try your hand at identifying the trees based upon field guides, there’s a cheat sheet. Continue reading →