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1600 block of 30th St.

Last week, the annual Trees for Georgetown tree planting took place. You may have noticed seeing a brand new tree on your block (there are about five within a block of GM). Now it’s up to you to make sure it survives.

This year the group planted 70 trees, which is a bit more than last year. Of the trees GM noticed, he saw London planes, a swamp oak, a white birch, a cypress tree, a linden tree and a rubber tree. On his own block there is a London plane, which replaced a maple that was cut down last year.

Neither Trees for Georgetown nor the city is going to provide the care necessary to make sure these new trees survive. That is entirely up to the residents who live near the tree. So if there is a new tree on your block, make sure somebody adopts it (or just adopt it yourself). The crucial goal is this: 25 to stay alive. In other words, the new tree needs 25 gallons of water every week to survive. If you don’t have a hose bib on the front of your house and can’t water the tree yourself, try to find a neighbor who can, or who will let you use their spigot. Continue reading →

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Just a rumor, but a good one: Balducci’s to Georgetown?
• Will this ridiculous security theater come to Georgetown the next time a marathon comes through?

3100 block of Blues Alley

In January, GM reported that the Georgetown (and original) location of Dolcezza was closed for renovations. The sign on the door announced they’d be reopened by March. For several reasons, it doesn’t look like they’ll meet that promise.

GM was a bit surprised that they were closed for renovations in the first place. Back in 2013, GM learned that the long term plan for the Georgetown location was to move to a spot closer to M St. The building was temporarily for sale at the time. Ultimately they decided to stay at this address for now, and even did some renovations. The fact that the long term plan was to move on top of the fact they so recently did some renovations was a bit odd, but maybe they changed their long term plans? Continue reading →

Photo by BKL ART.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A little bit more about the woman-only co-working space coming next to Baked and Wired.
• The story of a GU student and his friends, a rooster head, and Jimi Hendrix.

1200 block of Wisconsin Ave.

GM started the Know Your Trees series to educate you on the varieties of street trees you see around Georgetown. Typically these are medium to large tree chosen for shade or natural habitat for birds. But GM has pretty much exhausted the list of trees that fit that category, so he’s branching (no pun intended) out write about ornamental trees you might find around Georgetown, if not necessarily in a street tree box.

So this week GM is writing about one of the most popular ornamental trees around DC: the dogwood.

Other than a live oak, nothing quite evokes the south quite like a flowering dogwood. Arriving in the warmth of mid-spring, the white (and occasionally pinkish) dabbles of dogwood flowers grace their trees like they were just put there by Bob Ross’s paintbrush. If you’re unfamiliar with what dogwood flowers look like, they are typically four outwardly puckered petals around a central cluster, like this: Continue reading →

Photo by Daniel Lobo.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The long-awaited Church Hall restaurant (which will be in the former mall building) is promising “big beers” whatever that is.
• Five of the top 25 most expensive real estate listings in DC are in Georgetown, right now.

Tudor Place