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Photo by Kelvin Flores.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some sort of a weird barricade situation down by the waterfront. (It’s just so odd to see a newspaper report that a man has been “locked in his office” for a couple hours. Without more information it sounds like an Onion article about a man napping.)
• Georgetown: Not prude!

3200 block of Volta Pl.

Those around Georgetown for New Years were treated to a sight that has not appeared here in decades: the Georgetown Theater’s neon sign aglow. Architect and owner of the property, Robert Bell had promised that the sign would be lit on New Year’s, and so it was. Continue reading →

Photo by Airbus777.

Happy New Year Georgetown, and welcome back to the Georgetown Metropolitan rested and refreshed for another year. GM missed a bunch on his break, but here’s the latest:

• The “Peeping Rabbi” was even worse than you may have realized.
• Some closings (or very soon to close) since GM last posted: Village Art and Craft (which has moved up to Q and Wis.), Jack Wills, and Nadeau (which is claiming to be moving, but it’s “moving” to a location that has been open since before the Georgetown store opened.)

It sure doesn’t feel like Christmastime out there, but it is. And GM is going to sign-off for the year. Happy Holidays!

3300 block of O St.

The forthcoming Sovereign restaurant tantalized Belgian beer fans yesterday with this tweet showing off the bottled beers they’ve collected.

Some beers that GM can make out: Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Rollins.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice photos of Georgetown Glow. (Although you ought to go check it out yourself).
• Post Modern foods now open at 2920 M St.

1400 block of 33rd St.

After months of construction at the old Mr. Smith’s building at 3104 M St., the scaffolding was removed recently and it revealed historical details that the old awning hid.

Stores like to have awnings. Mostly because they can act as giant billboards. But as this work demonstrates, they can also cover up some nice architecture, in this case a stately row of transom windows. Compare the photo above with what it looked like before:

The awning covered up everything between the first and second floor windows. The new cream-colored trim also makes the details “pop”, but the awning is the largest change.

This sort of reveal also occurred when Francesca’s took over half of the Bristo Francais: Continue reading →