The Georgetown Metropolitan

Last December, a fancy French bon bon shop opened at 1332 Wisconsin Ave. called Petite Soeur. The promising little shop took over a space that has a seen a succession of not-terribly long lived sweet shops (including The Cookie Jar, Beard Poppa’s and a frozen yogurt shop that went through a bunch of different names). Petite Soeur seemed far more promising as it came from a pastry chef with an impressive record. As DCist wrote:

Petite Soeur’s shoppers have a tough choice as soon as they leave the shop: Painstakingly photograph all their picturesque treats, or devour them all as soon as they can. Located in a well-lit space with modern minimalist design on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, the chic confectionary specializes in hand-painted bonbons, gold accented chocolate bars, buttery sablé cookies, and dainty one-bite treats, like dark chocolate fudge and mango-passion fruit caramels. The newly opened shop is helmed by Ashleigh Pearson, a veteran of Thomas Keller’s Michelin 3-star Per Se in New York and Marcel’s by Robert Wiedmaier in D.C.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How to have a Georgetown staycation.
• West Heating Plant development begins at last.

GM was fiddling with Photoshop the other day, trying to make some vintage NPS-style travel posters for Georgetown. (GM does weird things for fun). Anyhow, this is what he came up with. Hope you like them.

(If you’re a PBC member like GM, you might like this variation:)

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Interview with Georgetown’s “top cop”.
• Chaia going national.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is checking out another vintage postcard listing on Ebay. This particular one is of the Georgetown University Hospital chapel.

The card, which according to the listing comes from the 1940s, says on the back that the chapel is dedicated to the immaculate heart of Mary:

The chapel was host to at least one prominent event, the baptism of President elect John Kennedy’s son John, Jr. on December 8, 1960:

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Correction to article last week: The hostage mural will be unveiled tomorrow not today.
• Where to brunch around Georgetown.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A call for artists for Georgetown’s Art All Night.
• Some nice discounts to enjoy with Fringe.

Having found Sparrow a forever home, GM and fam have another new furry friend looking for theirs. Meet Keko (we’ve been pronouncing that “Keek-O” btw).

Keko is a female calico siamese. The foster org estimates that she’s about a year old.

She is quite long and athletic. She can easily jump four feet or more, although she is not particularly hyper at all. Mostly she enjoys batting around a small bit of foil that came off the top of a whiskey bottle.

She loves most of all curling up in your arms and getting a nice deep shoulder rub.

So if you’re looking for a beautiful and elegant cat, come bring her home!