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A new liquor shop that specializes in extremely expensive bourbon is coming to 2816 Pennsylvania Ave. The shop, called The Bourbon Concierge, is currently in the process of obtaining a liquor license.

The shop already runs a website where you can spend way, way too much money on booze that can’t possibly be worth it. For instance, here’s a $3,800 bottle of Pappy Van Winkle, the most prominent of the new ultra-expensive bourbons. Here’s a $29,000 bottle of the same brand that was bottled in 1990 (unlike wine, however, distilled spirits don’t continue to age or improve once they’re bottled.)

Anyway, GM thinks the bourbon bubble is ready to pop and the really money is in rum. But if you’ve got more money than sense, keep an eye out for this space!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The U.S. Attorney’s office announce a staggering 98-count indictment of two teenage District residents for a spate of armed robberies across northwest DC, including at 31st and P.
• Another perspective on the BID kerfuffle over complaining members.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The BID hired Greg Billing, the former executive director of WABA, to be their new transportation director.
• Georgetown saw the highest average increase in home prices over the last year against any other DC neighborhood.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is traveling back to the summer of ’72 and the devastating floods that Hurricane Agnes wrought.

The photo is from DDOT’s archives and it shows K St. completely flooded. The storm emerged from the Gulf of Mexico June 15, 1972. After moving through Florida and causing a great deal of damage, it weakened as it moved through the southeast. But then as it approached the mid-Atlantic it suddenly strengthened again and brought huge amounts of rainfall:

The Georgetown waterfront was no match for that amount of water coming down the Potomac gorge, as you can see from more of DDOT’s photos:

After a year off for Covid, Santa is returning to Volta Park this Friday afternoon! He will be visiting the final Volta Park Market, which will take place between 3 and 6 pm.

Breakfast with Santa at Volta Park became a cherished annual tradition before Covid derailed it last year. This is not quite the same celebration but it should get you into the spirit (and get you a photo with Santa!) nonetheless.

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some businesses upset with how the BID is run.
• By the way, if you’re having trouble getting a vaccine booster at CVS or Safeway, GM got his relatively smoothly at Morgan’s. Check them out!

Last year GM received an email from ANC Commissioner Elizabeth Miller seeking contributions to a recipe book she was pulling together. The aim was to get recipes from dozens of people around the neighborhood, covering all types of culinary types, and collect them in a book to be sold for charity. GM’s happy to report that the book is finally here and perfect for your holiday gift-giving!

The book is called “Georgetown Cooks” and it contains over 150 recipes from names you will likely recognize, like Tom Birch’s wine jello, Kristin Cecchi’s cream of chicken soup, or Nancy Taylor Bubes’ Brunswick stew. And you’ll get GM’s mother’s fantastic ginger snap recipe, a classic Christmas cookie.

And best of all, because the publishing was taken care of by Bubes, 100% of the proceeds go to Georgetown’s Lombardi Cancer Center to help fight Ewing’s Sarcoma. Copies can be purchased here! (As of yesterday, the book has already raised over $10,000!) Pick one (or more) up today!