The Georgetown Metropolitan

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!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The story of Follies, a toy brand that was started at the Halcyon House.
• What you can get at Nosh, the restaurant that replaced Ledo’s pizza.

Do you like cookies? Of course you do! Do you like tours? Well, maybe right? But what if the tour is about cookies? Jackpot.

Next month, Georgetown Main Street is organizing the first (annual?) Georgetown Cookie Tour. For just $25 you’ll get to a passport to a free cookie at twelve different bakeries and sweet shops around the neighborhood. Which will be a good way to burn off some of the calories!

The tour is on December 11 and tickets can be bought here. Don’t miss it!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Georgetown roots of Sweetgreen.
• The very small window when ginkgoes aren’t a waste of a tree box is now! Hopefully it tides you over for the other 50 weeks.