The Georgetown Metropolitan

Despite receiving a positive vote from the Board of Zoning Adjustment, Call Your Mother is still months from opening in Georgetown. As hinted at by GM last week, the restaurant has several administrative hoops to jump through before welcoming customers.

Specifically, since the BZA granted party status to an opponent, the zoning relief is not effective until the Office of Attorney General issues a formal order. At best this can take three months. Continue reading →

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The story of the guy who collects trash around Georgetown as a once-a-year holiday tradition.
• Water St. condo building passes another level of review.

C & O Canal

A reader sent GM a great snapshot of Georgetown’s recent past. It’s a visitor’s guide for the neighborhood from 1998-99. It was produced by the Georgetown Business and Professional Association, which is now known as the Georgetown Business Association.

Here’s the other side:

A surprising number of shops, restaurants or hotels listed are still around. They include:

• Riverside Grille
• Sequoia
• Tony & Joes
• Martin’s
• Georgetown Tobacco
• Patagonia (although it recently moved locations)
• Peacock Cafe
• Chaumiere
• Georgetown Opticians
• The Phoenix
• Cafe Milano
• Filomena
• Seasons
• Haagen Dazs
• 1789
• Clyde’s
• The Tombs
• Blues Alley
• Four Season’s Hotel
• Georgetown Inn
• Georgetown Suites
• GU Conference Center
• Cherub Antiques
• Keith Lipert (new location)
• Gore Dean Antiques (new location)
• Bridge Street Books
• Susquehanna Antique Company
• Franklin National Bank/BB&T

Continue reading →

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• In an act of nearly comic overreaction, a force of at least eight cops stormed a marijuana shop.
• Bill Starrels wants to let you know he was acquitted.

3500 block of Water St.

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Every one of the current councilmembers signed on to a letter denouncing Jack Evans for seeking the Ward 2 seat he just quit.
• Another argument in favor of the gondola.

Montrose Park

Photo by Nathan Arrington.

GM asked this question last year, and it’s still relevant:

Over the weekend, GM finally took down his Christmas tree and chucked it to the curb for pickup. Many would surely laugh that it was still up at all. And the ease with which each branch snapped suggested that the tree would agree with that assessment.

GM grudgingly agrees that explicitly Christmas decorations like a tree or a creche should probably come down in January. GM doesn’t agree with the people who completely de-Christmasify December 26th. But, sure, a rapidly drying Douglas fir should probably not still be inside come MLK Day. Continue reading →

Photo by Washington Area Spark.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Ward Two residents react negatively to Jack Evans’ entry into the councilmember race his ethical violations wrought.
• Protestors arrested on GU campus.