The Georgetown Metropolitan

1500 block of 33rd St.

This Halloween a group of streets off of M St. will be closed to vehicular traffic. This is to discourage visitors from driving through the side streets, which will be full of kids trick or treating.

The city used to shut down most of the side streets, which made it much nicer on streets like P St. or Q St., which can be mobbed. But sadly they don’t do that any more. By blocking off basically all the “cut-through” routes from M, the current plan is more of a nudge than a hammer, and it probably has similarly modest results. Continue reading →

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The fight over Call Your Mother’s plans for a Georgetown location.
• Chaia listed among the best vegan restaurants in DC.

2800 block of Dumbarton St.

Photo by Amaury Laporte.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Fun history of spies in Georgetown.
• Nice series of seasonal photos of Dahlgren Chapel.

3100 block of Q St.

One of the benefits of having a couple cameras on the front of your house is that you don’t have to wonder what happened to that one pumpkin:

It doesn’t bring the pumpkin back, sadly. But at least we know where it went…

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A students’ case against SNAP.
• Gypsy Sally’s closing in January.

1400 block of 28th St.

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