The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Bill Starrels.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How an Irishman became the whiskey chief at Ri Ra, by way of Atlanta.
• 31st St. bridge closing for a year and a half starting next week.

Rock Creek

As GM mentioned last week, the East Village red Ferraris have multiplied. He went by the block yesterday and conveniently found them all on the same block.

GM noted three years ago that the collection of two Ferraris–a Ferrari California and a Ferrari F12berlinetta–cost about $500,000. Now they’re joined by a Ferrari 488, which costs at least $250,000. So that brings the grand total to $750,000 worth of Ferrari on the block. Continue reading →

Photo by Catherine Shyu.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Updates to the plans to build condos over Gypsy Sally’s.
• Unsurprisingly, there’s basically no housing in Georgetown set aside for middle or lower income residents. (GM can actually think of a couple units, but the totals still basically round down to zero percent.)

2800 block of M St.

Women are woefully underrepresented in the various memorials and monuments around DC, and a Georgetown teen wants to change that. Raya Kenney came up with the idea of creating a memorial in DC for the women who worked on the Home Front during World War II. Lots of people come up with ideas like this, but it’s rare for anybody–let alone a teen–to form a non-profit and enlist the aid of a Congressional rep to actually get it built. Kenney has done both. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Mono Diner, which originally promised a 24 hour diner, is now only open from 8 am to 2 pm. Probably a more realistic reflection of the demand, but also probably not a great sign.
• Change.org petition to demand the insurance company provide Anna Landre the medical care she needs to continue at Georgetown University.

3200 block of P St.

As part of an effort to build a sort of panopticon, DC will give you a rather generous rebate if you purchase and install security cameras on the outside of your house. GM recently took advantage of the program and is due to receive a cool $500 from the city.

The basics are this: You can receive up to $200 per camera for a total of no more than $500. The cameras have to be installed on the exterior of your house. And you have to have installed the cameras after September 22, 2015.

And you have to register the cameras with MPD. This doesn’t mean the police will be granted open access to your cameras. But it does mean they will likely reach out to you if they think you might have footage relevant to an investigation. GM used Nest, which works online and stores the data in the cloud. For that reason it will be easy to share the footage. (GM used to have an older system which had none of that functionality and on multiple occasions had to send MPD cell phone videos taken of his television screen.) Continue reading →

Photo by Bill Starrels.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Jack Evans has a third challenger, which is probably great news for Jack Evans. At this point, barring a federal indictment of a quick winnowing of the candidates, his opponents will split the anti-Jack vote.
• GM agrees, Dumbarton House is a great wedding venue.