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The Trader Joe’s that is coming to the new development just over the line in Glover Park is showing progress. You can already see the grocery store’s fixtures, like chest freezers, getting installed.

GM had heard some residents express fears that perhaps it was not still coming, particularly because there’s still no sign announcing the store’s coming. But indeed it is still coming with a target open date of late summer. Continue reading →

Photo by Adam Jones.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Anna Landre is an impressive Georgetown student who was elected to the ANC last year. But due to an insurance company’s callous decision she may have to drop out due to her disability.
• How to sell your house fast, like if you’re a billionaire with a $15 million Georgetown home.

3200 block of P St.

GM came across an amusing scene on his tree tour last weekend. It was a safe sitting on the sidewalk with its electronics busted up. It had all the looks of a cat burglar’s heist!

If the safe held anything valuable, it was long gone by Saturday:

Or maybe somebody just dumped a safe? Anybody recognize it?

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Turns out Bob Mueller lives in Hillandale, not Georgetown.
• Honestly, that’s all the news GM could find for today. Some days are slow!

1500 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Well it’s been nice while it lasted, but the free Circulator rides will come to an end for the next DC fiscal year. That’s not until October, so we’ve still got four months of free rides to enjoy.

The end of the freebie came as a result of the Council adopting a 2020 budget. The mayor had requested the funding continue, but the idea was not well received. The problem is basically this: yeah, free bus rides are great for people that can use the free routes, but it doesn’t help all the other riders. Since the Circulator routes by-and-large go through some well off neighborhoods (e.g., Georgetown) the idea of continuing the free ride was viewed as inequitable. In other words: there are better ways to spend that money than to give Georgetowners a free ride to work.

Oh well. It’s probably the right decision, but a bummer none the less.

Photo by Bill Starrels.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM didn’t realize Bob Mueller lives in Georgetown.
• Founder of Moby Dick’s House of Kabob dies.

1500 block of 33rd St.