The Georgetown Metropolitan

1400 block of 33rd St.

Last month, a DC statehood activist proposed a new tactic for residents to deploy to help spread the notion that normal people live in DC, and thus deserve representation in Congress. That tactic: have your mail addressed to your neighborhood, not “Washington”. In other words, don’t have mail sent to Washington, DC, have it sent to Tenleytown, DC, or Langdon, DC, or Brookland, DC. Or, of course, Georgetown, DC.

As the activist, Josh Gibson, wrote:

One of the many things that cripples DC’s statehood efforts is the assumption by the rest of the country that the two faces of DC — federal Washington and what we locals call “the District” — are synonymous. Those who are not from here, or who are merely visiting, think only of government buildings, monuments, museums, and the Gucci Gulch of K Street (to the extent that they think of Washington at all).

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Photo by Angela N.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Updated restaurant guide for Georgetown.
• Get to know the two GU students who will likely join the ANC next year.

3400 block of Q St.

Earlier this week, the city stripped the asphalt off of Grace St. in preparation of a repaving. In doing so, it revealed that underneath the asphalt, historic pavers still exist. This is actually common around Georgetown, and GM thinks streets like Grace should scotch the asphalt entirely and restore the pavers.

GM has long argued that we should restore these cobbled streets. (GM will be pedantic for sec: these are not really cobblestones, but rather Belgian blocks or pavers. Cobbles are rounded river rocks with varying shapes and sizes. If they’re basically brick shaped, they’re not cobblestones.) For one thing, Georgetown has a reputation for its cobbled streets even though there are only very few streets with exposed pavers. We should live up to our reputation! Continue reading →

Photo by Mr. Gray.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Reverie finally opens this weekend on Cherry Hill Lane.
• Great walking tour offered of Herring Hill later this month.

1200 block of Potomac St.

Signage has gone up in the former Paolo’s space at N and Wisconsin. It indicates that a new restaurant called High Street Cafe will be moving in. It is described as a “Georgetown Brasserie”.

The name would suggest vaguely French, but it’s also the type of descriptor people place on any sort of restaurant that could just as easily be called a “pub” or “eatery”. The High Street name is a nod to Wisconsin Ave.’s former name. That’s a nice touch.

As GM mentioned earlier, this restaurant will not occupy the corner property, which used to be also occupied by Paolo’s. Will it be any good? We’ll see…

Photo by Andrew Griffith.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The still relatively new Rosewood Hotel is shutting down for renovations, and will add a Wolfgang Puck restaurant.
• Kevin Plank’s house is still for sale, if you’re looking to drop $29 mil.

1500 block of Wisconsin Ave.