The Georgetown Metropolitan

Signage has gone up at 1332 Wisconsin Ave. announcing the imminent arrive of the Dough Jar, a shop dedicated to selling you the forbidden fruit of raw (but safe) cookie dough.

Everyone who made cookies as a kid knows the bliss of snacking on a bit (or more) of the cookie dough before it went into the oven. Sure, it technically had raw eggs in it, what of it?

The Dough Jar is a DC product, having been developed at the Union Kitchen, a commercial kitchen open to foody entrepreneurs. It offers a variety of jars of cookie dough of varying flavors, like chocolate chip, peanut butter chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and others. Presumably they don’t have raw eggs.  Continue reading →

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Walking Store closed.
• Bourbon Steak, despite the name, apparently excels at wine.

2900 block of Dumbarton St.

In connection with the filming of Wonder Woman 2, the production crew has painted 1415 Wisconsin Ave. to appear like the much loved former Commander Salamander.

This is consistent with the rumors that this movie is going to be set in the 80s, which was the heydays of the funky shop. This is also consistent with GM’s prediction made a couple weeks ago:

The movie is supposedly going to be set in the 1980s. And GM’s theory is that they are going to temporarily use the former Appalachian Spring space and turn it into an 80s era shop, or the like.

If only there were some sort of a betting market for stuff like this, GM could’ve made a bundle! Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Capitals players had a ball drinking around Georgetown Saturday night.
• What a bike looks like when it was left chained beneath a flood.

Dumbarton Oaks

The details of the parking and travel restrictions in connection with the Wonder Woman 2 filming have been released, and they start this weekend.

The filming itself will only take place on June 14th and July 1st. But there will be parking restrictions throughout that period, starting Saturday. On the days of filming, Wisconsin Ave. will be closed to car traffic all day. This will be quite a headache. Continue reading →

Photo by Candowilldo.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Water St./K St bike lanes taking shape.
• Here’s the story about that pirate party boat you see on the Potomac.

Washington Harbour

Photo by Steve Fernie.

The DC Historic Preservation and Review Board ruled last week that WMATA’s application to raze the foundry branch trolley trestle should be denied. This is an important step towards saving the bridge and repurposing it for pedestrian and bike travel.

The bridge once carried streetcars from Georgetown out to Glen Echo amusement park. But the streetcars stopped running in 1962, and the trestle has just sat there ever since. As a result it is in terrible shape and represents a genuine hazard. But that is not enough of an excuse to tear down the last remaining streetcar bridge in DC, at least not according to HPRB.

Ultimately the plan–supported by the citizens associations of the Palisades, Foxhall Village and Georgetown–is to repurpose the bridge to carry foot traffic between Foxhall and Georgetown, with the aim of eventually linking it up with a trail using the old trolley right-of-way through the Palisades. But the bridge needs to be saved first. Continue reading →