The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• NPS is looking for ideas to improve Roosevelt Island. How about a bridge to Georgetown!
• If you’re upset about the dockless bikes, you’re going to be livid about this other dockless system.

2700 block of Pennsylvania Ave.

GM has written a bunch about the decline of M St. dining. And the numbers tell a stark tale of a precipitous fall in the number of restaurants open on or just off M St. But the patient may be showing some signs of life, with several restaurants recently opening (or announcing an opening) on or immediately near to M St.

As for the openings already open, there are several. The first is the mini-food court at Potomac and M St., which contains a District Pizza, a Subway, and an Acaiberry. This opened up in the space vacated several years ago by Capitol Prague. While it the offerings are hardly going to win a Michelin star, the need for cheap eats is as important as the need for fancy eats. So that’s a nice addition. The other opening is far more recent: Church Hall. This one is barely a restaurant, as it is much more of a beer hall. But it does serve food, so there’s that. Continue reading →

Photo by Alyson Hurt.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GU allows for a graduate student union election.
• For a list of non-touristy places to visit in DC, GM could probably come up with more Georgetown places than just Dumbarton House, like for instance Oak Hill Cemetery, which you see above.

Dumbarton Oaks Park

Where once they had roamed free–like the mighty herds of bison–and then were brought near to extinction, a new head shop arrived in Georgetown.

Head shops are essentially shops to sell everything you need to smoke marijuana, save for the drug itself. They sell pipe and bongs, of course, but all the other accouterments that come from a pot positive lifestyle, like vaguely “ethnic” sculptures, velvet print posters, and lots and lots of incense. The pipes and bongs, however, are almost always described as intended for tobacco or other legal-use only.

Once there were a bunch of head shops around Georgetown. But until recently only Havana Max on M St. would qualify (although Village Arts and Craft also sells pipes). The new shop is just down the street at 3289 M St. It’s DC Glass Gallery (which also has a location in Woodley Park). Continue reading →

Photo by Mark Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some more details on the forthcoming Capital One Cafe.
• The trustingest part of Georgetown. (Seriously do people really leave out their garage door openers like that?)
• How to get to the new Church Hall bar.

GM’s heading off to Austin for Spring Break for the rest of the week. Catch up with you after Easter!

Georgetown University

If you’re like GM, you can only seem to get to church twice a year: Easter and Christmas. As such, you might not know what sort of options you have for that semi-annual visit. GM’s here to help you out. The who, what, where and when of Easter weekend in Georgetown:

Georgetown Presbyterian:

• Good Friday Ecumenical Service at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church – 12 pm -1 pm
• Easter Services: 9:30 & 11:00 AM
• Easter Egg Celebration: 10:45

Trinity Catholic:

• Good Friday Ecumenical Service at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church – 12 pm -1 pm
• Easter: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM & 1:15 PM

Christ Church Georgetown (Episcopal):

• Easter: Holy Eucharist at 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 6:00 PM; Choral Evensong at 5:00 PM

Dumbarton Methodist

• Easter: 11:00 AM service Continue reading →