The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Alan Kotok.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Wingo’s closed for health violation (but it will only be one day).
• New building at Penn and M would cause the Capital Bikeshare station to be moved, slightly.

1500 block of 33rd St.

A bit of crowdsourcing here: GM is curious to know if other gardeners around Georgetown have found the dirt here to be unusually alkaline?

GM likes to garden in his modest little backyard. One thing he particularly like to grow are hydrangea. And he especially likes to grow perfectly blue hydrangea flowers. Continue reading →

Photo by Alan Kotok.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Old photo of the pontoon bridge that connected Georgetown to what became Roosevelt Island.
• Want to buy a Book Hill storefront?

3000 block of M St.

(Ed. Note: GM wrote and scheduled this post last night before this morning’s storm. Watering is now probably optional for this week. But the underlying message is still the same: one heavy and quick rain storm isn’t enough for trees.)

It rained Tuesday night. It rained a lot. But despite the fact that the streets were flooded, we still need to water our young street trees.

Young trees need 25 gallons a week. While an inch of rain is a lot of water. That’s 2/3 of a gallon falling in every square foot. But most of it washes right down the storm drains. The ground only absorbs a fraction of that.

So this weekend, if you have a young tree outside your home, run a trickle of water from a hose for about 20 minutes. That should be enough.

A little love now will be returned to you in spades by a healthy thriving tree.

Photo by John Sonderman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some more details of what the BID is floating for possible improvements to K St.
• Some progress on the Sundevich/Grace St. Coffee/Juice Bar millennial magnet.

Georgetown Waterfront Park

K St. and Water St. underneath the Whitehurst is pretty bad. It’s poorly designed, way too wide at parts, and too many users don’t follow the laws when on it. It could be so much better. And a BID-organized working group of representatives from the Citizens Association, the ANC, the various affected condominiums, and the boathouses has been formed to help come up with a plan that can help the street reach its potential. (Disclaimer: GM is on this group as a representative of CAG). And now the group wants your input too.

There will be a public meeting this Saturday at 10:00 am at the Waterfront Park. There will be a Q & A session, and a walking tour of the street to discuss the problems and potential solutions. Continue reading →

Photo by Marc Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• There have been three proposals at the cat cafe, and other slightly alarming statistics.
• The Peeping Rabbi thinks his sentence was too harsh.