The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How and where to have fun in Georgetown.
• This is kind of what the gondola would look like.

1300 block of 34th St.

Photo by Matt Capriglione.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A nice opportunity to help Georgetown Ministry, a crucial Georgetown-based charity.
• The Q&A Cafe heads to Tudor Place to interview Julia Reed.

1000 Block of Thomas Jefferson St.

GM was tipped off to this above video featuring 1960s singer-songwriter Ricky Nelson performing “Everybody’s Talkin'”. He starts out walking up Wisconsin Ave. then it cuts to what appears to be a live recording of him playing along the rapids of Great Falls.

The YouTube clip identified the video to have come from “the late Sixties”. The song was written in 1966. And one of the stores you can see him walk past is the old Britches (which is now the Ralph Lauren). Britches opened in 1967, so it’s at least from as late as that. The bus is a DC Transit bus, which ran from the end of streetcars until it was absorbed by WMATA in 1973. Continue reading →

Photo by Payton Chung.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Violet Boutique opens.
• Where to find juice bars in Georgetown.

1600 block of 31st St.

There’s not much more to it. Supposedly during his stay in Washington during World War II as a British diplomat, Roald Dahl (yes that one) decided one night to paint the “undercarriages” of the bison on Dumbarton Bridge. Apparently he chose red.

It’s apparently only an unverified rumor, though. But it shows up in at least two Dahl biographies. One source suggests that it was covered in the gossip columns of the time. GM searched the archives of the Washington Star and the Post but couldn’t find a mention. It’s probably better that way.

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Live in an old segregated school building: only $5 million!
• Ledbury returns to Georgetown.

2700 block of Dumbarton St.