The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• What to expect when you’re expecting Taste of Georgetown.
• Q&A Cafe this Friday to talk Secret Service.

2800 block of K St.

Photo by NCDA.

Last fall, GM reported on the coming of a new Children’s Theater program from the Georgetown-based National Conservancy of Dramatic Arts. The first fruits of that program have finally arrived. The first play “The Story Thief and the Prince of Dreams” opened last weekend, and will run through this coming weekend. It will be shown twice on Saturday (11 am and 1:30 pm) and twice on Sunday (1 pm and 3 pm).

GM’s neighbor attended last weekend and raved that it was a blast. GM will try to bring his daughter there this weekend.

The Conservancy is a school first, so it will probably never be able to have as many shows running as the children’s theaters in Glen Echo and Bethesda. But having it so close will be a great boon to the neighborhood’s families, especially as winter rolls in.

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Originally the restored Georgetown Theater neon sign was supposed to be officially relit tonight, but the ceremony will have to be put off for now, GM has learned.
• The first Catholic American cross found in GU basement, will get a close-up with the Pope.

3200 block of O St.

Photo by Alpha.

Is there a mini-foodie node emerging along Wisconsin Ave.? It’s too early to judge the long term viability, but in the near future three new gourmet-food oriented shops will be open within a short walk of Wisconsin and P.

The first one has already been open for a while earlier this year (technically in preview mode): Via Umbria at Wisconsin and Volta. This Italian shop sells cooking equipment and crockery straight from Italy, along with fancy Italian pastas and wine. They’ve been closed, however, for the last several months and the “temporary” store gets converted into its final shape.

The next shop that is coming is Boulangerie Christophe at 1422 Wisconsin Ave. Not too much has been made public about the project, but it has been identified to GM as a “nice, local high-end bakery”.

And finally, there are now signs outside 1524 Wisconsin Ave. (which used to house Darrell Dean) announcing a new shop called “The Georgetown Olive Oil Company”. That’s all that GM knows at this point, but it sounds like a promising shop. Continue reading →

Photo by Alan Kotok.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Buy local at Madewell.
• Bank of Georgetown employees: happy.

Georgetown University

Fall is here, and what better way to celebrate that fact than enjoying some good times with your neighbors while supporting a vital neighborhood resource? Volta Park Day returns October 4th from 3-6 pm. As always, there’ll be rides, games, drinks and plenty of food to enjoy. All proceeds go to Friends of Volta Park which supports the beautification and improvement of Volta Park.

The traditional East v. West softball game will take place again at 2:00 pm before the party starts.

See you there!

Photo by Alan Kotak.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Creampuff store that originally said it would be open a while ago, is now saying it’ll open in November.
• The Eat and Joy Restaurant on 34th is becoming something called “Curry and Pie”. Sounds interesting.