The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Mrs. Gemstone.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• What to expect with the cat cafe.
• There’s a meeting next Thursday at Dumbarton House to discuss public safety issues. The meeting was organized by the ANC, CAG and the Georgetown Business Association. It starts at 7:00.

1500 block of 33rd St.

A zoning application indicates that a new “juice and taco bar” is opening in Georgetown. It’s called Baco Juice and Taco Bar.

It appears to be a restaurant out of West Chester, Pennsylvania. And GM doesn’t mean it’s a chain that started in the Philadelphia suburb. It has only one location. It’s an odd thing for a restaurant to have a only two locations and for them to be so far apart. But remember that Thomas Sweet similarly only has two locations, with the other being in Princeton, NJ. So that’s good precedent. Continue reading →

Photo by John Griffiths.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• When Washingtonian Magazine recommended routing all car traffic to a tunnel under M St.
• Baked and Wired opens a new (as of not named) location in Mt. Vernon Triangle.

3400 block of Volta Place

Right now–for about $600,000–you have a rare opportunity to own a piece of Pineapple Place. Pineapple Place, of course does not exist. It exists only in the charming children’s story about a boy living in Georgetown who finds a mysterious lane “located” between 3414 and 3415 P St. where the ghosts of children from another age live. Although Pineapple Place doesn’t exist, a house from the street that inspired it–Pomander Walk–is for sale.

Pomander Walk is really a special little street. It’s a group of ten tiny rowhouses on an even tinier alley. Once slave quarters, they now host modern residents who have learned to live small. Continue reading →

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Catching up with that impressive homeless teen who has now enrolled at Georgetown.
• The Daily Caller discovers old Hoya editorials, and you’ll absolutely guess how stupid their take is!

Montrose Park

Photo by Jason Pier.

Where would you like to see more Bikeshare docks in Georgetown?

GM is part of an ad hoc group of residents, ANC members and BID employees organizing an effort to request some more docks in Georgetown. GM has some ideas of where new docks are needed, but it’s always good to have some more opinions. So where would you put three if you had the choice?

GM would probably pick these spots:

• Rose Park (along P St.)
• Georgetown Library
• M St. near the Key Bridge

Any other ideas?

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A very, very old map of Georgetown
• The Georgetown Current owner tried to buy the Gazette Newspapers from the Washington Post. Then the Post closed the newspapers.