The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Adrian Hu.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Peabody Room back open!
• Thieves made off with the Verizon wires from the back of Scheele’s earlier this week. Copper theft is suspected.

1200 block of 31st St.

It was just last Saturday when the Volta Pl. community gathered to unveil the newly named Cashell Alley. But we know that when it comes to locations, nothing is truly official until the great Google in the Cloud deems it so.

And so it is with pleasure that GM announces that this final hurdle has been cleared:

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Photo by Jason Vines.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• CM Evans introduces legislation to rename the Rose Park tennis courts after the Peters Sisters.
• Georgetown House Tour next week.

3200 block of Volta Pl.

GM spent much of last weekend strolling through the gardens of Dumbarton Oaks and Tudor Place. Despite having done so a million times before, GM finds it impossible not to take a dozens of photos. Enjoy:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Starry, starry Georgetown.
• Key Bridge Boathouse open for the season.

Dumbarton Oaks

Saturday night a new alley was born in Georgetown: Cashell Alley.

As you may remember, last year an impressive young Georgetowner, Raya Kenney, decided that the alley behind her house (and GM’s) needed a name. Displaying a maturity beyond her years, she took this small idea and ran with it. She worked with the Peabody Room at the Georgetown Library and the Historical Preservation Office of the DC government to identify a proper name: Cashell Alley. Continue reading →

Photo by Rene Leubert.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How about that weekend? GM will post the millions of photos he took later this week.
• Nobody camping out for the Apple Watch.