The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Dave D’Agistino.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Wink turns ten.
• GU giving out moola to entrepreneurial grads.

1500 block of 33rd St.

The BID’s transportation head, Will Hansfield, announced the other day that the BID had successfully installed a bike channel on the stairway that connects the canal down to 34th St.

A bike channel is essentially a tiny ramp that bikers can walk their bikes up a staircase. This will improve the connection between the canal and central Georgetown to the waterfront and the Capital Crescent trail. And improving this connection is one of the goals of the BID’s 2028 master plan. Continue reading →

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Anyone get the Jason Werth gnomes in and around Georgetown? Oh and GO NATS!!!!
• Also, GOOO to VOLTA PARK DAY!!!!

3100 block of Dumbarton St.

Volta Park Day is this Sunday! As in past years, it will include food, rides, games, a flea market and much more!

The fair begins at 3:00 and runs to 6:00. The famed East vs. West Softball game starts at 2:00.

There will be a special tribute by the band Basement Riot. Ed Lara, the drummer for the band and owner of Georgetown Hairstyling, died suddenly the day after playing for the Friends of Volta Park’s spring cocktail party. It should be an emotional and enjoyable time for all!

See you there! GM promises he doesn’t talk with so many exclamation points!

Photo by M R.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• ANC wants to crack down on dumpsters. We’ll see how people feel once the endless trash trucks start rolling through.
• Fiola Mare still getting raves from Tom Sietsema.

GM received a comment to an old post the other day that serves as a reminder that some things just never change:

I went to Jackson from Sep ’34 to Feb ’39. Had Miss Gaynor in 2nd; Miss Padget in 3rd; Miss Elizabeth Waddy in 4th; Miss Cumpston in 5th; and Miss Louise Waddy in 6th. They were all truly loving teachers. We played “pussy-in-the-corner” in the open gazebo across the street in Montrose Park, which was also great for sledding in the winter. Lots of memories, but one sticks still: the awful smell of the gingko fruit on 30th street in the Spring.

The gingko scourge runs deep in our history!

One thing is different. Nowadays there are no gingkoes on 30th St. (there are plenty on R St. and Avon outside the Jackson School).

Now what exactly is pussy-in-the-corner?

Cady’s Alley

Photo by Mark Nathans.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Free yoga at the library continues in October.
• Christ Church retiring reverend speaking at Q & A Cafe this Friday.