The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Michael Cisneros.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Serendipity 3 was even more of a train wreck than GM thought.
• An Amsterdam Falafel shop is apparently coming to Georgetown.

1800 block of Wisconsin Ave.

A couple weeks ago, GM had the fortune of having never heard the cultural phenomenon that is “Let it Go” the hit song from Disney’s Frozen movie. Then they played at it the first Concert in the Park where an entire neighborhood worth of 8 year old girls belted it out. Then he spent a weekend with his three nieces all under 10 years old. Needless to say his daughter now sings the song all the time, despite only knowing four words to it. Needless to say, it’s been stuck in GM’s head as a result.

Well, the Friends of Rose Park are having a movie night in the park this Saturday night where they will play Frozen. Sadly for GM’s daughter, it’s past her bed time, but if your little tikes can stay up a bit later, come on out!

Photo by Ismo.

Good morning morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Big fire on 31st st. yesterday.
• GM didn’t notice this yesterday when he linked to it, but all the people who bought the 1055 High condos paid cash. Related.

3000 block of N St.

It was only April when the long awaited After Peacock Room finally opened on P St. near 27th. Now there’s a sign in the door saying the restaurant is closing for most of the summer in order to “restructure” the kitchen and outdoor patio. The upside is that the restaurant will offer a full dinner menu when it reopens.

Obviously this doesn’t bode extremely well for the establishment. The reviews have been fairly good so far, so it’s not clear why the restructuring is needed. Opening a restaurant this deep into the neighborhood obviously carries risks and zero foot traffic, but that’s all the more reason more time is necessary for it to catch on.

Let’s hope it all works out well for the restaurant.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A heartfelt tribute to Ed Lara, the owner of Georgetown Hairstyling who died suddenly last week.
• The Eastbanc Verizon building (aka 1055 High) is already sold out.

Volta Park

GM has learned that Hyde-Addison elementary has hired a new principal to replace Dana Nerenberg, who is resigning this year in order to move to Portland. The new principal will be Elizabeth Namba who is currently a vice-principal at Alexandria’s Mount Vernon Community School.

From her bio on Alexandria’s school’s website:

Ms. Namba will be entering into her third year at Mount Vernon and her second year as assistant principal. Ms. Namba is originally from Connecticut and has worked at schools in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Moscow, Russia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and New Delhi, India. This year she is very excited to be leading curriculum and instruction at Mount Vernon Community School.

How’d she end up getting taped to the wall like that, you ask? It’s from an event at her school several years ago when students were being encouraged to walk or bike to school and thus not “get stuck” in the pick-up lane. In that spirit, students were encouraged to bring duct tape to school in order to tape Namba to the wall. Cute stunt, but she had GM at “from Connecticut” and “encourage kids to walk or bike”. Continue reading →

Photo by Michael Cisneros.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Is $1695 a deal for a 1BD in Georgetown?
• The Q&A Cafe will be all about getting drunk and talking sports this Thursday.