The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by William Colindres.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Kitty Kelley wants to write a book on the history of Georgetown, but why does she think it’s only 12 square blocks?
• Yoga brunch?

3400 block of Whitehaven

This Saturday, the 85th annual Georgetown Garden Tour will be held. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased here or on the day of the tour at Christ Church (all proceeds benefit the Georgetown Garden Club).

This really is one of GM’s favorite events of the spring. It lets you peek behind the gates of some of the most impressive properties in the neighborhood. But GM also loves that they don’t just select the grandest gardens. Plenty of small plots find their way on to the map. And that proves that anyone can build a tour-worthy garden if they’ve got a backyard and some elbow grease.

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Photo by Vpickering.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• What you can expect if you head out to El Centro to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
• GM was seeing a lot of blocks marked off for no parking for the Correspondents Dinner last weekend. Just a reminder: you can’t block off more than a couple spaces for your party, even if you get permits. Printing off a dozen signs and plastering the whole block is illegal.

1500 block of 33rd

This week, many people have taken note of the new feature that Google has added to it’s Streetview feature of Google Maps: the ability to flash back in time. It’s pretty neat, although the clock only goes back to 2008 or so. (Here are the instructions)

Nonetheless it enables us to quickly visit (virtually) old friends that have recently left us.

For instance, here’s old Nathans:

Beloved Furin’s:

Photo by William Colindres.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• It’s always a bit dodgy to swim in the Potomac, but for the next week or so it’s really, really a bad idea.
• Tour the construction inside the Georgetown post office.
• Tomorrow from 12:00 – 3:00 pm, there will be a “pop-up” meeting at Wisconsin and M (probably more like an information table) to discuss possible changes to the Circulator and to solicit comments. Stop by!

Dumbarton Oaks

Photo by William Colindres.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Albrecht Muth gets 50 years for the murder of his wife Viola Drath.
• Lots of construction on the Key Bridge coming.

Eastbanc announced Monday that it will be filling the spot recently vacated by Qdoba at 3303 M St. with Alice and Olivia, a women’s fashion store.

While the announcement was hardly a surprise, it is still worth noting that this is yet another M St. storefront that will officially go from restaurant use to retail use. This is a subject GM has discussed before. It is probably too early to get alarmist about the situation. There are still at least 30 restaurants on M St. But we’re losing a net of several a year, with no end in site. Continue reading →