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This Friday night, the party of the year hits the neighborhood. The Friends of Volta Park is throwing its annual fundraiser at Visitation.

Ok, maybe not the party of the year. It’s the party of the decade. Your grandchildren will ask you about it. Georgetowners in bed this Friday night will think themselves accursed they were not there.

But seriously, it’s a great time. Come out and support a wonderful organization and throw some back with your neighbors. Plus, there are some awesome items up for auction, including a complete wine cellar from Bacchus and weekends at chichi places like Key West and the Eastern Shore.

GM hopes to see you there!

Photo by Tim Evanson.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Probably not the first GU grad to get a job due to who his dad is.
• Phillip Johnson wing of Dumbarton Oaks flagged as one of the best mid-century modern buildings in DC.

1500 block of 35th St.

Photo by M01229.

As GM mentioned briefly yesterday, Serendipity 3 has closed down. The Washingtonian had this to add:

There’s no word yet on why the home of the $1,000 “golden opulence” sundae locked its doors. Under Armour founder Kevin Plank recently bought the building that housed the sweets spot, as well as a luxurious home nearby. Rumors of the sports clothing store moving into Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, Northwest, have abounded since. We’ve reached out to the Under Armour team to find out more.

GM has since learned that they received confirmation back from Under Armour that the restaurant has closed. Citypaper dug in a little deeper and found:

that the landlord, 3150 M Street LLC, filed a lawsuit in the Landlord and Tenant Branch of D.C. Superior Court seeking to evict the restaurant on March 12. The complaint alleges the restaurant owed $98,921 from February 14 through March 31.

This is an ignoble end to what was a mostly disappointing saga. As you may recall, after kicking Nathan’s out and leasing the space to the new tenants (Britt Swann and Rodrigo Garcia) the space sat empty for over a year. Even at this point GM was already hearing rumors of dysfunction and speculation about whether it would ever open.

It eventually did open after pretty shoddy renovations and a terrible paint job. GM was never excited about the prospect of such a touristy restaurant, but he always figured it would eventually catch on with said tourists, and suburbanites to boot. But as an average walk by could tell you, that just never happened. Continue reading →

Photo by Tim Evanson.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown Waterfront has normal people.
• New Orange Anchor will offer dockside delivery.

3400 block of Volta Pl.

Last night the ANC met for its June session. Sadly, as has been the case for a while, GM could only attend the first hour or so of the meeting. But here’s what GM caught:

School Boundaries

As GM covered here, part of the proposed changes issued by the Deputy Mayor of Education called for changes that would affect the attendance boundaries of Hyde-Addison, Key and Stoddert elementary schools. Essentially, the proposal called for future Burleith and Foxhall students to be assigned to Hyde instead of Stoddert or Key, respectively.

The recommendations are based on existing and forecasted demographic growth and were designed to reduce overcrowding at Key and Stoddert.

But Burleith families don’t see it that way. They would like to continue to be in Stoddert’s boundary (it should be noted that any boundary change will not likely affect existing students but only future students). And the ANC decided to wade into the controversy.
Continue reading →

Photo by Terry Dunn.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM here’s word that Serendipty 3 closed suddenly. This would not be a huge surprise, given the building’s acquisition by the owner of Under Armour, but it’s a bit of a jarring end to a long comedy of errors.
• In slightly more cheerful restaurant news: Little Viet Garden has completed its transition to Pier 2934.

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