The Georgetown Metropolitan

3200 block of M St.

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Valentines Day is next Friday. Here are a few of the more romantic places around Georgetown that still have tables available:

• Bistro Lepic
• Cafe Milano
• The Grill Room
• Il Canale
• Paper Moon
• Ristorante Piccolo
• Taj of India

Reservations are available at Open Table.

Or you could order in from Stachowski’s.

Photo by Vpickering.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown restaurant institution, Paul Cohn, has branched out from Capitol Restaurant Concepts to open his own place downtown. Bonus points to Paul for naming it after Boss Shepherd.
• A few more details on Pinstripes’ opening this weekend.

Tonight at the House of Sweden, the annual CAG arts show will begin. After the reception tonight, the show will run daily from 11-5 through Sunday.

The show is a great opportunity to see highly talented artists that either live or work in Georgetown. So come on down to the House of Sweden!

Photo by Geoff Livingston.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Eastbanc chosen to redevelop the old Franklin School. They’ve announced they will turn it into a modern art museum. If anyone can pull that off, it’s probably Eastbanc.
• BYOB to Malmaison.

3100 block of M St.

This week on Old Georgetown in Color, GM tries to bring a little pink to Herman Hollerith: Georgetown resident and one of the founders of IBM.

Didn’t realize that IBM was founded (in part) here in Georgetown? It’s true.

GM wrote about this fun fact a few years ago:

It’s true. It all started with the 1890 Census. The prior census almost took an entire decade to compile. Thus to complete the 1890 census on time, the Census Bureau realized that they needed to turn to technology. Serendipitously, just one year earlier, a Buffalo inventor, Herman Hollerith, received a patent on the great-great-great-grandfather of the computer hard-drive: the punched card. Recognizing the benefit of Hollerith’s invention, the Census Bureau hired him. Continue reading →

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How much for a top floor duplex on the canal?
• Rhino Bar hosting Phillip Seymour Hoffman marathon.

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