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Last night the ANC met for its November session. The meeting was extremely long and as a result GM will have to defer till tomorrow to report on it. But he wanted to take the time to report specially on an emotional part of the meeting: Charlie Eason’s farewell address.
As Charlie explained, due to health difficulties he has been unable to attend as many meetings over the last several years. This coincided with his decision to sell his house and move to a home on the Chesapeake Bay. As a result, he resigned his ANC position, effective last week.
In a moving speech, Charlie–noticeably gaunt, yet still lively–recounted with laughs his days on the commission. He told of the reasons he first got engaged in local governance, namely his discovery of high levels of lead in his drinking water. This was coupled with his wife’s insistence that he smoke his cigars outside, which forced him to stroll the neighborhood and, inevitably, meet and discuss issues with his neighbors. One thing lead to another, and all of the sudden he was a commissioner.
He jokingly (sort of) pleaded with the Current reporter to ask Davis Kennedy to comp Charlie a free subscription at his new home. Seeing as he’s no longer an elected official, he reasoned, there’s no ethics problems! (GM assured him that he could still receive the Georgetown Metropolitan free of charge.)
Chairman Ron Lewis presented Charlie with a special act award, the highest acknowledgement an ANC can grant. Ron was visibly emotional and nearly broke down while reading the commendation.
As he contemplated his new bayside life, Charlie said his plans are to sit at the end of his pier, watch for crabs, and read some good books. After all Charlie’s years serving Georgetown, GM can say both as his former constituent and friend that those bayside sunrises are well earned.
It’s that time of year again, when people start to wonder what the hell are those giant grain brain-shaped fruit around Georgetown. As in past years, GM is ready with the answer, as reprinted below:
This time a year, if you wonder around Montrose or Volta Parks you’re bound to find on the ground weird softball-sized green fruit like the one above. People are often so struck by the sight of the fruit, they pick up one or two of them and bring them home. But what are they, you ask?
Despite their green color, they’re oranges. Osage oranges, to be specific. They are grown by Osage trees, which line the Parrot rope walk. These trees are prevalent in the Great Plains states, where they are often planted along hedgerows. Traditionally, the pliable but strong nature of this tree’s wood made it valuable for fence posts and archery bows. Continue reading
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GM was busy shepherding a lion from house-to-house last night, and he ran out of time to do an update. So see you Monday instead!
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As expected, DDOT is shutting down some roads to traffic tonight in anticipation of Halloween crowds. The restrictions are identical to those last year.
The governing theory is to keep traffic off the side streets (because of the kiddies walking around in the dark) and to push all the traffic onto M and Wisconsin. So even though it would be great for the partiers on M St. to shut the whole road down to traffic as they used to, this is probably a safer plan overall. Plus it has the benefit of allowing partiers to catch a cab on M St. and Wisconsin rather than off on a side street.
Here’s a map of the closings. The red streets are streets that are closed to everyone except residents and employees (if it’s a commercial street). The purple streets allow traffic but don’t have any on-street parking:
The parking restrictions will be in place from 4:00 PM tonight until the early morning hours of tomorrow. The traffic restrictions will start at 6:30 pm.
So be careful out there, and have fun!
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GM previewed the ANC meeting yesterday, but there were a few tidbits about new stores that didn’t make it in. Plus, GM is aware of some other openings. So here’s a brief roundup:
Goorin Bros. Hat Shop
GM mentioned this hipster hat shop last week, but now he knows the address: 1214 Wisconsin Ave. (the former location of Aerosoles). It’s a small little shop that hasn’t had a particularly attractive store front for a while. Hopefully the Goorin Bros. will spiff it up a bit.
Amina Rubinacci
Some store called Amina Rubinacci is apparently moving into 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., which previously housed Lorenzo Donna. It appears to be a women’s clothing shop, but GM is not certain of that. Continue reading
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