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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Do you have a dinner gong? One of your neighbors does.
- Last chance today to enter the Pre-K lottery at Hyde.
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Georgetown Popular with Bikes
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M.V. Jantzen recently put together a nifty map charting the results of a survey done by DDOT measuring bicycle use at 48 different spots. And two spots in Georgetown were among the most heavily traveled.
They were Water St. and Key Bridge, which were second and fourth overall. Water St. saw an average if 198.4 bikes pass per hour. The most busy hour saw 351 bikes pass. The crowd was pretty male, with 81.3% of them men. And 91.8% were wearing a helmet. (This high helmet usage probably reflects the fact that most of the riders passing here are from the Capital Crescent Trail). Only .1% were using Capital Bikeshare. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- MRP has done such a good job with the Washington Harbour, it’s kind of a shame that they’re now trying to sell it while there’s still much improvement left needed.
- Bid for West Heating Plant up to $11 million with the soft close set for today.
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A Chance to Pretend to be Crazy Rich
As you may recall, in 2011 local scientists/insanely rich couple Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno bought the historic estates of Evermay and Halcyon House. Their purchases has proven to be a boon to community. Through their charitable organization, the S & R Foundation, the couple has regularly flung open the gates of Evermay and hosted a fantastic music series.
The spring season was recently announced (the schedule is below). These concerts offer a wonderful opportunity to explore this beautiful property, take in some fabulous music, and pretend (at least for a little bit) that you too are insanely wealthy. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Some sort of a dorky secret society scandal is roiling GU’s campus.
- Nice tour of Book Hill.
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It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s Georgetown (Cont.)
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Last October, GM noticed that more and more clothing stores that catered primarily or exclusively to men were opening in Georgetown. The trend is continuing.
On top of the new Bonobos Guide Shop in Cady’s Alley, and the Billy Reid coming to the old Pizzeria Uno space comes a men’s barber called Roosters.
GM hears that such a shop is opening in one of the new buildings next to the Safeway. It’s part of a national chain. The website says it’s trying to bring back the stylish manly barber culture of the mid-20th century, but the site design reads more like 1990’s Geocities. Hopefully the local franchisee puts a bit more effort into the finishing touches.
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Bidding on the West Heating Plant gets into the seven figures.
- Hyde in early stages of planning new gym/media center. Initial reports said the gym could be ready by next school year, but it looks like that’s getting pushed back a bit.
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