Watch Out For Hot Plates Down by Waterfront
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Over the weekend, a young child was severely burned when he tripped on a metal plate door on the ground near the waterfront fountain. As you can see from the video, NPS has taken some preliminary steps to eliminate the danger, but until they permanently address the issue, be careful down there and warn your kiddos.
Filed under Parks and Rec
Massimo Dutti to Open
GM has learned that Spanish clothes-maker Massimo Dutti is planning to open up in Georgetown. As far as GM can determine, this would only be the second American branch for the European chain.
They are owned by the same parent company as Zara, but they seem to be on the higher end. This would be consistent with GM’s observation that Georgetown’s clothing stores are trending upwards in target market. It’s not Madison Avenue yet, but it’s a lot less dowdy than it used to be.
The store will open up where the American Eagle Outfitters used to be.
Filed under Retail
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Heh.
- Jonathan Adler store set for July opening in old Gap Kids space.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Pools Open This Weekend
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Over the last couple weekends, GM has been awfully tempted to jump the Volta Park pool fence for a dip. But thankfully, starting this weekend such trespassing will no longer be necessary! The public pools open up for the season.
The pools will only be open for the weekends until school is out June 18th. Then they’ll be open on the weekdays at various times.
Here’s the schedules for Georgetown pools:
- Volta Park: Sat and Sunday 12-6, Tuesday through Friday (after June 18th) 4:30-8:00, closed Mondays.
- Jelleff Pool: Sat and Sunday 12-6, Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Friday 8:00 am-8:00 pm, closed Wednesday
These would be new times for both pools. Volta Park is losing its weekday afternoon hours and Jelleff is getting greatly expanded hours. GM will try to confirm if these are in fact the new hours.
Filed under Parks and Rec
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Joevare.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Fancy food photographer stops by Bandolero.
- “So, with the high-class calling cards, is Hizzoner now in the habit of personally noting his good works to residents citywide? Or is this a Georgetown-only phenomenon?”
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Are Your Alley Lights Glaring?
Last November, GM moved into a new home that has an alley behind it. He quickly realized that the alley lights (one of which is shown above) get awfully bright and glaring at night.
As you can see from the photo, the light had a glass “bulb” that hung below the hood. It lit up fully, so it gave the effect of a hanging bare light bulb in an otherwise unlit room. Continue reading
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