Photo by Cycle the Ghost Round.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- A preview of Bandolero.
- One of Google’s self driving cars in Georgetown?
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Nike Planning Half Marathon to Coincide With New Store
GM has yet to meet a Georgetowner happy about Nike replacing the Barnes and Noble. And you know what else Georgetowners apparently are sick off: road races. Well these two unloved things are possibly going to merge into a single unloved event when Nike holds a half marathon to coincide with the opening of the new store in the spring of 2013.
The Washington Business Journal first reported the possibility of a Nike half marathon in 2013 on Wednesday. After some delay, Nike confirmed that they are considering DC for their Women’s Marathon series. This is consistent with rumors GM has heard.
GM doesn’t know at this point whether the race would even contemplate shutting down Georgetown roads. But you can bet that the ANC would put up a rather large fight if they did seeing as it would be such an explicitly commercial event.
In an alternate universe, Barnes and Noble in bizarro Georgetown is planning a book fair for the spring of 2013…
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown church will be blessing bikes this weekend.
- The above photo reminded GM that Jack’s Boathouse is open for the season (actually, it looks like they’ve been open since at least April.) Should be good weather for an outing this weekend.
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Hyde Produces Best English Gains in the City
A recent study by the American Institutes of Research found that students at Georgetown’s Hyde-Addison demonstrated the best gains in reading performance versus every other school in the DCPS system.
The study ranked the schools by “median growth percentile”, which quantifies the growth an average student at each school has against the average for the whole system. In other words, how much better or worse do students perform year-over-year versus other students at their grade level. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Why does the school keep spare clock hands around?
- Ok, this has nothing to do with Georgetown, but darn, if you’ve got lots of love in your heart, maybe you’d like to adopt this little adorable guy.
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New Children’s Bookstore Opens
Who said e-books are killing all bookstores? A new children’s bookstore has opened in the second floor space of Tugooh Toys at 1319 Wisconsin Ave. The store is already well stocked with plenty of books, although at this point the books definitely skew towards very young readers. But GM spoke with the curator of the new store, and she said that they hope to add more “independent reader” books soon.
The store already has story time Saturday at 11 AM and Thursday at 4 PM. So bring your little ones on by!
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- You can’t do much better than Bistro Lepic for Mother’s Day.
- Rose Park Farmers market continue this afternoon.
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