The Georgetown Metropolitan

Plenty of ink is spilled over the sight of cherry trees blossoming each spring. But I’d like to submit for your consideration another reliably beautiful bloom from Asian lands: the wisteria. And nowhere are the wisteria blooms as impressive than at Georgetown’s Dumbarton Oaks gardens.

While the peak was last week, there is still time to enjoy these scene if you scurry over there (not today, since it’s closed, but definitely tomorrow).

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some fantastic vintage shots of the dearly departed Booeymonger’s.
• GU Capital Bikeshare station relocated.

Forchrisakes another goddamn bank is moving into a large property to utterly waste it. In this case, Citibank appears to be moving in to the old Gap building on Wisconsin at N.

That is, at least according to designs submitted to the Old Georgetown Board. No word on when it would open. But, honestly, who cares? Open or closed, this will be useless to the community, much like the Chase on P, into which I have literally never seen a customer venture.

So even though we’re otherwise seeing an ebb in the inundation of banks with the closing of a handful over the last couple years, there are still giant New York banks like Citi and Chase that want to turn buildings that have tons of potential into billboards and vanity projects.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on the Garden Tour.
• What’s it like to attend Georgetown as a heathen.

Dumbarton Oaks

After two years of pandemic-driven closures, the spring traditions of Georgetown are returning this year. Check out the details below:

The Georgetown House Tour

First of the two grand dame tours, the Georgetown house tour will be held this year on April 22nd (it’s 90th year!) It is held every year to benefit St. John’s Episcopal church. As the title states, this tour gives you a chance to walk through 8-10 of Georgetown’s nicest homes. The patrons party is always the place to hobnob with the nobbiest hobs.

The Georgetown Garden Tour

Of the two tours, the Garden Tour is probably my favorite. Like the house tour, you get a chance to look behind the gates of 8 or so homes, but I just think there’s something more interesting about gardens than interiors. This year the Garden Tour will occur on May 13th. This year will feature a rare opportunity to tour Everymay’s grounds!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Sad day: Legendary spot Booeymongers has permanently closed.
• GU drops vaccine mandate.

Yet another bank seems to have closed in Georgetown. Over the last couple days, it appears that BB&T Bank closed its location at Wisconsin and O St.

This would be the fifth bank location to close in Georgetown over the last several years. That list includes the full branches of Capital One (at Q and Wisc.), HSBC (at R and Wisc.), and M&T Bank (at O and Wisc.) and an ATM location for Chase Bank near the Key Bridge.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Emancipation Day event held at Mt. Zion Cemetery this Sunday.
• JFK and Jackie house on Dent for sale.

Dumbarton Oaks