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Boggis and Bunce and Bean Better Watch Out
GM was looking out his window the other day and saw the this little guy hanging out in the parking lot of Oak Hill Cemetery. It’s a red fox. According to the National Park Service, this guy is part of a small population in Rock Creek. Apparently, there are about 6-8 fox dens in the park. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- WBJ confirms that Griffin Market will reopen as a butcher shop. They also confirmed the rumor GM heard but couldn’t confirm himself, namely that Jamie Stachowski will helm the shop.
- New movie set in G.U. coming out soon.
- Judging: Filomena.
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Not So Long Ago: M St. and Potomac
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Today for Not So Long Ago, GM finally gets back to M St. Specifically, the corner of M St. and Potomac.
In 1993, from right to left this corner held Fettoosh restaurant, Smash Records, Colorfax (a copy store), and Fettoosh Express.
Fettoosh served middle eastern fare. It was open well after 1993, and only closed a few years ago. It was replaced by Morso in the summer of 2010, which was open for about five minutes. It lost its chef before it even opened, and pulled a middle of the night disappearance a couple months later. It’s been empty ever since, although GM hears that Spike Mendelsohn is opening a Good Stuff Eatery here.
Smash Records, a favorite among teen punk fans, closed up shop in 2006, and eventually reemerged in Adams Morgan. The space was replaced with Annie Creamcheese, a vintage clothing store that seems to cater to a similar crowd. It looks like Annie Creamcheese has taken over the old copy store space too.
Fettoosh Express was a take-out space for Fettoosh. Morso similarly opened a “Morso Express” in this space. It also closed at the same time the main restaurant did. GM hears Good Stuff will also use this space, although it’s not clear whether this will be the take-out part of Good Stuff, particularly since Good Stuff is nothing but take out.
GM’s always wondered about this block. It looks like these windows might have originally been garage doors. Anyone know the history?
Here are the photos:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Random Duck.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Bill Dean’s arm candy.
- Hopefully this means Ed Hardy won’t be back a third time.
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Georgetown University Planning New Athletic Training Center
As reported by The Hoya, Georgetown University is moving forward with a plan for a large new athletic training facility. The plans call for a 125,000 square foot building that will, according to the Hoya ” house practice courts, locker rooms, team meeting rooms and coaches’ offices for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Locker rooms for men’s and women’s soccer and lacrosse as well as weight training facilities and training room areas for all varsity athletes are also slated to be built.”
The building has actually been on the drawing board for quite a while. It was even included in Georgetown’s 2000 campus plan. It is included again in GU’s most recent proposed plan. The proposal calls for the building to be constructed where the tennis courts now stand:
GM has heard that GU intends to rebuild the tennis courts on top of the new building.
GU is coming before the Old Georgetown Board next month for approvals. Which means they’ll be stopping by the ANC a few days before. And it wouldn’t be a GU matter before the ANC if it didn’t somehow get wrapped up in the campus plan. But this time it’s actually not a stretch! Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- This has nothing to do with Georgetown, DC, but GM has to say, he searches for photos of Georgetown in Flickr every day, and frequently see photos from the other Washington’s Georgetown. It’s like Seattle’s Brooklyn.
- Looking back at the short-lived Pinball Museum and it ships up to move to Baltimore.
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