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Ginkgo Season Not So Bad This Year
While it’s not peak ginkgo berry season yet, GM is confident predicting it won’t be that bad this year. He was a little nervous going into the fall since there was talk last spring that the weather turned warm too quickly for DDOT to spray the trees. After the spring passed without signs going up warning about the spraying, GM became particularly nervous about this fall.
Turns out the worry was misplaced. While signs never went up (at least not in GM’s neighborhood) the spraying took place. GM heard that on his block the spraying took place at about 3 in the morning.
Either way, as this season has progressed, the berry production seems way down even compared with last year’s relatively modest crop. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- New theater just over the bridge in the West End is opening next week.
- The great Brass Knob Back Doors Warehouse is closing in November, so if you’ve got some historic renovations planned, you ought to stop by soon.
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Three New Stores Open Up
As GM was biking up Wisconsin checking out the new CaBi stations, he noticed a trio of new stores that have rather suddenly swept in to Georgetown.
Muncheez Mania
The first is the somewhat unfortunately named Muncheez Mania at 1071 Wisconsin Ave. It advertises itself as a “hip and funky restaurant…offer[ing] fresh, homemade fare at a reasonable price in a lively, fast-casual dining environment.” DCist had this to say:
The main attraction is the hand-stretched bread called saj — a thin flatbread not unlike a pita, but stretched thinner and cooked on a saj (which looks like an upside down wok). The texture ends up being close to naan, but with the thinness of the pancakes you receive with Peking duck. The same dough is stretched less and baked in the oven for sandwiches and wraps.
Sounds tasty. And by staying open until 4:00 AM, this will likely be a popular post nightlife spot.
Interesting tidbit:
This is the work of Capital Restaurant Concepts, the people behind Paul Bakery, which should be opening up across the street later this year. It’s funny to think how this “hip and funky” and kinda tacky restaurant will be facing the (likely) staid and conservative Paul Bakery, yet have the same corporate parent.
And for what it’s worth, GM’s fairly certain that that sideways facing blade sign wasn’t approved by the OGB (or at least it shouldn’t have been). Continue reading
The Morning Metropolitan
J. Pauls by Vpickering.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Reader Ray reported yesterday that signs indicate that DDOT is planning to install another Capital Bikeshare location on 37th between O and P.
- PoP wonders where the International House of Pong will go.
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Two More Capital Bikeshare Stations Open in Georgetown
Georgetown’s next two Capital Bikeshare have opened. The first one is shown above and is located on the east sidewalk of Wisconsin just south of the canal.
GM thought the other one was going to go right in front of Hardy, but he was wrong. It’s a bit higher and on the other side of the street, essentially in front of the British School: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Elderc.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Some more footage of Monday’s library ribbon-cutting.
- While Georgetown Cupcake has gotten all the attention, and the attending backlash, and counter-backlash, its neighbor Sweetgreen has expanded much more without nearly the fuss.
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