Waterfront by Lil’El.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- An argument in favor of running the Circulator on K St. (for the record, GM is still against it).
- Fun at Tudor Place this fall.
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Our Town: Our Wingo’s
Wingo’s Mike Arthur (with Obe)
Today GM turns back to another of his occasional series; this time it’s Our Town, where GM takes a closer look at one of the great little independent shops in Georgetown. Today’s Our Town: Wingo’s at 3207 O St.
A Bronx-born kid, Mike Arthur has always loved food. He worked in delis and caterers in New York before heading off to Michigan State. After college he settled in Washington and opened a bagel shop with his sister in 1995. After running the shop for five years, he had to sell the store to take care of his ailing father in 2000. Following his father’s death, Mike realized that he still had a passion for food and so he opened up Wingo’s nine years ago.
Obviously, the core of Wingo’s offerings is chicken wings. And that’s still the bulk of the restaurant’s orders. But the restaurant also offers a pretty big menu for a take-out joint, from breakfast items to over 20 different types of sandwiches (including the new Mongolian Beef sandwich).
Eating lunch at Wingo’s
“I wanted to do something I eat, I like” Mike told GM, “this is my food: wings, burgers, turkey burgers, salads, milkshakes. Maybe I just never grew up, but I relate to the kids better.” Being on the same wavelength, gastronomically, with college kids has ensured Wingo’s a loyal fanbase at Georgetown U. and GW. In fact, Georgetown Voice recently affirmed Wingo’s as the best wing purveyor in Georgetown. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
M St. shop window by DBKing.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Drivers can now turn left onto Wisconsin from eastbound M St. This should lessen the congestion on some of the side streets used by drivers to circumvent the old no-left-turn prohibition.
- Remember, mayoral debate at Tony and Joe’s this Friday.
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ANC Changes Expected for Next Term
Today is the deadline to turn in your petitions to run for ANC commissioner. Barring some last minute entrant, however, it appears the make-up of the next term’s ANC is set, and it will include a couple new faces.
First there is Single Member District 4, where student commissioner Aaron Golds will hand over the reins since he’s graduating next spring. The only candidate that has stepped forward is GU sophomore Jake Sticka. He told the Georgetown Voice last spring that he’s “pretty concerned about whether or not the student voice is being heard, and whether or not the community actually respects the University and the students’ role in the community. Hopefully, on the ANC, I can advocate for those interests.” Continue reading
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Canal by Alykat.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Pantless man exposes himself near the university.
- DC UrbanMud takes a look at the O and P St. rehab that’s soon to be underway.
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Where the Circulator Goes Now
So, we can all basically agree that DDOT rolled out the Circulator in a pretty ham-handed fashion. Despite the fact that the takeover of the Blue Bus was well known to be coming, there was no official word coming from DDOT or the Circulator website (which, for what it’s worth, is registered to the Downtown Business District Corp., so perhaps they control it).
But more troubling is the sudden change of the old route. As you may be able to tell from above, the Union Station-Georgetown route now stays enters Georgetown on K St. before turning up Wisconsin towards M. This change has some benefits but a lot of drawbacks. (As previously discussed, the new route mirrors the old Blue Bus route but removes a couple stops including the stop in front of the Marriott).
The Benefits: It will get you to Georgetown a bit faster. M St. (particularly on weekends and during evening rush) gets pretty backed up going westbound. Staying on K will avoid that (although K St. itself, particularly just west of Washington Circle, can get bad itself). Second, some argue this will avoid the confusion an redundancy of running two Circulators along the same road. Continue reading
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Waterfront by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown’s Snap expands to Adams Morgan.
- Georgetowner with controversial past will star as new real estate broker on HGTV reality show.
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