Jack’s Boathouse by Jasonippolito.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Moby Dick expanding.
- It wasn’t white whales, but dragons in the Potomac this weekend.
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Battle of the Parks: Which is Your Favorite?
Georgetown is blessed with four major parks within its boundaries: Rose Park, Montrose Park, Volta Park and the Georgetown Waterfront. Together they make up an emerald necklace strung around Georgetown’s historic homes. In GM’s opinion, they are among the top two or three reasons to live in Georgetown.
But which of them is the best?
Rose Park
Photo by Digitaldetection.
Rose Park is located on the eastern boundary of Georgetown between P St. and M St. It is owned by the city and administered by the DC Parks and Recreation department. Of the four parks, it probably has the most interesting history. Located as it is near the center of the historic Herring Hill neighborhood, Rose Park was a treasured resource of Georgetown’s African American population. It was founded in 1918 by the Ancient Order of the Sons and Daughters of Moses to serve the area’s African American children. Throughout its history it was known as Patterson’s Park, Jacob’s Park, or Winship’s Lot. While officially designated for Blacks only, the park was always a de facto integrated park, used by residents of all races.
Today Rose Park continues to be very popular. It offers:
- A long and narrow grassy area used mostly for dog walking, picnics, and small ball games like bocce.
- Three of the best (but most crowded) tennis courts in Georgetown
- Full basketball court
- Large playground
- Little league park
- Summer full of events
- A Friends of Rose Park group
- A summer farmers market every Wednesday
All and all a solid entry. What have the others got? Continue reading
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K St. by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Babylove DC to collect used baby items at tomorrow’s farmers market.
- See what we could bring to M and Wisconsin in action right now!
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An Intern’s Guide to Georgetown – 2010 Update
As year-round Washingtonians know, it’s getting close to that time of year again. Eager young interns will soon be arriving in earnest droves to fill those couple inches on their resumes between their GPAs and their “other interests”. Many of these interns will be drawn to live and/or play in Georgetown. The below crash course for interns was published last year, GM thinks it’s about time for an update:
To Live:
Even in the boom times, interns don’t get paid much. And these ain’t the boom times. So you’re probably living on little to no pay. Can you afford to live in Georgetown? Maybe. But you’ll have to look hard. You’re young, so you probably can’t even remember a time before Craigslist, so no need mention that. But there are other places to look too. The City Paper still has decent listings, but for the short term rentals that you’re probably looking for you may try off campus housing listings like you’ll find here. Good luck.
To Eat:
Well we used to have a supermarket. No more. If you don’t have a car or can’t bum a ride from a friend, you should explore grocery delivery services. Safeway is giving us free delivery right now if you enter this code when you order more than $50: “FREE642”. Safeway is back! (In GM’s opinion the “social” reputation has been lost to the Glover Park Whole Foods, but maybe a summer of social interns will change that.) Come and see all the new offerings in this now-mega store.
Or you could eat Qdoba every night. It’s up to you.
Also, you’ll get pressure to eat some cupcakes. Try to act like a local and go to Baked and Wired instead of Georgetown Cupcake. There’s no line, and they’re better. Continue reading
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Dean and Deluca by DC9T.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Burton Wood, longtime member of the Board of Directors of the Dent Place Association, passed away.
- Greater Greater Washington doesn’t agree with GM’s call for a Barnes Dance in Georgetown.
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Hurt Home Meeting Announced for June 9
The District of Columbia is in the process of selling the historic Hurt Home at 3050 R St. Last November the city announced that the leading candidate was the Argos Group. Actually, they were the only party to submit bids for the property. In November they previewed their plans to convert the building (which was a home for the blind for most of its existence) to 41 condos. These plans were not well received by the neighbors. (Full disclosure: GM is one of those neighbors, although he is neutral on the developer’s plans).
The problem facing the developer is that the building is in terrible shape. To get the building up to decent shape will cost a lot of money. To recover its investment, the developer either has to sell a lot of reasonably priced condos or a fewer amount of more expensive condos. Fearing both a loss of street parking and an increase in traffic, the neighbors want fewer, but there’s a distinct possibility that the developer could end up building condos too expensive to sell (as was widely perceived to be the problem at Wormley Row, although GM has heard that recently they have made a good deal of progress actually selling those units). Continue reading
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Photo by Vpickering.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Lines at Georgetown Cupcake to get even worse come July 16th.
- Citypaper stops by the Georgetown Library for an update on construction.
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