The Georgetown Metropolitan

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How Clyde’s invented DC brunch.
• The Foundry Branch trestle bridge was saved, for now.

Little Words Project, a store that claims to sell the “original word bracelet”, is coming to Wisconsin Ave. The location will be 1246 Wisconsin Ave., just south of N St.

What’s a word bracelet, you ask? Well, it’s a bracelet with words in it, like the ones your kids probably have if you have kids:

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Tonight Rose Park celebrates its centennial with a gala on P St. Tickets still available.
• Georgetown University brings back its farmers market.

This Friday night, art will be taking place all around the neighborhood. That’s because Art All Night is coming to Georgetown.

This event (which has sister happenings in neighborhoods across the city) will take place at a long list of places from 5:30 pm until 10:30 pm (so, not “all” night, in case you were worried about noise…) The events will take place mostly along the Wisconsin Ave. corridor from N St. all the way up to R St. The list of them is really quite long! But GM wanted to highlight a couple. First, the Great Zucchini will be performing at Hyde-Addison at 5:30. This legendary magician in a local favorite among the pre-school set. Second, the Duke Ellington School Radical Elite show band will be performing at the Georgetown Library at 6:00pm. And finally, a Georgetown summer photo exhibition (and competition!) will take place on the second floor of the Georgetown Theater building (i.e. the Compass Coffee) starting at 6pm.

But that’s just a small snippet! Here’s the whole list:

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Paul Maysak announces write-in candidacy for ANC seat currently with no other candidates.
• The first election allowing black men to vote in DC was held in Rose Park.

It’s that time of year again, when people start to wonder what the hell are those giant grain brain-shaped fruit around Georgetown. As in past years, GM is ready with the answer, as reprinted below:

This time a year, if you wonder around Montrose or Volta Parks you’re bound to find on the ground weird softball-sized green fruit like the one above. People are often so struck by the sight of the fruit, they pick up one or two of them and bring them home. But what are they, you ask?

Despite their green color, they’re oranges. Osage oranges, to be specific. They are grown by Osage trees, which line the Parrot rope walk. These trees are prevalent in the Great Plains states, where they are often planted along hedgerows. Traditionally, the pliable but strong nature of this tree’s wood made it valuable for fence posts and archery bows.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Apparently there is going to be an informal bike race up the extremely steep Cecil Place this Friday.
• Genuinely good “trip hacks” for Georgetown, and the first hack is alone worth the click: just because a hotel has “Georgetown” in the name doesn’t mean it’s in Georgetown.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GU renovates Healy Hall’s basement.
• Celebrating some of the centennials around Georgetown and beyond.