Hark! What Craziness Crosses Our Transom? 

December 27, 2021

A rich assortment of unsolicited potential content comes across a newspaper’s transom each day — much of it well-intentioned, but silly.   Of course, the news business couldn’t survive a day […]

Why Is D.C. Losing So Many Residents?


Why the sudden drop in the District’s population?  Just last year on Tax Day, April 15, 2020, Washington, D.C. was reported to be growing for the 14th straight year. According […]

Council Member Pinto Outlines 2022 Top Priorities  

December 13, 2021

At City Center DC’s annual holiday Christmas tree lighting celebration this past Saturday, Nov. 27, Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto spoke warmly about the deeper meanings of Christmas this year to a TV […]

Wrapped Hirshhorn Draws Rapt Attention

December 2, 2021

With the frenzied holiday shopping season upon us, many Washingtonians long to escape for a rejuvenating respite of gallery and museum hopping along the National Mall. During the pandemic, however, […]

To Keep Georgetown Distinctive, Support Small Business Saturday  

November 10, 2021

With so many highly commercialized holiday shopping days popping up in recent years — from Black Friday to Cyber Monday to Super Saturday — it’s easy to become a grinch.   […]

Community Calendar: Nov. 10 to Dec. 8


Dumbarton United Methodist Church: Stained Glass History Tours, Nov. 14, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m, at 3133 Dumbarton St. NW.  Georgetown Celebrates the Arts — through Nov. 17. On Book Hill (Wisconsin Ave […]

Annual Bark Ball Raises Hefty Sums for Humane Rescue Alliance

October 21, 2021

Dogs in bow ties, tuxedos and dresses? You don’t say. This past Saturday Oct. 16, the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) – a non-profit dedicated to “celebrating the human plus animal […]

A Salute to Gen. Colin Powell (1937-2021)

October 18, 2021

We salute a truly great American, Gen. Colin Powell (1937-2021) who died today at age 84, due to Covid-19 complications (though fully vaccinated) and having suffered multiple myeloma, a form […]

Georgetown Celebrates the Arts Program Heightens Fall Colors, Moods on Book Hill

October 14, 2021

With autumn’s arrival, splashes of color have been spotted along Wisconsin Avenue — but of the artistic, not the arboreal kind. In a pilot public arts program sponsored by the Washington […]

Georgetown’s Potomac Boat Club: A Water St. Landmark and Rower’s Gem 

September 23, 2021

If you saw the pilot of Amazon’s 2018 Jack Ryan series, you might remember the actor John Krasinski playing the titular lead. In the show’s very Georgetowny opening sequence, Ryan […]