Best Boost for Your Health? Gardening. 
• May 10, 2023

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”   ~ Margaret Atwood As Georgetowners delight in the buds of May, brightly-colored flower boxes and baskets, […]

Georgetown BID’s Spring Cleaning Projects, Canal Repairs 
• May 8, 2023

As May flowers bloom, annual rites of spring often involve cleaning and decluttering the home, but for the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID), sprucing up Georgetown’s commercial district is a […]

Crime: MPD Launches ‘Hotspot Summer Plan’ for Georgetown
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While crime can spike in the summer months, MPD is implementing a plan this week to use data-driven techniques, community policing, and enhanced patrolling to combat public law-breaking at the […]

DC Jazz Festival Launches Cuba Collaboration
• May 4, 2023

They say music is the universal language. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s often a tool of exchange in cultural diplomacy.  One of the premier musical cultural institutions in […]

20th Annual French Market Attracts Throngs, as Skies Cleared
• May 1, 2023

While Friday’s April rains dampened first-day turnout for Georgetown’s annual French Market on Wisconsin Avenue’s Book Hill, Saturday’s clear and warm weather brought joyous hordes of sidewalk shoppers, browsers and […]

DIG’s New Digs: Wisc. Ave. Debut for ‘Veggie-Forward,’ Seasonal Comfort Foods
• April 27, 2023

At the site of the old Little Tavern burger joint at 1301 Wisconsin Ave. NW –  across from Martin’s Tavern – New York-based “Dig” is opening a casual, chef-centric, “veggie-forward,” […]

Interactive Window Installation to Boost Women’s Rights
• April 24, 2023

Up Wisconsin Avenue, where Chevy Chase window shoppers stroll – and across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue near Tiffany & Company –  a provocative “community photo-collage installation” has been […]

Public Safety: Mayor’s Initiatives, MPD Newsletter’s Solace, Latest Crime
• April 17, 2023

While many D.C. residents view crime in the nation’s capital fatalistically – after all, what is to be done about the daily drumbeat of carjackings, shootings, and stickups? – the […]

2023 Rammy Award Finalists Announced
• April 13, 2023

In a festive ceremony at the Hamilton Hotel downtown – described by DCist as the sort “where chefs, bartenders, journalists, and PR types circle the room to network… and enjoy […]

Law in the Public Interest: D.C.’s New Attorney General, Brian Schwalb 
• April 12, 2023

The Office of the DC Attorney General (OAG) is unique. Unlike many other cities, the District’s residents elect their AGs. And the position as the city’s “chief legal officer” is […]