Mapping Georgetown: A Walking Mindfulness Guide
• October 2, 2023

  Is there stillness in your life? Contemplation? Are the roses smelling sweet? Is there ever enough mindfulness? In case you haven’t noticed, Kripalu Certified Outdoor Mindfulness Guide, Susan West […]

Mapping Georgetown: Neighborhood Services Lifting Up the Unhoused
• September 18, 2023

“SEEKING LASTING SOLUTIONS to homelessness ONE PERSON AT A TIME.”  ~ Georgetown Ministry Center. This is our third and last story in a series on the plight of the homeless […]

Mapping Georgetown: In Giving, We Receive
• September 11, 2023

“For it is in giving that we receive.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi We live in such abundance. Can we even imagine how it must feel to be stomach-achingly hungry […]

Mapping Georgetown: Georgetown Ministry Center a ‘Safe Place’
• September 5, 2023

“She made my coat of many colorsThat I was so proud of…” ~ Dolly Parton It’s so heartwarming to share stories of Georgetown’s most community-minded citizens, those who work so […]

Mapping Georgetown: ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Author Visits Sacred Spaces
• August 21, 2023

Only in Georgetown… would a visiting gentleman, driving along Rock Creek, notice a cemetery and discover it to be The Oak Hill Cemetery where President Lincoln’s son Willie was laid […]

Mapping Georgetown: Cherishing St. John’s
• June 20, 2023

What do Francis Scott Key, Reverand Gini Gerbasi, Ann Laporta and Katie Remedios all have in common? Their cherishing of  Georgetown’s historic St. John’s Episcopal Church at 3240 O St. […]

Mapping Georgetown: Emily Durso at the Francis Scott Key Book Shop (Part II)
• April 17, 2023

In our April 3 Mapping Georgetown Story “Where Will Georgetown Take You?”, Emily Durso painted a beautiful picture of growing up in Georgetown and Rose Park and she shared with us […]

Mapping Georgetown: Where Will Georgetown Take You?
• April 3, 2023

How cute is Georgetown native, Emily Durso — whose Mapping Georgetown stories we feature today — and how clever is her 1960s Book Shop poster for the Francis Scott Key […]

Mapping Georgetown: Archivist Breathes New Life into Oak Hill Cemetery
• March 27, 2023

Georgetown’s historic Oak Hill Cemetery at 3001 R Street NW tends to attract all sorts of souls, among both the living and the departed. The cemetery’s “Changing of the Guard” […]

Mapping Georgetown: Authors, Cats Inhabit Oak Hill Cemetery’s Gate House
• March 20, 2023

There’s been a changing of the guard at our Oak Hill Cemetery! If you pass by the 22-acre marvel at 3001 R Street NW often or occasionally, and think you’re […]