Mapping Georgetown: February Love Stories
• February 7, 2022

  “Just an old-fashioned love song…”  Three Dog Night (Paul Williams) “Talkin’ ‘bout my girl…”  The Temptations Ah, it’s February… Have you got one of these love songs stuck in your […]

Mapping Georgetown: Growing Up on Poplar Street, NW
• January 31, 2022

In our Mapping Georgetown project, it’s been a delight to discover how Georgetown’s alleyways have yielded such fascinating local histories. Poplar Street, NW in Georgetown. This dead-end street with the […]

Mapping Georgetown: An Amazing Inauguration Day
• January 24, 2022

“I went next door at one point and spoke with Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriquez. Don’t get to do that every day!”       ~ Fr. McDermott, Georgetown University […]

Mapping Georgetown: Six Generations of Local Family History
• January 18, 2022

As a tribute to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and our local Black history, Mapping Georgetown is pleased to share this particular Georgetown mapping story from Neville […]

Mapping Georgetown: The Magic of Our ‘Stoop Culture’
• January 10, 2022

If you drive down too fast – You will miss the magic.        -Judith Bunnell When we received Judith Bunnell’s map-story for our Mapping Georgetown project, her evocations […]

Mapping Georgetown: An Inspiring and Revealing Childhood Story
• January 3, 2022

Whenever I tell people I grew up in Georgetown, they assume I was born into money. Nothing could be further from the truth…. Since we had no electricity, we didn’t […]

Recalling ‘Stylish Deer’ Story Always Brings a Holiday Shopping Laugh
• December 23, 2021

‘Tis the season. Hustling from crowded shop to shop, frantically searching clothes racks for hard-to-find price tags, scanning rummaged retail aisles while surrounded by jostling holiday shoppers — it can […]

Mapping Georgetown: When the President Comes to Pray
• December 20, 2021

    Video link of President Biden arriving to attend Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. Courtesy Holy Trinity Catholic Church.     Mapping Georgetown has been searching for […]

Mapping Georgetown: Forever Grateful, From Lebanon
• December 13, 2021

  Never for a moment did I not feel at home….      From Ramzy’s Mapping Georgetown Story   If there were a contest for cutest person in Georgetown, Ramzy […]

Mapping Georgetown: Raising Our Spirits
• December 6, 2021

When we received this map story from Georgetown Wine and Spirits at 2701 P St. NW it made us want to tip our glasses! There’s no better balm for the […]