ANC Report: Drag on K, Budget Cuts, Parkway Changes, Apero

May 5, 2025

The “May” meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) was held on April 28 and was a mixed bag of news and notices. Beginning with the Police Report, […]

House Tour Trend: Kitchen-free Dining Rooms

April 28, 2025

Every year in springtime, a tour of six to eight Georgetown houses and a  high tea (including crustless sandwiches and petit fours) are organized by St. John’s Episcopal Church at 3240 O St. […]

Buzz on National Security and Signal Chat Packs Q&A Café

April 14, 2025

About 100 people crowded into the cozy upstairs dining room of the GeorgeTown Club on April 8 to have lunch and to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shane Harris, formerly with […]

ANC Report: Plans Fall Flat Due to Budget Uncertainty  

April 7, 2025

 The “April” meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, held on March 31, delivered two bits of good news.  The first was regarding public safety. There were no violent crimes […]

$1-Billion D.C. Budget Cutback Clawed Back by Bowser

March 17, 2025

It was just a week ago March 10 when the usually calm Mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser sounded a stunning alarm. “D.C. will lose $ 1.1 billion of our […]

March ANC: Billion-Dollar Shortfall, Rush-Hour Parking 

March 10, 2025

A flurry of official communications from the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission to Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials — highlighting two urgent, if not unexpected, matters facing Georgetown — […]

BID Bids Farewell to Longtime CEO Joe Sternlieb 

March 6, 2025

Georgetowners were aware for months that Joe Sternlieb, the well known CEO and top spokesperson for Georgetown’s very active Business Improvement District (GBID), was leaving his position as CEO-president of […]

Neighbors Dress Up for an Oscars House Party

March 5, 2025

Several dozen serious movie buffs—some of them three to four times a week moviegoers—gathered at the Georgetown N Street home of Ellen Waugh March 2 to watch and celebrate the […]

VIPs, Locals Merge at Conservative Confab

February 27, 2025

More than 5,000 conservatives from Georgetown, Washington, the good ol’ U.S.A. and overseas gathered at the annual conference of conservatives — CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — held at […]

New Tech Ups Tranquility at Fitness Center, Spa 

February 11, 2025

“We have taken our spa experience to the next level,” Four Seasons Hotel Manager Igor Morosowski told The Georgetowner. “It is probably the most luxurious wellness center in all of […]