Packed ANC Agenda: Budget, Field Projects, Streateries  
• June 9, 2025

They tried. They really tried. The commissioners and presenters at the Monday, June 2, meeting of ANC 2E, the advisory neighborhood commission for Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, tried to keep […]

New D.C. Budget Eliminates Programs, Not City Employees
• June 2, 2025

Washington, D.C.’s new budget for 2025, 2026 — delayed, uncertain, smaller and controversial — is on the table. Frustrated city officials have a good excuse for the situation however. In February, […]

Mayor Bowser Dives In To Open Pool Season
• May 27, 2025

Q: How do you know when it is officially summer in Washington, D.C.? A: When Mayor Muriel Bowser dives into one of the district’s swimming pools at the annual Department […]

Where VIPs Dined, Seniors Now Shine: D.C. Landmark Reimagined
• May 14, 2025

Inspir Embassy Row Hotel Reborn for Luxury Senior Living   Ask Georgetowners who have resided here since the 1960s and they’ll remember the classic Fairfax Hotel at 2100 Massachusetts Ave. NW. […]

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 — […]