February 2025 News Bytes
• February 11, 2025

Landmark Bridge and Hotel Demo-Ready?   Here’s a note from NPS about the decaying streetcar bridge west of Georgetown University: “The National Park Service is reviewing a Special Use permit application […]

Alluring Alara Opens in Former Paolo’s
• February 6, 2025

Another culinary darling has made its Georgetown debut. Hakan Ilhan’s latest restaurant, Alara, opened Feb. 5 — but not after having a few private parties to celebrate. Located in the […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alara, Octobre Éditions, Arc’teryx, Ateliers Jacob
• January 27, 2025

In: Hakan Ilhan’s Alara on Feb. 5  The long-shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space has metamorphosized into Alara, a Mediterranean-focused restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” in Turkish, Alara will […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump
• January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]

The Odyssey of Pierre Salinger
• January 15, 2025

 “I don’t want any more Bush presidents,” Pierre Salinger wrote in The Georgetowner in 2000. “If Bush wins, I’m going to leave the country and spend the rest of my […]

Business Ins & Outs 2024 
• January 13, 2025

The following is a summary of Business Ins and Outs for 2024. In   Tesla Electrifies M St.    Last month, the nation’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer opened a 4,500-square-foot showroom at […]

President Jimmy Carter: American Faith and Truth
• January 9, 2025

President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, returned to the nation’s capital Jan. 7 and arrived at the U.S. Capitol to lie in state after his coffin was transferred from […]

First Snow of 2025 Muffles Nation’s Capital
• January 6, 2025

About eight inches (five to nine) of snow fell on Washington, D.C., beginning early on Jan. 6, a day when Congress certified the election of Donald Trump as 47th President […]

A Wonderful Weekend of Santas
• December 16, 2024

Santa Claus reportedly showed up at several locations in and around Georgetown this weekend — much to the delight of wide-eyed children and believing adults, ready for Christmas. At Volta […]

Georgetowners of the Year 2024   
• December 11, 2024

The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. Devoted and influential members of the neighborhood have received this distinction, such as […]