News Bytes: DC Water, Rock Creek Parkway

July 16, 2025

DC Water to Begin Canal Road Slope Stabilization  DC Water reports that it “will begin slope stabilization work along Canal Road Northwest starting around mid-August … before construction at the […]

ANC 2E: Budget, Curfews, Flex Posts, G.U. Boathouse

July 7, 2025

The July Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting held on June 30 was —as it often is — a treasury of information, much of it deep-dive original sources. There was a sharing […]

Where to Watch the Fireworks In and Around D.C.

July 2, 2025

By Grace Cady Nobody celebrates the Fourth of July like the nation’s capital. Whether you are going it alone, looking for an adventure, making plans with friends and family or […]

Business Ins & Outs: Yala Greek, Monos; El Centro

June 30, 2025

In: Yala Greek Ice Cream by July 20 While hoping for July 4, Chrys Kefalas now plans to open the nation’s first authentic Greek ice cream shop at 3143 N […]

Mint House: A New Era of Hospitality in the Capital 


By Annabel Taylor  The new Mint House Aparthotel in Downtown D.C. held its grand opening on Wednesday, June 25 with a ribbon cutting and visit from Mayor Muriel Bowser.   The […]

D.C.’s 2026 Budget: $0 for Boys & Girls Clubs

June 28, 2025

Shocking News Follows Fun Jelleff Annual Barbecue After a feel-good fundraiser barbecue on June 20 at Georgetown’s Jelleff Recreation Center at 3265 S St. NW — the site of D.C.’s […]

G.U. Will Finally Get Its Boathouse on the Potomac

June 16, 2025

Georgetown University announced last week “an agreement with the National Park Service and the District of Columbia that will provide Georgetown with land along the Potomac River where the university […]

Where to Celebrate Juneteenth Around D.C.


By Caroline Woodward Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19. Here […]

Last CAG Take Over the Bar Event Of the Season A Sunny Success

June 12, 2025

The final Citizens Association of Georgetown “Take Over the Bar” series of the season was held Wednesday evening at the Rosewood Hotel Rooftop. Neighbors met and connected under a summer […]

Dads & Grads

, June 11, 2025

If you’ve noticed more and more fathers in Georgetown with strollers, or simply walking with their young children, you’re right.  Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of “Father Time,” observes: “As mother-centered […]