Business Ins & Outs: Take Care Party Aug. 17; Rene Ruiz Gone
• August 14, 2017

Changes are coming to (where else?) Georgetown’s main retail strips: Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.

Capital One Arena Replaces Verizon Center
• August 10, 2017

Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns the 20,000-seat F Street venue, sold the naming rights to Capital One for $10 million per year, according to the Washington Post.

Plank Group Sells Top Georgetown Corner Property to Capital One
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3150 M St. NW has been sold for a record $50.2 million — and Capitol One may also get the Verizon Center naming rights.

No Longer Writing Her Book on Georgetown, Kitty Kelley Is Telling Her Stories on TV
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Celebrity profiles written by Georgetown’s favorite biographer, Kitty Kelley, made their TV debut last week on the Reelz network, starting with actress Drew Barrymore. Kelley’s sharp-penned and high-profile biographies include […]

Business Ins & Outs in Georgetown
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In: Poliform-Sagart Studio on P St. Poliform, a design studio that specializes in custom cabinetry and furniture, has opened at 2611 P St. NW, with Sagart Studio also on-site. But […]

August 3: Deadline to Avoid Fee for Georgetown BID’s Holiday Lighting Program
• July 31, 2017

Contact the BID office by August 3 about holiday lights and you’ll pay no fee for the program.

GBA Seeks Support for Proposed Georgetown Main Street
• July 27, 2017

The Georgetown Business Association is asking business owners to send letters of support to the District’s Department of Small and Local Business Development.

Virginia Burton: An Eye for Detail
• July 26, 2017

Virginia Burton, owner of Burton Optician, knows how to take care of a pair of glasses. She can tell when a pair of glasses looks crooked, needs new nose pads […]

Ins & Outs
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IN (Soon): Marine Layer Marine Layer, a San Francisco clothing story named for an air mass that forms over water (such as San Francisco Bay) due to a temperature inversion, […]

My Summer Reading List
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A couple years ago, I read an article about Mark Zuckerberg that said he reads two books a month. He even started a Facebook book club called “A Year of […]