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Giuseppe Cecchi, Watergate Developer and IDI Group Founder, Dies at 93
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‘Hair Force One’: Intimate Yet Respectful
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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 […]