Business Ins & Outs: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, Boat House Apparel; Eagle Bank

May 8, 2023

In: Van Leeuwen, as in … Ice Cream Van Leeuwen, the Brooklyn-born brand known for its made-from-scratch dairy and vegan ice creams, will open at noon, Thursday, May 11, at […]

Georgetown BID’s Spring Cleaning Projects, Canal Repairs 


As May flowers bloom, annual rites of spring often involve cleaning and decluttering the home, but for the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID), sprucing up Georgetown’s commercial district is a […]

Luke Russert’s Odyssey: ‘Look for Me There’

May 4, 2023

This is not a story about Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, who went in search of his wandering father. But it is a personal story, an epic all his own, […]

Journalists’ Fun Fest Also Gets Serious

May 1, 2023

The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner returned April 29 with its jokes about age, hush money, etc., but President Joe Biden stayed with the theme many of the attendant pre- […]

90th Georgetown House Tour Has Thunderous Conclusion

April 24, 2023

The hot tea, homemade crustless cucumber, olive, tuna and chicken-salad sandwiches and lemon, orange and chocolate cakes were greeted with special joy by dozens of somewhat bedraggled participants of all […]

Business Ins & Outs: Streets Market, Dig, Ever/Body, Fangyan


In: Streets Market, Now on P A well-stocked grocery store opened in the former 7-Eleven space at the northwest corner of P and 27th Streets on Friday afternoon, April 21. […]

May 18 Cultural Power Breakfast: Woolly Mammoth’s Maria Goyanes

April 20, 2023

Maria Manuela Goyanes, artistic director of D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 2018, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Power Breakfast, on Thursday, May 18. Admission […]

Celebrating 90 Years, the Georgetown House Tour Returns on April 22  

April 12, 2023

On April 22, the annual Georgetown House Tour returns for its 90th showing — opening nine historic and exceptional houses (one, a house of worship) of varying styles to local […]

Law in the Public Interest: D.C.’s New Attorney General, Brian Schwalb 


The Office of the DC Attorney General (OAG) is unique. Unlike many other cities, the District’s residents elect their AGs. And the position as the city’s “chief legal officer” is […]

Earth Day Interview: Richard Jackson, Head of the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment   


As Earth Day, April 22 is just around the corner, we chatted with the city’s agency head most responsible for environmental protection in the District, Richard Jackson, interim director of […]