Why Is D.C. Losing So Many Residents?

December 27, 2021

Why the sudden drop in the District’s population?  Just last year on Tax Day, April 15, 2020, Washington, D.C. was reported to be growing for the 14th straight year. According […]

Recalling ‘Stylish Deer’ Story Always Brings a Holiday Shopping Laugh

December 23, 2021

‘Tis the season. Hustling from crowded shop to shop, frantically searching clothes racks for hard-to-find price tags, scanning rummaged retail aisles while surrounded by jostling holiday shoppers — it can […]

Santas Came to Town


We started the month off with Mayor Muriel Bowser lighting the Christmas tree on Dec. 1 at Fairmont Hotel’s 18th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, and Santa Claus was there. The […]

Holiday Lights: ‘Experience the District’s Dazzle’


D.C.’s Main Streets and their commercial corridors joined together to bring city shoppers and strollers “a spectacular holiday experience,” as organizers said, and let them “Experience the District’s Dazzle.” Through […]

Mapping Georgetown: When the President Comes to Pray

December 20, 2021

    Video link of President Biden arriving to attend Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. Courtesy Holy Trinity Catholic Church.     Mapping Georgetown has been searching for […]

Georgetown Main Street: Best Holiday Displays

December 16, 2021

The 2021 winners for D.C. Holiday Lights — those Main Street corridors participating in this year’s contest — have been announced. Check out where to find the BEST business holiday […]

Streateries Project Extended, Most Widened Sidewalks Not

December 13, 2021

After waiting through nine hours of Zoom meetings, the nail-biting fate of expanded sidewalks in Georgetown for diners and pedestrians finally came up Thursday Dec. 9, the last item of […]

Georgetown Gap’s Closing Leaves Huge Gap 


There will be a big vacant space on Georgetown’s main avenue, come the new year — and it comes as not quite a surprise. The Gap store at 1258 Wisconsin […]

Mapping Georgetown: Forever Grateful, From Lebanon


  Never for a moment did I not feel at home….      From Ramzy’s Mapping Georgetown Story   If there were a contest for cutest person in Georgetown, Ramzy […]

Crime Report, Dec. 13: Three GU Incidents


From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown.  Dec. 13 – MPD Releases Statistics on Violent Crime in the District: Thorough […]