New Tech Ups Tranquility at Fitness Center, Spa 
• February 11, 2025

“We have taken our spa experience to the next level,” Four Seasons Hotel Manager Igor Morosowski told The Georgetowner. “It is probably the most luxurious wellness center in all of […]

February 2025 News Bytes
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Landmark Bridge and Hotel Demo-Ready?   Here’s a note from NPS about the decaying streetcar bridge west of Georgetown University: “The National Park Service is reviewing a Special Use permit application […]

2025 Georgetown Main Street Small Business Grant Application is Now Open
• February 10, 2025

By Zoe Howard-Barr The 2025 Georgetown Main Street Small Business Grant Application is now open. Small businesses may apply for up to $5,000. GMS will fund eight or more applicants. […]

Super Bowl LIX: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
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The final score of Super Bowl LIX was as unexpected as Taylor Swift getting booed on the Jumbotron. The biggest story of the night was the unexpected final score—the Philadelphia […]

ANC Report: Christmas Trees, Jelleff Delays, Theft From Autos, Classroom Phone Ban 
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“They’ve forgotten us!” the usually cool Commissioner Paul Maysak lamented loudly — half tongue-in-cheek — toward the end of the Feb. 3 meeting of ANC 2E, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission […]

Huguette M. Wilson – 1929-2025
• January 29, 2025

From the Wilson family: Huguette Wilson, a proud and elegant Frenchwoman who moved to the U.S. in her 20s and lived in Washington, D.C., for more than 70 years, passed […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alara, Octobre Éditions, Arc’teryx, Ateliers Jacob
• January 27, 2025

In: Hakan Ilhan’s Alara on Feb. 5  The long-shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space has metamorphosized into Alara, a Mediterranean-focused restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” in Turkish, Alara will […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump
• January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]

Commanders to Play in NFC Championship Sunday
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The latest cardiac kids are the Washington Commanders, except in last Saturday night’s game versus the number one seed Detroit Lions, they won by two touchdowns, 45-31. The win brings […]

Security Will Be ‘Tight and Visible’ for Inauguration
• January 16, 2025

“Nearly a quarter of a million ticketed guests are expected to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of United States. Thousands of people are planning to watch, […]