Business Ins & Outs: Bitty & Beau’s, SkinSpirit, Noosh

April 27, 2022

In: Bitty & Beau’s Coffee Opens Saturday, April 30 Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, the North Carolina-based company that “reinvented the coffee experience,” will open its 24th store at 3207 M […]

Reflections on My Last School’s Shooting

April 25, 2022

Named in honor of one of history’s greatest free-thinkers – Albert Einstein – the glass-enclosed causeway or “bridge” between the upper and middle school programs at Edmund Burke School, was designed to […]

Citizens Association Celebrates Spring with Concert and Dessert at Evermay

April 18, 2022

Historic Evermay Estate at 1623 28th St. NW in Georgetown opened its perfectly manicured gardens and mansion terrace for the first time since the pandemic lockdown in 2020 to the […]

Crime & Public Safety: Bodies in Potomac, Carjackings, Robberies


Last week, two bodies were discovered in the Potomac River in the area of Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., in just as many days, according to the Metropolitan Police […]

D.C. Celebrates Emancipation Day with Parade (photos)

April 17, 2022

April 16, 1862 marked the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. On that date, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act effectively granting freedom to 3,100 enslaved […]

Ward 2 Council Member Pinto on Stemming Homelessness

April 13, 2022

The Georgetowner asked Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto about her priorities for stemming  homelessness in the area. We published her response (below) as a guest column in our April […]

Rose Park Buzz Spring 2022 


Spring is here, and the Friends of Rose Park (FRP) has lots of news to share. The popular Rose Park Wednesday afternoon market is scheduled to re-open on May 4 […]

GMS Annual Meeting Asks What’s the ‘State of the Street’?

April 11, 2022

Spirits were sparkling last Wednesday, April 6, as Georgetown Main Street (GMS) hosted its annual meeting dubbed the “State of the Street” at Compass Coffee, 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW. With […]

ANC Highlights: DPR, Canal Boat, 2900 M, Sports & Social


The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission — ANC 2E — held its monthly meeting remotely on Monday, April 4. The following are selected highlights. Commissioners welcomed new Georgetown University student representatives: […]

Business Ins & Outs: Buck Mason, Michael Kors, Fluevog

April 7, 2022

In: Buck Mason, California Fresh The straightforward men’s wear and women’s wear store, Buck Mason — founded in 2013 by Sasha Koehn and Erik Allen Ford in Los Angeles — […]