D.C. Power Index Prize Launches, Lunches at Cafe Milano
• July 21, 2022

The D.C. Power Index Prize was inaugurated in person, in style and in full throttle at Cafe Milano on Prospect Street in Georgetown July 20, as it honored six women. […]

Georgetown’s Chaia to Expand Nationally
• July 18, 2022

“Chaia means life. And taco means taco. At Chaia we live for tacos.” — Chaia co-founder Bettina Stern Few lunch pleasures in Washington, D.C., are as serene as taking out a […]

‘Mr. Color,’ Carleton Varney (1937-2022) 
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Interior designer Carleton Varney, nicknamed Mr. Color, passed away on July 14 at the age of 85. Varney is best known for decorating the Greenbrier, a five-star hotel in the […]

Century-old Morgan’s Pharmacy Gets New Owner
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Morgan Care Pharmacy, the 110-year-old business at the corner of 30th and P Streets NW, has a new owner. For the 33-year-old Sahar Kassem, owning and managing an independent pharmacy […]

Kirchick’s ‘Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington’
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In her final Q&A Café interview of the season, Carol Joynt hosted James Kirchick, author of “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington,” at the George Town Club on […]

Oh Rats! Rats Are Back! ANC Resolves to Eradicate Them … Again 
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It was almost four years ago — September 12, 2018, to be precise — when The Georgetowner wrote “Rats: It Takes A Village” to rid Georgetown and most of Washington, […]

Lafayette Comes to Mount Vernon on Bastille Day
• July 14, 2022

“We could not have chosen a better day than this Bastille Day, July 14, to pay tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette and his friendship with the American people,” said […]

Re Dobbs vs. Jackson, Beware the Originalists   
• July 13, 2022

With all their emphasis on the importance of the founders’ intentions in creating the U.S. Constitution as the foundation of federal law, the Constitutional “Originalists” and their enthusiastic cheerleaders might […]

Business Ins & Outs: July 13, 2022
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Farewell to Sara’s Market and Girma Hailu  A Georgetown tradition of more than a century ended last month. Sara’s Market at 3008 Q St. NW shut its doors for good […]

Wegmans … Wow! Everything you ever wanted in a grocery store — and more!
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Cue the choirs of angels. The much-heralded, long-awaited Wegmans has opened in NW D.C. More precisely, in City Ridge, the new residential, retail and commercial complex on Wisconsin Avenue where […]