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Apr 14

PUT SOME RESPECT ON HIS NAME: Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn, first human being ever photographed giving the bird.

Apr 13

GODDAMNIT ANOTHER F&CKING BANK

GODDAMNIT ANOTHER F&CKING BANK

Forchrisakes another goddamn bank is moving into a large property to utterly waste it. In this case, Citibank appears to be moving in to the old Gap building on Wisconsin at N. That is, at least ac…

Apr 13

The Morning Metropolitan: More on the garden tour, and attending Georgetown as a heathen.

Photo by Jeff Vincent. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: More on the Garden Tour. What’s it like to attend Georgetown as a heathen.

Apr 12

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Rites of Spring Return!

After two years of pandemic-driven closures, the spring traditions of Georgetown are returning this year. Check out the details below: The Georgetown House Tour First of the two grand dame tours, t…

Rites of Spring Return

Apr 12

The Morning Metropolitan: Booeymongers closes, and GU drops vaccine mandate.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Sad day: Legendary spot Booeymongers has permanently closed. GU drops vaccine mandate.

Meanwhile this tulip patch looks like a bowl of skittles.

Five different photo shoots going on by the wisteria at Dumbarton Oaks.

I acknowledge that it is utterly petty, but if you tweet about winning an Atlantis ticket, I'm immediately unfollowing you. I simply do not have the maturity level to feel happy for you.

The cultural impact of a Star is Burns is incredible considering it was viewed at the time as a desperate crossover publicity stunt. Matt Groening even tried to get it pulled before airing.

[me walking up to an Austin, TX pitmaster] Ah, I see you’re barbecuing. I’m from Connecticut so I love barbecue, and let me tell you what you’re doing wrong…

“I’m from Northern California so I love public transit” is going to haunt me all day.

An utterly empty and conditional support for public transit? Actually, that does sound like someone from northern California.

I worked at my local pizza joint in high school and on break from college. Probably best job I ever had. But by the time I moved on they couldn't get any high schoolers to take the job anymore. When I started, most of the drivers were teens. Five years later none were.

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Matthew Yglesias

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Youth employment has fully recovered from Covid but is still well short of 20th century norms.

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Bank Contraction Continues

Bank Contraction Continues

Yet another bank seems to have closed in Georgetown. Over the last couple days, it appears that BB&T Bank closed its location at Wisconsin and O St. This would be the fifth bank location to clo…

The Morning Metropolitan: Emancipation Day event at Mt. Zion cemetery, and JFK and Jackie house for sale.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Emancipation Day event held at Mt. Zion Cemetery this Sunday. JFK and Jackie house on Dent for sale.

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Ah, I guess it's not all at once...

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Fritz Hahn

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Update: @TheAtlantisDC says it received more than 520,000 requests for tickets for its first 44 shows, with less than 20,000 total tickets to distribute. Winners will be notified on a rolling basis, with the process expected to be finished on Thursday. Good luck! twitter.com/fritzhahn/stat…

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When do we find out whether we won any tickets to the Atlantis?

Georgetown Time Machine: Pre Ritz Karate

Georgetown Time Machine: Pre-Ritz Karate

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, I’m diving back into my collection of photos from 1993. And this one threw me for a loop for a bit. Would you have guessed that this is actually the foo…

The Morning Metropolitan: Slow progress on the Stephan Starr restaurant and the Transformers saga.

Photo by Jeff Vincent. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Nice shot from within the old Dean and Deluca showing how much work still needs to be done before Stephen Starr’s rest…

Every single time

Post editorial board calling for mass incarceration by way of innuendo.

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Washington Post Opinions

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Apr 9

"If this can happen when the District’s criminal justice system is operating normally, the city needs a new normal," the Editorial Board writes. wapo.st/3MnFsAr

Apr 9

I’m holding out for a near mint ExciteBike

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“Highest Graded Duck Hunt from First Test Market Release”

Totally insane that Arsenal could have a season it’s having and *still* possibly get nipped at the end by City. I know I’m supposed to take joy in that, but it just doesn’t seem fair. The way they’re playing, they deserve the title.

What's that saying about how if you run into assholes all day, then you're likely the asshole?

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Michael Brice-Saddler

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Too many to pick from, but in the Cleveland Park subcategory:

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Cuneyt Dil

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D.C. Twitter, what are some of your favorite buildings in the city?

I always cringe when I see that. Guys! When you buy a suit or sports jacket, even if it fits perfectly, you gotta get it finished by a tailor!

Also why in this graphic is the Maryland arm wearing a suit jacket that still has the tag on it?

I’m willing to let the losing state get the NFL team.

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Christina Cauterucci

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I absolutely love this account of the catfighting between Maryland and Virginia’s congressional delegations over the site of the new FBI HQ slate.com/news-and-polit

Eh, there’s a difference between “we’re not directly told what they were doing was explicitly illegal” and “didn’t realize what they’re doing is illegal”. Every one of these people totally knew what they were doing was sketchy!

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Streetsblog USA

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In the final part of our three-part series, Streetsblog introduces you to the people who buy temporary license plates on the lack market — not all of whom realize what they're doing is illegal. streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-par

There is simply no argument that makes any logical sense that says historic preservation laws should dictate the style of a sculpture in a historic district. And normally the authorities agree. Look at these two sculptures OGB has approved:

The mistake Martin is making here is that he thinks people are being forthright when they talk about historic preservation but what they really think is that the preservation laws exist like an HOA to enforce their own personal aesthetic preferences.

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