Georgetown

Get Free Red Velvet Ice Cream at Sprinkles on Sunday

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo via Sprinkles’ Facebook page

For those who really really like the idea of Red Velvet Ice Cream, or just like the occassional morning ice cream – from a press release:

Sprinkles Cupcakes, the world’s first cupcakes-only bakery, announced today that the first 200 patrons at its Georgetown location (3015 M Street, NW) on Sunday, March 3 beginning at 10 a.m. will receive one free serving of its red velvet ice cream.

The iconic cupcake bakery opened its first Sprinkles Ice Cream in Beverly Hills in 2012 and is sharing the specialty ice cream with its Georgetown customers to celebrate Sprinkles Georgetown’s 2nd anniversary.

“Georgetown and the entire DC area have been so good to us in our first two years in the community, and we wanted to offer a unique treat to our loyal fans in the area,” said Sprinkles co-founder and executive pastry chef Candace Nelson. “Having started the cupcake craze in 2005, we are thrilled to be providing another beloved American classic out of our flagship Beverly Hills location and hope to bring it to DC full time in the future.”

Fiola Mare Signs 15 Year Lease in Georgetown’s Washington Harbour

By Prince Of Petworth


3050 K Street, NW

From a press release:

MRP Realty, a real estate operating company, today announced that Fiola Mare signed a 15 year lease for 9,000 square feet at 3050 K St., NW (Washington Harbour) in Washington, D.C.

The Class-A space will be will be an Italian seafood concept owned by restaurateur Fabio Trabocchi. Fiola Mare is expected to open by end of 2013.

A recent liquor license application for Fiola Mare says:

“New restaurant serving gourmet Italian seafood. Live entertainment and dancing for brunch and special events only. Occupancy load is 315. Sidewalk Café with 76 seats. Summer Garden with 150 seats.”

DDOT Launches Study of Union Station-Georgetown Transit Options

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user mosley.brian

The following was written by Ben Ball. Ben is a transportation nerd in his spare time and lives in LeDroit Park.

Crossing the northern part of downtown is a hassle.  Jammed buses, increasing traffic, and maxed out Metro stations are already part of daily life for those who live or work in the area.  The District’s transportation planners realize this, and are already working on new transit options for the long corridor between Union Station and Georgetown.

DDOT held the first in a series of public meetings to lay out options, ask for feedback, and ultimately make a decision on how to proceed.  To a certain extent, DDOT has already tipped its hand – the choice is really between an expansion of the forthcoming H St streetcar line and the creation of a “bus rapid transit” system.  Given the investment the District has already made in streetcars, this is likely the pre-ordained choice.  In order to satisfy Federal funding guidelines, however, DDOT has to officially consider other options, including the possibility of not building anything.

Where would this new transit option go?  Between Mt Vernon Square and Washington Circle, there is really only one viable route.  K St is not only a straight shot through the area, but it also has the small frontage roads which can easily be repurposed into a streetcar line or a dedicated space for buses.  M St is theoretically another option, but there’s the whole problem of Thomas Circle to deal with, and the street width doesn’t allow for much creativity.

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My Favorite Memorial – Remembering Bush the old Fire Dog

By Prince Of Petworth


Outside the former Papa Razzi restaurant space at 1064-1066 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Really easy to walk by this one. It’s across the street from the closed Ruby space in Georgetown that we spoke about yesterday.

“Bush. The old fire dog died of poison.  July 5th 1869. RIP”

From Gutenberg.org A Portrait of Old George Town:

Someone who remembers him tells me that he was a collie, and that he went to every fire along with the engine. I think the men whose companion he was, and who evidently loved him when they inscribed the “R. I. P.,” must have believed, as I do, that like the Jim in the poem of that name by Nancy Byrd Turner, he would meet them joyously “on the other side.”

And from Wikipedia about the old Vigilant Firehouse:

A stone tablet sits at ground level between the two main doorways and reads “Bush, the Old Fire Dog, Died of Poison, July 5th 1869, R.I.P.” The story was related by Cassedy:

Bush was of mixed breed, of dark brown color, a volunteer of Fire Co. No. 1. He ran with the engine to all fires and parades and was a general favorite with all who chanced to form his acquaintance. He became careless about his diet, ate free lunch between meals and was taken suddenly ill July 4, 1869. The doctors pronounced it a hopeless case of arsenical poisoning, and after several severe spasms he passed peacefully in the sixth year of his age.

CorePower Yoga Coming to Georgetown

By Prince Of Petworth


1025 Thomas Jefferson St, NW

CorePower’s website says:

“Whether you’re a beginning yoga student or just new to CorePower Yoga Studios, CorePower Yoga offers a truly unique yoga practice that’s accessible more than traditional.

Set to energizing music, CorePower Yoga strengthens, balances, detoxifies and exhilarates the body and mind. CorePower Yoga classes will have you moving, breathing and sweating. No matter your age, strength or flexibility level, CorePower Yoga has a yoga class to meet you where you are.”

DSW Close to Signing Lease for Third DC Location in Georgetown

By Prince Of Petworth


3222 M Street, NW

GeorgetownPatch reports:

“DSW, a discount shoe store, will add yet another location in the District of Columbia if it finalizes a deal to come to the Georgetown Park Mall.”

DSW opened their first DC location in Columbia Heights at 14th and Irving back in early October 2012 and their second DC location in Friendship Heights back in November 2012 at 5333 Wisconsin Ave, NW.

According to Patch DSW will join other confirmed new Georgetown Park Mall tenants: T.J. Maxx, Home Goods and Pinstripes Bowling Alley.

New Feature: Map of the Week Vol. 1 Johnson’s Georgetown and the city of Washington (1862)

By Prince Of Petworth


Click to enlarge. Source: Library of Congress

Map of the Week is a new feature by David A., a systems librarian and map geek living in Mt. Pleasant.

Title: Johnson’s Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America

This 1862 map of Washington, DC and Georgetown was published in the midst of the Civil War. At this point in DC’s history, the Washington Canal ran down present-day Constitution Avenue, Washington Avenue and 2nd Street SE. Interesting features include various creeks running through the city and Georgetown’s original street names. Georgetown was bounded on its north edge by Road Street (present-day R Street). It remained a city independent from Washington until 1871, when the streets were renamed to conform with Washington’s lettered streets.

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