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Sunset Cruise on the Potomac with GBA September 15th
Join the Georgetown Business Association (GBA) for their September 15th Sunset Cruise, one of GBA's most popular networking receptions. Due to its popularity, expect more than 100 guests from a variety of fields and businesses. Come and enjoy the dockside reception and stay for the lovely sunset cruise along the Potomac. There will be an open bar and hors d’oeuvres.
Boat will be docked outside Nick's Riverside Grille at Washington Harbor: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Dockside | 7:30pm - 8:30pm Cruise.
The event is sponsored by Capital Yacht Charters, with GBA-hosted beverages and complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
Event is free for GBA members, $25 for non-members. For more information, visit the Georgetown Business Association.
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Serendipity faces challenge from ANC, OGB
Serendipity, the New York chain concept set to open where Nathan's once stood at Wisconsin and M Street, hit a snag Thursday when the Old Georgetown Board, a committee of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, had questions about proposed awnings for the historic building.
Serendipity owner Britt Swan, who also owns Sign of the Whale and Rhino Bar & Pump House and hopes to open the new restaurant within weeks, was encouraged by a 6-0 vote by ANC 2E Monday which supported the "concept" of the awnings modeled after those that adorned the building for many years.
But the ANC resolution, as conveyed by Commissioner Tom Birch, was apparently not the slam-dunk for Serendipity that the restaurateurs thought. "ANC 2E appreciates the concept of the awnings," the resolution said. "ANC 2E does want OGB to take a look at the awnings on the smaller windows to ensure that it does not mask historic fabric. ANC 2E has no objection to the awnings over the doors."
"When we went out doing our survey, we recorded what's already in the neighborhood. There are numerous examples of the same design, which was on the building for 40 years," Swan told The Georgetown Dish. "We didn't introduce anything that should have caused any surprises."
ANC2E Chairman Ron Lewis rescued himself from the matter as his wife Anne Lewis, an architect, sits on the Old Georgetown Board.
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Mary Cheh endorses Vincent Gray
Speaking on TBD, formerly News Channel 8, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), who represents Upper Georgetown, Glover Park and Foxhall, has endorsed D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray for Mayor over incumbent Adrian Fenty.
"I voted for Vince Gray and I am going to support Vince Gray and I hope the residents of my ward and around the District also support Vince Gray," Cheh said. "I have worked with him over the past four years shoulder to shoulder, and I have become an admirer. He is a man of integrity, thoughtful and he will be a leader." Cheh, who will start campaigning for Gray in Ward 3 today, accused Fenty of governing through "secrecy and closed-doors," Tim Craig of the Washington Post reported.
Cheh, who is up for reelection this year but has no opponent in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary, has said little publicly about the Mayor's race until this week.
The Fenty campaign responded to the endorsement by attacking Cheh, in an unusually vituperative statement for an incumbent Mayor. "Mary Cheh has chose to align herself against education reform, against public safety and against the improvements of the last three years," said Sean Madigan, a Fenty spokesman. "More importantly, she has shown she is more interested in cutting political deals than in listening to her neighbors."
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans (D) has endorsed Mayor Fenty.
Read more here.
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Phillips closed after morning fire
Although the fire was rapidly extinguished, the Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art near Dupont Circle, has closed its doors and canceled this evenings programs. Spokeswoman Cecilia Wagner said, “All artwork is safe and secure. Museum conservators are currently evaluating the artwork, but nothing has incurred significant damage.”
The museum is closed until further notice.
The Post reports: "Fire alarms went off at the building, located at 1600 21st Street NW, around 8:30 a.m. according to D.C. Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer. A small fire broke out on the roof and in the ceiling of the top floor of the four-story building, Piringer said."
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Reminder: Fashion's Night Out is Next Friday, September 10!
The excitement is building for Fashion's Night Out, Georgetown on Friday,
Septe
mber 10 from 6 to 11 p.m.!
New events have been added to www.fashionsnightoutgeorgetowndc.com. Check out Lost Boys & Urban Daddy's Jeff Dufour's "Going Out Lost Boys Style", Charm's MIJA trunk show, Darrell Dean's Tsyndyma trunk show - featuring model and fashion blogger Brooke Kao, and meet bluemercury's founder and CEO Marla Malcolm Beck! The FNO Georgetown Facebook and Twitter accounts will be buzzing with up-to-date event information.
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What Does Georgetown Taste Like?
The Georgetown Metropolitan is a genius! Who knew we needed this data until he gave it to us?
Monday night at the ANC meeting, the BID presented its plans for the next upcoming Taste of Georgetown festival. Later on, the liquor license application of Lapis, a proposed Afghan restaurant, was discussed. Perhaps he was just hungry, but it got him wondering: what types of restaurants dominate Georgetown?
Being a nerdy wonk that he is, GM made the pie chart above. Read more
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Free Jazz at Grace Church Thursday
Anita's Jazz Hat, performing a blend of classics with vocals, guitar and bass, will play Thursday, September 2, 7 - 8 p.m. at Grace Church at 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Two hours of free parking with Grace validation in the cinema garage on the north side of K Street just east of Wisconsin. The concert is free, and donations are gratefully accepted. Bring a picnic!
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Police urge precautions after Burleith sexual assault
MPD Lt. John Hedgecock warned an otherwise routine ANC meeting about a sexual assault Sunday against a female who was awakened by the suspect at about 7:30 a.m. in the 3800 block of S St. NW.
"This is a big city," Hedgecock told the ANC. "We have the same problems as any big city. Don't make it easy. Don't be so trusting. Lock your doors, stay in groups. When you have house parties, don't leave the doors open all night long."
Hedgecock reported excellent cooperation from Georgetown University's public safety officials. Nonetheless, the officer did not offer details of the crime.
The suspect has been previously described as white male of average build with brown hair, wearing a blue shirt. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746).
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Georgetown University Service day to encourage energy efficiency
Saturday, September 4 is Georgetown University's Community Service Day. As part of the service day, WeatherizeDC, a local nonprofit, will give 100 Georgetown students a crash-course in home energy efficiency and head up an afternoon of community outreach in Georgetown.
Students will be knocking on doors to gauge neighbors' interest in weatherization, give homeowners a chance to learn more about energy efficiency, and even sign residents up for free home energy assessments. When you weatherize your home, you save money on your energy bills, reduce your carbon footprint, and, just as importantly, help create career-track jobs for D.C. residents.
For more information, visit http://weatherizedc.org/.
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Intruder sexually assaults woman in her Burleith home
A woman was sexually assaulted by an intruder Sunday morning in her Burleith area home according to a police report. The woman was awakened "by the suspect sexually assaulting her," police told the Washington Post.
At 7:30 a.m on the 3800 block of S Street NW, the victim, not a Georgetown student, screamed and the intruder fled. Police describe the suspect as a white man with brown hair and an average build.
This incident seems similar to a string of crimes on campus and around the university - a man breaks in, assaults a woman and flees from the residence.
Caitlin Huey-Burns, a 23-year-old student in Georgetown's School of Continuing Studies, doesn't get out of class on Wednesdays until 10 p.m.. Huey-Burns says, "I'm concerned being a young female walking near campus at night, especially since this girl was attacked in her own home." She adds, "I often walk to the bus alone, but now I'm going to make sure I walk with someone. Or I might start driving to campus, so I can get to my car quickly."
According to Vox Populi, MPD Lt. John Hedgecock wrote, "In response, we have stepped up our patrol presence in the area and are working closely with our sex crimes unit."
If you have any information or witness suspicious activity, please call 911.
Update: Lt. Hedgecock will provide an update at the August 30 ANC 2E meeting at 6:30 at Georgetown Visitation School, 35th and Volta Place, NW, Heritage Room
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