Kate Oczypok

1 week ago | georgetowner.com | Kate Oczypok

Easter is just around the corner—six days to be exact! Here are seven options around town to book your Easter brunch reservation with family and/or friends. Blue Duck Tavern1201 24th St. NWBlue Duck Tavern, located at the Park Hyatt Washington D.C., will be offering an a la carte menu this Easter. The fare will be prepared by Director of Culinary and Food and Beverage at the Park Hyatt Jean-Claude Plihon and includes dishes like roasted mid-Atlantic prawns and spring lamb leg from the Shenandoah.

1 week ago | georgetowner.com | Kate Oczypok

Pinto Proposes New Public Safety Plan District Council member Brooke Pinto has a plan to improve public safety. A key proposal: combine two seven-year-old violence interruption programs created by Mayor Muriel Bowser and then-Attorney General Karl Racine. Also in the plan: expand pretrial detention for those charged with violent crimes, tighten supervision for youths charged with crimes and increase job opportunities for adults transitioning out of the prison system.

2 weeks ago | georgetowner.com | Kate Oczypok

Springtime in D.C. is always full of lots to do. This weekend, enjoy the Georgetown Flower Tour, a bluebell walk in Virginia, D.C. Emancipation Day festivities and more. Have a great weekend!The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow? At Least ‘Annie’ Thinks So!The classic musical “Annie” will be at the National Theatre Friday, April 11 through April 20.

2 weeks ago | georgetowner.com | Kate Oczypok

April’s auction items include a Salvador Dalí etching, a pair of Art Nouveau candelabra, a Buddhist terracotta, an oil painting related to a Lorenzo Lotto work in the Louvre and a Birkin bag. Weschler’sEstimate: $4,000–$6,000 Sold for: $11,000 From a Maryland trust, this Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) color etching with drypoint and heliograph on Japon paper was printed in 1963. Part of the artist’s “Mythologie Suite,” it is signed “Dalí” in graphite.

2 weeks ago | georgetowner.com | Kate Oczypok

Patrons’ Party Co-Chairs Malcolm Dilley and Alex Ragonese: Bringing the Georgetown House Tour to the Next Generation    The co-chairs of this year’s Georgetown House Tour Patrons’ Party are excited to get the next generation involved. Washington Fine Properties realtor Malcolm Dilley and his husband Alex Ragonese, who is involved in commercial real estate, are working hard to get some buzz going among their peers.  How It Started  It all started with Georgetown House Tour chair Azali Kassum.