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2 weeks ago |
georgetowner.com | Peggy Sands
A cozy dining room at the Georgetown Club filled with women of all ages and a surprising number of well-dressed men greeted 83 year-old Sally Quinn. She is an acclaimed author, Washington Post columnist and Georgetown hostess-with-the mostest as wife (and influencer) of the Post’s powerful managing then executive editor Ben Bradlee from 1965-1991.
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2 weeks ago |
georgetowner.com | Peggy Sands
They tried. They really tried. The commissioners and presenters at the Monday, June 2, meeting of ANC 2E, the advisory neighborhood commission for Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, tried to keep their reports, questions and proposals brief.
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3 weeks ago |
georgetowner.com | Peggy Sands
Washington, D.C.’s new budget for 2025, 2026 — delayed, uncertain, smaller and controversial — is on the table. Frustrated city officials have a good excuse for the situation however. In February, the federal government cut back D.C.’s budget allotment by $1 billion, and now it seems Congress won’t fix it. After weeks of, at times, heated negotiations, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented the District Council on May 27 with a revised budget, including some cuts in services and programs.
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1 month ago |
georgetowner.com | Peggy Sands
Q: How do you know when it is officially summer in Washington, D.C.?
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1 month ago |
georgetowner.com | Peggy Sands
Ask Georgetowners who have resided here since the 1960s and they’ll remember the classic Fairfax Hotel at 2100 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Most often missed: the famed Jockey Club with its dark paneled walls, rich leather chairs, oil paintings of racehorses and a wealth of stories about regulars Nancy Reagan, Jackie Kennedy and, even earlier, Bing Crosby. Those are all memories now. The Fairfax has been transformed into a new option for high-end senior living: Inspir, a Maplewood Senior Living brand.
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