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Kimberly Casey and Daryl Judy join WFP
Washington Fine Properties has announced that Kimberly Casey and Daryl Judy have joined their firm. Casey and Judy have been the top producing team at TTR/Sotheby’s for a number of years. In a press release, Washington Fine Properties said:
"We are delighted that they have decided to join our team at WFP."
"Daryl and Kimberly have developed a reputation for working hard, listening well, knowing the market thoroughly and making sure their clients are completely satisfied. They are licensed across all three jurisdictions and will be working out of the Georgetown Office."
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Politico Spots Jack Evans Sweating in Georgetown
D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans' celebrity quotient is going up. Or it was a slow news day -- or both. In any case, Politico's Kiki Ryan, another Georgetown resident, pointed out that Evans was "out for a run on Wisconsin Avenue, dripping from head to toe. Not that his damp situation stopped him from meeting and greeting—Evans was seen stopping to shake hands with passerby." Where will Jack appear next? Martin's? This is getting exciting...
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Rat poison pellets cause alarm at The Dog Shop
Jane Huelle arrived at her Wisconsin Avenue business on Saturday morning to find an unpleasant surprise: in the night, an unknown person had dumped rat poison pellets all along the sidewalk in front of The Dog Shop.
Huelle was immediately concerned—not for her storefront or sidewalk, but, true to her profession, for her customer's best friends. Rat poison, she said, can be extremely dangerous to 
dogs, and she knows three dogs who have died this year alone from ingesting rat poison—two from Foxhall's Battery Kemble Park and one who lived in Georgetown.
So in response, Huelle spent most of her weekend trying to minimize the collateral damage from the dumping. It took her all day Saturday to clean up the pellets, which had been dropped all along the sidewalk in front of her store and the two neighboring businesses, The Georgetown Café and a hair salon. She filed two separate complaints with the Metropolitan Police Department (putting down poison pellets is illegal) and contacted both the Georgetown BID and the City to make sure that the pellets were not the work of their abatement programs. (They weren't, and the BID has requested increased security around her ).
As for who did it, Huelle said, "I haven't a clue. Honestly, I think it was someone who truly thought they were helping the rat problem."
But for the perpetrator's sake, and for the sake of dog owners, she wants to make sure the issue gets public attention.
"What I want is a PSA letting people know that you can't just put poison out and assume that only rats will eat it," she said. "It's made to taste good. Birds get it, squirrels get it, cats get it, dogs get it, and it's just as lethal to all of those animals as it is to rats."
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Now, you can pay for parking by phone on Reservoir Road
Starting this week, DDOT is rolling out a series of pilot programs that will attempt to make parking in D.C. a less utterly frustrating task. And while Georgetown won't be home to one of the streets that is testing sensors that will help drivers find open parking spaces, drivers parking on Reservoir Road will be able to try out paying by phone.
How does it work? DCist's guide says drivers who want to test it can sign up for an account at www.parkmobile.com and then download the necessary application. Perks include an automatic text message that gets sent to your phone when your time is almost up.
Around the city, DDOT is also debuting pay-by-plate, where parkers can enter their license plate numbers into a multi-spot meter.
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Glover Park Burleith Farmer's Market near the top in a national contest
Only in its second year, the Glover Park-Burleith Farmer's Market is a front runner to win the title of "America's Favorite Farmer's Market" from the American Farmland Trust.
The local favorite, which is competing in the small market category, currently has 233 votes, putting it behind only two farmer's markets in its category, Emmett's Farmer's Market in Idaho, a market which is open two days a week, and the winner of last year's contest, the 10-year-old Collingswood Market of New Jersey.
Lauren Biel, the organizer of the Glover Park-Burleith farmer's market, attributes the strong showing to a loyal group of shoppers who want to see the market stick around from year to year.
You can vote for the market in the annual contest here.
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Bank of Georgetown Gets Praise and Thanks
Losing a wallet or having one stolen is bad enough. It's worse on vacation. Georgetown residents have been speaking out to thank Bank of Georgetown, headed by resident Curt Winsor, for great service in times of need:
"I had my wallet stolen out of my hand bag last week in Chicago," wrote community leader Elizabeth Miller in a recent listserv posting. BOG was "so amazing in helping me deal with the fallout. The incident occurred after hours and I was able to reach Curt Winsor -- the chairman -- on his Blackberry immediately. He helped me track down the fraud department and shut down the card quickly -- before I suffered any real financial damage."
"Nathan Winstead spent an hour with my husband and an hour with me helping us sort out the mess. Both Curt and Nathan were patient, efficient, thoughtful, sensitive and really helped us through a nightmarish situation. I know that other big banks just wouldn't have dealt with this in the same manner. I am so happy to know that small community banks like the bank of georgetown still exist in the world today," she wrote.
Shirley Barth of Georgetown wrote: "A similar thing happened to me last fall and the Bank of Georgetown was very helpful and sympathetic. They are always friendly and courteous when one drops by."
The Washington, D.C.-chartered community bank has branches in Georgetown, Friendship Heights, Penn Quarter, at Connecticut and L Sts., at Franklin Square, in the Courthouse area of Arlington, Va., and in Bethesda, Md. It was founded in 2005 in Georgetown by Winsor and President and CEO Mike Fitzgerald.
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Georgetowners feel Friday morning's earthquake
Did you feel the 3.6 magnitude earthquake this morning? If not, some of your more sensitive neighbors did feel the quake that hit north of D.C. at about 5 a.m. this morning.
"I happened to get out of bed about 5:00 am and was standing up when I felt the room vibrate in an odd way, accompanied by a very deep rumbling noise," one perceptive Georgetown resident wrote on the georgetownforum listserv. "I thought that maybe there had been an 
explosion somewhere in the city, but when I did not hear any sirens after a while I began to think I had imagined it. When I saw the DC Alert message about the earthquake and the time at which it occurred, I knew that was what I had experienced."
Wrote another, "I felt it too! Bed shook and I heard the rumble, and I thought, we're actually having an earthquake! Then I thought I must be dreaming and went back to sleep."
The Gtown Saucer didn't feel it—guess our skin isn't as princess-and-the-pea-like. Elsewhere in the D.C. blogosphere, City Desk has survival tips for you to follow the next time a record-breaking earthquake strikes in the D.C. area. DCist, meanwhile, said the earthquake wasn't that big of a deal. But it's a big enough deal for BGR The Burger Joint to sell half-price shakes (get it?) from 3 - 4, and for Young & Hungry to run a tempting post-quake-milkshake roundup.
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Ward 2 Dems invite mayoral candidates for a forum and straw poll
If the Georgetown Business Association doesn't attract an appearance by Mayor Adrian Fenty at its candidate's forum, maybe the Ward 2 Dems will.
Ward 2 Dems have invited all registered mayoral candidates to a forum at their straw poll, which is coming up this Wednesday, July 21 at the Washington Plaza Hotel at 10 Thomas Circle, although Ward 2 Dems President and Georgetown resident Patrick Allen has not said which candidates, if any, will be attending.
Registration will begin at 7 p.m., and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of any candidates who show up. There will be a formal presentation starting at 7:30 p.m., where candidates will be asked questions on a series of important subjects, and voting among registered Ward 2 Democrats will close at 9:15 p.m.
Times are subject to change if necessary. The event has been sparsely advertised so far, so the Dems ask everyone to spread the word.
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Free cupcakes all day at Georgetown Cupcake
Georgetown Cupcake is celebrating tonight's premier of their TLC reality show with a sugary, generous gesture toward their local fans: free cupcakes all day!
From 10 a.m. to their 9 p.m. close, sisters Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis will be handing out their signature treats free of charge. Their show D.C. Cupcakes, which they previewed on Wednesday, has its TV premier tonight at 10 p.m. on TLC right after Say Yes to the Dress.
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Another No-Show? Georgetown Mayoral Debate Uncertain
After allegedly backing out of candidate forums on education and in various neighborhoods, Mayor Adrian Fenty may be edging out of a planned debate in Georgetown with challenger Vincent Gray, D.C. Council Chairman, according to the Georgetown Business Association, which issued the following statement:
“The GBA has not yet taken a position on who to support in the Democratic primary for Mayor. We recently cosponsored with the Citizens Association of Georgetown a successful forum for the candidates for Council Chair during which issues of concern to the businesses and residents in Georgetown were very usefully explored. The Mayor’s campaign initially agreed to a similar forum, but it has become uncertain that he will participate. If he doesn’t, it will be more difficult for the businesses and residents of Georgetown to make informed decisions in this very important election.”
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