Chapter eight

Diary of a Georgetowner

In the third generation the Georgetowner is a veteran of the Revolution and a man of affairs. He still holds a comfortable amount of land, and if not the owner of a business, he has heavy investments in several commercial ventures. Tobacco is still king, although Georgetown, now raised to thes tatus of city, has diversified her trade to insure her continued economic growth. All seems well on the Potomac.... [more]

Edited by David Roffman

June 2008

dc diary

O Street Market - Crossroads

The development of the O Street Market in the Ward 2 neighborhood of Shaw is entering a critical juncture – the financing package. I have helped see this project through from its conception, historic preservation and zoning processes, and now here we are with the financing package, which will allow us to move forward.... [more]

By Jack Evans

June 2008

town topics

Chrome Photography

Bring your old and deteriorated family photographs into the Chrome Imaging team and they will scan them, retouch the flaws and cracks, and organize them into a family history book. You can include photos from all the way back to your great-grandparents and finish with new digital photos you just took yesterday. This service is also available online; Chrome offers complementary software to create your book in the comfort of your own home.... [more]

by Alexandra Varipapa

June 2008

The village

Annual 4th of July Calendar

“Taxation without representation!” That was the battle cry of the 13 colonies in America that were forced to pay taxes to England’s King George III with no representation in Parliament. How very appropriate that we celebrate the Fourth of July here in the Nation’s Capital, the one city in America where we have no self government, no representation to speak of .... Sorry Eleanor Holmes Norton. Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, and in 1938 Congress reaffirmed it as a holiday.... [more]

By david roffman

June 2008

Confessions of Crazy Cooter

With Ben Jones, what you read is what you get.

 

Jones put a lot of stuff in the title of his book “Redneck Boy in the Promised Land” subtitled The Confessions of ‘Crazy Cooter’. The title sounds like a summing up, sort of, but really, it’s just the beginning. It’s the language and the telling in the book that tells the story, or at least gets you the essence, the core of the guy.  The language in the book is straight-forward, plain-spoken; it often has the feel of somebody speaking his mind at a gathering where speaking your mind is like a rude bodily noise....  [more]

By Gary Tischler

June 2008

a look into the past & an old box of photos

We have, after 54 years in business, begun a scrapbook collection for your perusal. Every two weeks, we will post entries and rare photographs seldom seen for your nostalgic pleasure. Little things that just come to mind; old photographs that for some reason have been put away in my special box beneath my desk...people, places, things I remember. Things like:..... [more]

by david roffman

June 2008