Topher Mathews
@georgetownmet.bsky.social
Writer of the Georgetown Metropolitan: news from DC's oldest n’hood. Proud son of the Nutmeg State & Daughter Guy to a Native Washingtonian. Talks too much.
This is what the GU boathouse will look like if approved:
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is what the GU boathouse will look like if approved:
It’s insane that Bob Dylan first heard of the concept of a rhyming dictionary in 1975.
March 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It’s insane that Bob Dylan first heard of the concept of a rhyming dictionary in 1975.
I will still always miss this weird little guy:
March 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I will still always miss this weird little guy:
Bit of a theme for me, I think
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Bit of a theme for me, I think
Hookworms all like
February 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hookworms all like
This guy definitely looks like someone who sought out a lengthy graduate course of study to avoid the draft, like South American geology or something. Can’t blame him, of course.
February 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This guy definitely looks like someone who sought out a lengthy graduate course of study to avoid the draft, like South American geology or something. Can’t blame him, of course.
Guy on the left looked borderline to me, but then I noticed that he’s barefoot.
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Guy on the left looked borderline to me, but then I noticed that he’s barefoot.
I wasn’t sure about their hippy status, but after zooming and enhancing, it became clear they were the real deal. Check out the boots on Lurch here:
February 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I wasn’t sure about their hippy status, but after zooming and enhancing, it became clear they were the real deal. Check out the boots on Lurch here:
Hey! You might be having trouble sleeping these days due to everything, but if you suffer from longer term insomnia I can’t recommend enough this little, self-publish book by Dr. Guy Meadows:
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey! You might be having trouble sleeping these days due to everything, but if you suffer from longer term insomnia I can’t recommend enough this little, self-publish book by Dr. Guy Meadows:
Love the Georgetowner but this is genuinely hilarious.
January 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Love the Georgetowner but this is genuinely hilarious.
The shop that people might be most interested in is the Salty, a donut shop coming to the store across the street from Georgetown Cupcake.
January 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The shop that people might be most interested in is the Salty, a donut shop coming to the store across the street from Georgetown Cupcake.
Definitely remember the promise that it was temporary but I thought the promise was that the residential/retail would somehow wrap around the parking? Here’s an early reading with that promise: (from www.jdland.com/dc/stadium-r...)
January 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Definitely remember the promise that it was temporary but I thought the promise was that the residential/retail would somehow wrap around the parking? Here’s an early reading with that promise: (from www.jdland.com/dc/stadium-r...)
For centuries people have turned to one man for answers to life’s mysteries
January 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
For centuries people have turned to one man for answers to life’s mysteries
Turkish ambassador’s residence on Sheridan Circle, where the ambassador’s son, Ahmet Ertegun, fostered his love of black jazz and R&B before founding Atlantic Records.
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Turkish ambassador’s residence on Sheridan Circle, where the ambassador’s son, Ahmet Ertegun, fostered his love of black jazz and R&B before founding Atlantic Records.
Mt. Pleasant home of country western singer (and future sausage king of Virginia) Jimmy Dean
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Mt. Pleasant home of country western singer (and future sausage king of Virginia) Jimmy Dean
Bo Diddley’s house on Rhode Island Ave where he kept a home studio and recorded the legendary Bo Diddley’s a Gun Slinger album:
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Bo Diddley’s house on Rhode Island Ave where he kept a home studio and recorded the legendary Bo Diddley’s a Gun Slinger album:
Along these lines, here are so more fun lesser known connections between DC and pop music:
John Phillip Sousa’s birthplace on Barrack’s Row
John Phillip Sousa’s birthplace on Barrack’s Row
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Along these lines, here are so more fun lesser known connections between DC and pop music:
John Phillip Sousa’s birthplace on Barrack’s Row
John Phillip Sousa’s birthplace on Barrack’s Row
Just daydreaming about what it would be like to have a mayor that put this much effort and political capital into a cause that would actually benefit residents.
January 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just daydreaming about what it would be like to have a mayor that put this much effort and political capital into a cause that would actually benefit residents.
And the building still stands, hosting a liquor store around the corner from the Capitol One Arena
January 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And the building still stands, hosting a liquor store around the corner from the Capitol One Arena
Columbia was firmly entrench in NYC by the time Dylan showed up, but the Columbia name comes from the District of Columbia. The corporation was founded in DC in 1889 as the Columbia Phonograph Company. It was located at 627 E St NW:
January 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Columbia was firmly entrench in NYC by the time Dylan showed up, but the Columbia name comes from the District of Columbia. The corporation was founded in DC in 1889 as the Columbia Phonograph Company. It was located at 627 E St NW:
Extremely tenuous but interesting link between A Complete Unknown and DC: the movie shows him using the Columbia studios, the record label he has stuck with his entire career.
January 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Extremely tenuous but interesting link between A Complete Unknown and DC: the movie shows him using the Columbia studios, the record label he has stuck with his entire career.
TIL: There actually was a real girl from Ipanema en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helo%C3...
January 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
TIL: There actually was a real girl from Ipanema en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helo%C3...
Wrote a post about the end of the Circulator and included a photo of my daughter’s first bus ride on it. Noticed another dearly departed in it.
January 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wrote a post about the end of the Circulator and included a photo of my daughter’s first bus ride on it. Noticed another dearly departed in it.
The chosen few have seen the truth revealed, but the masses still grasp in the dark of their ignorance. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
December 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
The chosen few have seen the truth revealed, but the masses still grasp in the dark of their ignorance. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...