Georgetown used to be the home of the Nacotchanke Indians until the arrival of the British in 1696 who eventually set up a slave port to carry out their immoral practices. Today many of the buildings remain including beautiful churches on practically every corner and a very old cemetery on Wisconsin Avenue which has tombstones that date back to the 1700's. I know this because my ladies and I had a fireworks show on the property (FYI: I paid my respects to the dead prior to the light show). Georgetown today feels very much like a college town because of the university being very close by and the majority of the people who live there are white, which is a bummer because I missed my brown and black folks. If you enjoy spending money on beautiful clothes, shoes and such material pleasures like I do this is definitely your spot because everything is here- Betsey Johnson, Gap, Steve Madden, Sephora, United Colors of Benetton, Barnes & Noble and the list continues. There is also an abundance of restaurants, coffee shops galore and the Metro System conveniently runs through this part of town frequently and at $1.35 per ride you can ditch your rental car and check out the beautiful memorials downtown. More of my DC adventure coming soon...
DC history credits: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401398.html
Love the cemetery pic, maybe you should have played some of the Nacotchanke Indians tribal music on a boom box to awaken the spirits prior to your light show.
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Dope pics, classic architecture.
you know what? that's actually a great idea. i'll do that next time and holler at the homies from ghosthunters, i bet it would kick the ass of their mission episode.
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