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Jun 03, 2015

The Best Ice Cream The D.C. Area Has To Offer

Cone or cup, we’re collectively screaming about our favorite frozen treats.

Jul 11, 2014

The Weekly Feed: 32 Flavors Edition

The Weekly Feed screams for ice cream. Plus: Laotian food, drinking with celebrity beagles, and more.

May 16, 2006

We Scream for Amy’s

Perusing the dessert menu, we’re always a bit skeptical when we come across something such as “ice cream (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry)” or some permutation thereof. If nothing else seems appealing, and we’d like a bit of ice cream, then we take the chance. If we’re lucky, we’ll get some good local stuff from Thomas Sweet or Gifford’s. Or on the corporate side of things, we’ll likewise feel honored to scarf down some Haagen-Dazs, particularly any…

Jan 13, 2005

Georgetown’s Free Parking to End Soon

Ahh, no more manhole explosions. No more bumpy roads. No more metal plates. The massive utility reconstruction that has torn up Georgetown for much of the past few years is winding down, but the Post reports that something else will be gone when the work officially wraps up: free parking. Parking meters will be returning soon to M Street, from 28th Street to the Key Bridge. Georgetown will be getting a new kind of parking…

Jul 29, 2004

Fire Forces Evacuation of Tourist Trolley

DCist can only imagine the looks on the faces of all the tourists on the Old Town Trolley today when its engine caught fire today in Georgetown. As the trolley cut across Georgetown on P Street, its propane-powered engine caught fire on P Street as it approached Wisconsin Avenue outside the Marvelous Market and the Thomas Sweet ice cream store. WTOP reports that merchants came out with fire extinguishers and fire fighters came soon…

 
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