An update on what’s going on in town. Squash on Fire has been igniting squash – a sport said to be not only the healthiest for the body but also stimulating the mind – in DC. The club boasts a world class squash facility on top of a fire station and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Well, I don’t know how you’d feel to dine on fire; the new Martin Luther King Memorial Library definitely looks awesome and is supposed to reopen soon after a three-and-a-half-year renovation. Things look pretty much back to normal in Georgetown. Chinatown and Penn Quarter seem to have been affected more by and still need recovery from “the riot.” José Andrés is keeping things bright there. His China Chilcano went into hibernation, but he keeps reinventing the other two restaurants, Jaleo and Zaytinya, with new art decorations. The window display at Kramerbooks never stops, in keeping with changes in our time.
