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Claude Taylor Photography, on Connecticut just north of Dupont Circle, recently opened a Georgetown location.  Here’s the new store, on Wisconsin just south of P:

DSC00663Dupont, on the other hand, is home to a second location for Georgetown antiques store Marston Luce.  I don’t think this is new, but I have to admit I’ve never seen it before.  It is located at 21st and Newport; open Monday through Friday by appointment only and Saturday 11-5.  The two or three blocks surrounding the store are all residences, so I was surprised to find it there:

DSC00680Here is the Georgetown location, on Wisconsin between Q and Reservoir:

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Well Dupont, at first I thought Georgetown owned us at decorating for Halloween.  I was there last weekend and there were some amazing decorations.  I hadn’t seen anything besides tasteful pumpkins-on-steps displays around here.  But maybe we are just late bloomers, because over the past week I’ve noticed more creative efforts.

This creeper is on 21st between Q and R:

DSC00673The faux rat on the ledge (right side of the door) scared the bejesus out of me at first glance.  This would be spookier if the ghoul on the left were still upright:DSC00675

While not spooky, these pumpkins win creativity points:

DSC00684Still, I’m woman enough to admit that Georgetown wins this battle.  But Dupont has a lot more apartment buildings and a lot less kids, so I guess that makes sense.  See pictures of some over-the-top Georgetown displays after the jump.

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