I grew up here and I remember .....
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Ballston when the powder blue marymount building was one of the tallest
Not having to dial 703 99.1 hfs The redskins as a winning team And for that matter when DC had decent sports teams in general, it's been a while. |
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Pony rides on the National Mall
When the Lowell School was in a church basement on Lowell Avenue in Cleveland Park (1960's) The riots after King's assassination and the curfew My parents house in Cleveland Park costing $20,000, and that was a fortune My parents house in Bethesda costing $70,000, and that was unbelievable My dad riding the T-6 bus downtown Georgetown being the center of everything cool Commander Salamanders in Georgetown Bethesda with half a dozen restaurants Bethesda pre-Metro The Red Line running between Dupont Circle and Silver Spring Bethesda with no yuppies Bethesda -- you were ashamed to admit you lived there in HS because it was declasse |
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Tracks and Anastasia's! Wow. That brings me back.
Commander Salamander in Georgetown. Getting Fake IDs in Georgetown Using that Fake Id to get into places like Champs (?) and Crazy Horse (where my friend and I got a pic in front of a sheet with an airbrushed cadillac on it) Always being able to drink underage at Zed's (so many of my memories include drinking People's Drug "Nobody bodda me. Nobody bodda me either" -- Jhoon Rhee Commercials for Mr. Ray's Hair Weave Howard Stern on DC 101 Watching kids' shows on Channel 20 (a U channel/our tv was so old/busted we used pliers to change the channel) The 14th street bridge plane crash, watching that man dive into the icy water to save someone Reagan shot |
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Also, capitals games/madonna/duran duran at the Capital Center
celebrating the Redskins winning the superbowl in the early-mid 80s. Singing Hail to the Redskins in elementary school Seeing that video over and over of Joe Theisman getting his leg broken. Still gives me the heebies. Those weird commercials for Morton's (which I've never set foot in) but they were on ALL the time Murry's Steaks |
Anonymous
I had totally forgotten about hose places!! I miss The Bayou, the miniature golf course next to Ballston Mall, 7-Corners Mall when it was an indoor mall with The Limited (carrying Outback Red no less). |
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Ahhh so many memories this post has brought back.
How 'bout when Wheaton Plaza was open air?? (I still remember, a few years after they enclosed it, the mall's spring decor consisted of a couple of plastic watering cans hung from the ceiling...) |
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| Shakey's Pizza in Bethesda. |
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I remember when Springfield mall was the place to be! I was so jam packed it was hard to walk through. Fairfax Connector was only 50 cents. And we ALL used 411 like crazy.
I can't believe how many of you went to Tracks! I didn't discover it until right before it closed. It was the first club I ever went to and all my friends and I still talk about how much we miss it. My favorite part of these lists were not having to dial 703. I forgot all about that. |
Anonymous
| When Potomac Village was mostly farm land and most of the mansions did not exist. |
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The ice skating rink at Lakeforest Mall
WAVA before it was a christian weirdo station Hands Across America going down Rockville Pike When the Metro didn't smell like Pee Wheel-a While Roller Skating Rink Montgomery Mall being Ghetto before it was remodeled |
Anonymous
| The Magic Pan at Montgomery Mall. |
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Polly Esther's
Mr. Gatti's |
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Gifford's Ice Cream and the little pitchers of hot fudge sauce
When the blue Marymount building in Ballston was the blue CIA building in the same spot but the area was not named Ballston until the metro was open No Metro subway or bus system but Roy O Chalk's bus system Clarendon's Sears Garden Center (now Whole Foods), Grand Union Grocery (now Gold's Gym) Kann's Department Store (now George Mason Law School), Parkington Shopping Center (now the unfortunate Ballston Mall) Little Caledonia in Georgetown when all the daffy ladies worked there |
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Practically all of the above, and
The rocking chair theater in Springfield Jack in the Box after the bars closed Landmark shopping center when it was just a strip mall with a Woodward and Lothrop and a Hechts Now I'm getting sad...I better stop |
Anonymous
I went to the one in Paris about 5 years ago and I still think about it. The food and decor were amazing. |