I grew up here and I remember .....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9:30 club and seeing Modern English perform. Got to go backstage and say hi...pretty cool for a HS girl out on a school night.

The 9:30 club is still around ...

[Anonymous]

Tower Records at Congressional Shopping Center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I love this thread!!!

Don and Mike on WAVA and then WJFK. The original morning zoo with Janet from another Planet and Burnt Toast and Coffee Time with David Haines. Man do I miss D&M.
The Greaseman on DC101
HFSestivals
The Caps Centre
Key Theater and there was a movie poster store right near there where I would buy posters for my room.
When Urban Outfitters first opened up in Gtown and we thought it was so cool and hip like DC had hit the big time.
Commander Salamander
Tony Bennett sang at the reopening of Montgomery Mall when we gained a Nordstrom. Happened to be there shopping w/my family and he was performing lol
Chevy Chase Bank (when I was kid, I always thought this was the "fancy" bank)
Being able to take a tour of the WH by just getting in line outside and waiting for your turn to go in. No special tickets needed. No screening, background checks, etc.
Bob's Big Boys
Sutton Place Gourmet

Wow, I remember all this stuff too! They are all prime childhood memories for me. Except Tony Bennet. 🤣 I thought Chevy Chase bank was the fancy bank too. Ha. Remember Murphy’s on Wisconsin Ave?
And Swenson’s Ice Cream?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in the Pentagon City area and I remember when you could just walk into the Pentagon to visit the mall inside (yes, a mall with stores smack dab in the middle of the Pentagon!). No security checks, no nothing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the Pentagon City area and I remember when you could just walk into the Pentagon to visit the mall inside (yes, a mall with stores smack dab in the middle of the Pentagon!). No security checks, no nothing!

I grew up in Bethesda and you used to be able to drive into Naval Medical (now Walter Reed) to go to the McDonald’s. I also learned to drive on the roads all over NIH on the weekends when they were empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9:30 club and seeing Modern English perform. Got to go backstage and say hi...pretty cool for a HS girl out on a school night.

The 9:30 club is still around ...

Believe it moved?

[Anonymous]

When the Redskins won a superbowl.

When the 1996 Olympic soccer games were played atRFK. Yes, they were in Atlanta, but there were games in DC). So cool.

[Anonymous]

Harden and Weaver
Pony rides (Rudolph) at 7 Corners
Vienna movie theater
Darrel's
Shakey's
The Birdcage Restaurant
On street parking
Being able to get from point A to point B pretty much anywhere in the area in a reasonable amount of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9:30 club and seeing Modern English perform. Got to go backstage and say hi...pretty cool for a HS girl out on a school night.

The 9:30 club is still around ...

Believe it moved?

LOL. About 25 years ago. You don't get out much, I presume?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I love this thread!!!

Don and Mike on WAVA and then WJFK. The original morning zoo with Janet from another Planet and Burnt Toast and Coffee Time with David Haines. Man do I miss D&M.
The Greaseman on DC101
HFSestivals
The Caps Centre
Key Theater and there was a movie poster store right near there where I would buy posters for my room.
When Urban Outfitters first opened up in Gtown and we thought it was so cool and hip like DC had hit the big time.
Commander Salamander
Tony Bennett sang at the reopening of Montgomery Mall when we gained a Nordstrom. Happened to be there shopping w/my family and he was performing lol
Chevy Chase Bank (when I was kid, I always thought this was the "fancy" bank)
Being able to take a tour of the WH by just getting in line outside and waiting for your turn to go in. No special tickets needed. No screening, background checks, etc.
Bob's Big Boys
Sutton Place Gourmet

Great list! All the locals will remember so many of these!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harden and Weaver
Pony rides (Rudolph) at 7 Corners
Vienna movie theater
Darrel's
Shakey's
The Birdcage Restaurant
On street parking
Being able to get from point A to point B pretty much anywhere in the area in a reasonable amount of time.

OMG yes! Used to love going there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tower Records at Congressional Shopping Center.

Did that replace Waxie Maxies?

[Anonymous]

Friendly Beasties, pet store run by "Trooper" (wore his hair in two long pigtails) in Burleth.

Bethesda Surf Shop

Weasel, Cerphe, and Damian when WHFS was in Bethesda.

High's Ice Cream

Mr. Henry's in Tenelytown

Strip clubs in Tenelytown

[Anonymous]

Sorry, Tenleytown.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone remember Wildwood Deli on Old Georgetown Road? We went there every Friday night for pizza. Sad when it shut down.