Vanishing Georgetown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I do appreciate walking down memory lane and we often look at the rear view mirror with much nostalgia.. but framing the current Georgetown as "going down hill" and the old Georgetown as much better days... idk, there were literally 15 year old getting trashed at bars and throwing up on the street during that time.

Now I appreciate it, I could get served wearing my Catholic school uniform, great memories. I could drink on Georgetown's campus and meet college guy, woohoo! (hello statutory rape)

But let's not white wash it too much.

There are very few posts about getting drunk in high school uniform. In fact, yours is the first, I think. We can feel nostalgic about old Georgetown shopping and hanging out without longing for the days when we were sexually harassed and date raped.

-another Catholic schoolgirl

[Anonymous]

I can't believe I didn't see mention of Kemp Mill Records! We used to buy our concert tickets there. One time Eddie Murphy was signing albums there and I nearly got killed in a crowd crush.

[Anonymous]

Also Orpheus and Olssen's

[Anonymous]

The gentleman standing on the corner of Wisconsin and M crooning, "He makes the ladies happy, he makes the children happy."

Yes! hippy dippy health food store on Wisconsin below M.

The Childe Harold...or was that Dupont Circle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The gentleman standing on the corner of Wisconsin and M crooning, "He makes the ladies happy, he makes the children happy."

Yes! hippy dippy health food store on Wisconsin below M.

The Childe Harold...or was that Dupont Circle?

Child Harold was Dupont, but you reminded me of the French Market on Wisconsin above Q!

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Georgetown and this thread is great!
Wisconsin Avenue
The antique store run by the lady with huge black bouffant
The French market ( three buildings painted white blue and red
Swensens ice cream and an ice cream Place called the Parlor that had little tables outside and served ice cream in fancy cups
Powder and smoke perfume shop
Old Mexico clothing- you’d walk through a iron gate into a back building
Bliss- a jewelry store that used to hirecteenagers to hand out fliers on 1/4 pages
Georgetown pharmacy across from Pied de cochon- the nicest old Pharmacist named Doc- my mom called him at home one morning when there was an emergency with medicine and he met her at The pharmacy to refill
Yes natural foods- getting watermelon juice at the juice bar
Classic clothing
M street
The market house which was where dean and Deluca took over- chocolate chip cookie stand, pizza place up on 2nd floor
Georgetown Park mall was so fancy and modern!
The urban outfitters used to be a woolworths that had live birds for sale on the lower level
I miss old Georgetown. Makes me so nostalgic for my childhood

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Anonymous wrote:The Barnes and noble or borders or whatever with the nice 2nd floor cafe overlooking m street

Definitely a Barnes and Noble. I used to study there all the time.

It’s not there anymore? I used to work at the WB and we lived in Rosslyn so I would walk home and my then-DH would wait for me there and we would walk together from there on. He stopped meeting me there pretty soon though - didn’t want to walk across the bridge. I think I started taking the bus too, but I did walk to Georgetown.

I think it's a Nike store now.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone remember the diner that was where the Apple Store is? I think it was Boogies? I would go there often, somewhere I have a t-shirt. And if we're branching out into Foggy Bottom, did anyone else go to Mr Henry's in the early 90s? Run by the two brothers? I'm pretty sure it was where the Founding Farmers is now. They "carded" but I clearly remember bringing my boyfriend's 16yo cousin there back in the day.

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The Fish Market! So much fun dancing to Billy Idol and Madonna.

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The Tower Records in Foggy Bottom. I think it's where the CVS is now.

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Ah, the French Market! The best potato salad in this or any other universe.

And Georgetown Coffee, Tea, and Spice. Walls of candy. That place smelled soooo good.

And what was the shop near the Christ Child Opportunity Shop that was a warren of little rooms with lampshades, trays, placemats, all the kinds of things old Georgetown would have around the house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember Mie N Yu on M street?

Sexy as hell with the red drapes. Had a fabulous date there. Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the bar under the bridge that let 15/16 year old's in to drink?

Oh the 80's.

I drank there underage too!

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Anonymous wrote:The Biograph theater!

SAw Rocky Horror Picture Show there. So much fun.

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Mr. Smith's right on M. My first margarita!

Is Third Edition still on Wisconsin? It was there 15 years ago.