I miss DC Circa 2000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you. I was a wild child in the mid-aughts, worked in restaurants, had zero obligations and just had a good time. DC was slower paced and more provincial then.

Things change.

No, DC was not slower paced and more provincial then. You just had fewer responsibilities, etc. YOUR life was slower paced.

DC hasn't been "more provincial" since the early 90s. That was probably the last time traffic didn't suck, too.

I miss those days too. Life was so fun and carefree! Do you think the current 20 something DC crowd is having as much fun as we did?

Hard to say. I now have a son in his 20s, and he certainly seems to be. DC is different and more crowded, but in many ways 20 somethings haven't changed. I was his age in DC (23) in the early 90s. There were a lot more places that you would not/could not go, but I definitely didn't plan my outings w/friends around traffic like they do.

[Anonymous]

Grateful we bought our house in Bloomingdale then, when most people were unfamiliar with the neighborhood.

Cha-ching!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you. I was a wild child in the mid-aughts, worked in restaurants, had zero obligations and just had a good time. DC was slower paced and more provincial then.

Things change.

No, DC was not slower paced and more provincial then. You just had fewer responsibilities, etc. YOUR life was slower paced.

DC hasn't been "more provincial" since the early 90s. That was probably the last time traffic didn't suck, too.

I miss those days too. Life was so fun and carefree! Do you think the current 20 something DC crowd is having as much fun as we did?

We’re juggling more responsibilities. When my parents talk about their 20s and how cheap things were compared to their paychecks, I’m kinda jealous. My mom talks about 85 cent drinks and $3 apps. They only made around $40k a year but things evened out more.

[Anonymous]

"Before it got gentrified" like YOU didn't gentrify it, Trevor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Before it got gentrified" like YOU didn't gentrify it, Trevor.

I was coming her to say the same thing! This post isn’t coming from a POC.

[Anonymous]

Good times. Lulu's, Red, Andalu, 1223, 80's night at Club Heaven. Cell phones were just starting to become afforable, but they just had calling and not texting. I'd often get a woman's email if I met her at a party, then we'd email flirt while at work since neither of us had internet at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Before it got gentrified" like YOU didn't gentrify it, Trevor.

I was coming her to say the same thing! This post isn’t coming from a POC.

Yep. DC should've stayed black it was called chocolate city. Frankly tired of outsiders.

[Anonymous]

Walking across the bridge from Adam's Morgan to the metro, super drunk. Sometimes we'd ride on the backs of our guy friends. Ah fun times!

Remember the naked guy who lived across from Madame's Organ (I think?)? He was ALWAYS out mooning everyone and wouldn't shut his blinds. I remember randomly seeing his butt for years.

Half slice pizza too.

[Anonymous]

I was poor but life was fun.

Dollar Buds at Lucky Bar on Thursdays.
Madhatter. Sign of the Whale. Cheap, same day tix to Caps games.
Pub Crawls.
Cheap takeout.
House parties in Arlington, Adams Morgan.

Good times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you. I was a wild child in the mid-aughts, worked in restaurants, had zero obligations and just had a good time. DC was slower paced and more provincial then.

Things change.

No, DC was not slower paced and more provincial then. You just had fewer responsibilities, etc. YOUR life was slower paced.

DC hasn't been "more provincial" since the early 90s. That was probably the last time traffic didn't suck, too.

This. It's fine to miss it all the same. But don't confuse it with the place. Instead, it was your time.

OMG. F'ing killjoys. Quit bringing down a fun throwback thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you. I was a wild child in the mid-aughts, worked in restaurants, had zero obligations and just had a good time. DC was slower paced and more provincial then.

Things change.

No, DC was not slower paced and more provincial then. You just had fewer responsibilities, etc. YOUR life was slower paced.

DC hasn't been "more provincial" since the early 90s. That was probably the last time traffic didn't suck, too.

This. It's fine to miss it all the same. But don't confuse it with the place. Instead, it was your time.

OMG. F'ing killjoys. Quit bringing down a fun throwback thread.

Throwbacks like takeout from Guapos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My life was so easy then. I was 22. I lived in a studio apartment on 16th Street near Mount Pleasant, before it got gentrified.
I worked in Tenleytown and would often stop at Guapos to do takeout -- a hefty styro container of chile relleno smothered with shredded lettuce and a heaping plop of sour cream.
I worked out at the gym nearby too and shopped at Fresh Fields.

On weekends, we'd go dancing at Rumors or maybe Chief Ike's Mambo. Late night empanadas from Julie's, was the name?

Life was so simple.

Aren't you disgusted by the amount of environmental waste you caused by all those stryo containers? Gross.

[Anonymous]

I wasn't in DC during my early 20s (I was in NYC), but I relate to the nostalgia for being young, wild, & free in the city

If you went back now, what would you do differently? Aside from getting a better haircut, I think I would probably date/hook up more. I was kind of puritanical about it for no real reason

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My life was so easy then. I was 22. I lived in a studio apartment on 16th Street near Mount Pleasant, before it got gentrified.
I worked in Tenleytown and would often stop at Guapos to do takeout -- a hefty styro container of chile relleno smothered with shredded lettuce and a heaping plop of sour cream.
I worked out at the gym nearby too and shopped at Fresh Fields.

On weekends, we'd go dancing at Rumors or maybe Chief Ike's Mambo. Late night empanadas from Julie's, was the name?

Life was so simple.

Aren't you disgusted by the amount of environmental waste you caused by all those stryo containers? Gross.

This quote makes me think "wow, I wish your mom and dad had been more concerned about the environmental damage of reproducing and chosen not to have you."

[Anonymous]

Lauriol Plaza, Madhatter, Half Slice and who could forget Group therapy Thursdays at Tom Tom --4 pints of bud light and 4 shots for $10. Man those were the days!