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

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buying beer legally at 18

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Anonymous wrote:What was the name of the sporting goods store in Friendship Heights next to Booeymongers? Growing up, we got all of our equipment there--like lacrosse and field hockey sticks.

Herman's. I worked there in high school.

And Booeymonger's was my first "real job" in high school. I totally forgot about Herman's. Wonder what kinds of jobs our kids will have at that age?

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Thank You! I now remember the jingle "Hermans, we are sports!" And, I spent a LOT of time at Booeys--hours of cinammon coffee and cigarettes in the enclosed porch...

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I remember the American Cafe being above the Herman's/Booeymongers. Sadly, my first (and last ) experience of dine and dash was at that exact restaurant. And, I totally remember the croissant sandwiches, they seemed so cutting edge...

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Horn and Horn Schmorgesborge
Hahn's shoes
the ice rink at Lakeforest mall
When montrose road ended at seven locks road
when Wootton parkway was a bmx track

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Anonymous wrote:The roller skating rink on Rockville Pike- Wheel Awhile!!

The best place ever to see live bands- The Bayou

Wasn't that on Gude? Did it move from Rockville Pike to Gude? I remember going to it on Gude (where the current Carquest is).

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Waxy maxies in montgomery mall
Walking to safeway at age 6 to buy slim jims with friends
Movie theater in congressional plaza
Bradlees
the silo
The potomac coiffure
When seven locks went all the way to falls road

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KEMP MILL RECORDS BREAKS ITS OWN RECORD!
Captain 20
The Morning Zoo
duckpin bowling at the lanes near Wheaton Plaza
listening to the sirens go off in Farrell's
when the Superfresh in AU Park was an A&P... that delivered
when the General Store in Forest Glen was a real general store
when the holiday concerts on the Capitol grounds were high on has-been musicians and low on production values

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Nobody bodder me.... Nobody bodder me eider!!!!!

The area's most favorite comercial, i think it is on youtube somewhere need to find link.

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tea room in lord & taylor, is that still there?

pleasant pheasant

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Jumping off the Big 70 at Dickerson quarry.
Climbing into up into the public water tanks between Radnor and Bradley and taking a midnight swim on summer nights. Ever notice your water tasting funny?
Extended lunch breaks at Carderock - back when the campuses were open.
Playing Whitman rugby - hard to find other high schools to play so we went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and got our lunch handed to us by trained killers.
Delivering the "Advertiser" newspapter - earned a whole 1.75 cents a paper and had to put them in the door!
Delivering the Evening Star. Great paper!

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Anonymous wrote:tea room in lord & taylor, is that still there?

pleasant pheasant

The lunchroom at L&Ts was called the Birdcage and I have distinct memories of my mom taking me there for tea sandwiches. Also, there were no cash registers on the floor at L&T, the sales clerk would write up your slip (my mom used her Washington Charge Plate) and put everything in a pneumatic tube that would whisk it off to the business office.

I also remember the lunch counter at People's on Wisconsin Avenue.

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Many great memories here. How did all the punks who went to Poseurs, the Roxy, Tracks, Fifth Colvmn, etc. wind up on the DC mom's board?

* It's Cool "Disco" Dan as I recall
* DJ Mohawk Adam Lief
* I still call CVS "People's Drug" sometimes.
* I still call Home Depot "Hechingers."
* The cool kids went to Penguin Feather, not Kemp Mill Records.
* The Captain 20 club
* Sunny's Surplus in Georgetown
* Person to person ads in the City Paper
* The fastest way to get downtown from Virginia was 66 to E Street.
* Pre-HOV
* HOV-3
* Seeing movies at the State Theatre in Falls Church for $1.

The person who sang the jingle, "When you take Jhoon Rhee self defense, then you too can say, nobody bothers me. Nobody bothers me. Call USA-1000. Jhoon Rhee means fight for right!" was Nils Lofgren, who later joined Bruce Springsteen's E-Street band.

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Anonymous wrote:
The person who sang the jingle, "When you take Jhoon Rhee self defense, then you too can say, nobody bothers me. Nobody bothers me. Call USA-1000. Jhoon Rhee means fight for right!" was Nils Lofgren, who later joined Bruce Springsteen's E-Street band.

OK, this is weird, but we had Jhoon Rhee in Pennsylvania, too, and I remember that jingle. I guess it was a national chain.

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Anonymous wrote:

The person who sang the jingle, "When you take Jhoon Rhee self defense, then you too can say, nobody bothers me. Nobody bothers me. Call USA-1000. Jhoon Rhee means fight for right!" was Nils Lofgren, who later joined Bruce Springsteen's E-Street band.

And didn't he also sing the song Bullets Fever in the 70's when the Bullets were in the NBA playoffs?