For Fun: How You Know You've Become a Washingtonian

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Anonymous wrote:14th street was where the prostitutes hung out.

I was just going to say.. you remember that 14th st in the 80’s was considered a dangerous place to be…

You find yourself saying on multiple occasions- “the DC food scene is so much better than it was ten years ago.”

[Anonymous]

You remember shopping at Woodies and Garfinkels. And dressing up for the Halloween parties in Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

You shopped at the “Black Exploitation” Safeway at the Waterfront SW in the late 90s. Wayyyy before anyone could have imagined “The Wharf”. I’m white, BTW. That Safeway opened my eyes to “food deserts”…25 years ago and here we still are

[Anonymous]

ANSWER:

When you are born here. You are not a real Washingtonian unless born and raised here, or at least mostly raised here. But we accept you adopting our town as your home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14th street was where the prostitutes hung out.

As a transplant I found them fascinating. I’d make my friends drive by to see them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ANSWER:

When you are born here. You are not a real Washingtonian unless born and raised here, or at least mostly raised here. But we accept you adopting our town as your home.

This isn’t Savannah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You remember getting off of school for the redskins winning the Super Bowl. You shopped at commander Salamanders. You went to the bar on Georgetown University campus and then went to White Castle burgers.

This! You're an 80's kid!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ANSWER:

When you are born here. You are not a real Washingtonian unless born and raised here, or at least mostly raised here. But we accept you adopting our town as your home.

This isn’t Savannah.

No, it definitely ain't.

[Anonymous]

It's like I'm a weirdo if I tell people "I'm a New Yorker" if I am not even from New York. Weird!!! Does not matter how many parkways or museums or restaurants I know. I'd be an imposter

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I mean if you have a NY accent, I’ll give you a pass

[Anonymous]

You drive through SE or around Howard U. and say, I remember when DC was 70% Black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14th street was where the prostitutes hung out.

As a transplant I found them fascinating. I’d make my friends drive by to see them!

All our visiting relatives would get the drive by tour.

And in high school the kids always drive down 14th.

Mr Henry’s for drinking underage…for those of us that weren’t “grandfathered in at 18” like my sister and her friends that could legally drink in DC at age 18!

[Anonymous]

Eagle Liquors at the end of the Key Bridge in Georgetown. My dad always went there for cheaper liquor before 1970s block parties. I remember the giant barrel of gummy bears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riggs Bank, the excitement of the second phase of Georgetown Park Mall , getting Jamaican patties late night on 18th street as a snack and getting yelled at by compliment man, the 15 minute club which was an officer worker cafeteria by day and a club/bar at night right in the CBD, bullet proof glass barriers in all of the liquor stores, no road closures around the White House, and Woodies downtown all come to mind for me

OMG! I still call it “Oh… you mean the old Riggs?” Especially the Georgetown branch”.

And yes, I still have a rug that I bought at Woodies, and a few things stored in Garfinkel’s boxes.

The Compliment Man ❤️. My sister and I loved him. Thanks for the memory.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riggs Bank, the excitement of the second phase of Georgetown Park Mall , getting Jamaican patties late night on 18th street as a snack and getting yelled at by compliment man, the 15 minute club which was an officer worker cafeteria by day and a club/bar at night right in the CBD, bullet proof glass barriers in all of the liquor stores, no road closures around the White House, and Woodies downtown all come to mind for me

Compliment man - I loved him. Also loved the 15 minute club too. Did we hang out? Though late night for us was giant slice pizzas in Adams Morgan. Occasionally we would go wild and go to Au Pied du Cochon. I would add the first Adams Morgan day after the riots...again...which ones. That one was such a party. Not going past 16th Street in Dupont at night & by yourself. When Vegas Lounge was the lone outpost on P Street.

I miss the Secret Safeway - that staff was awesome. They would stock things that I liked and would open the doors after they were closed to let me emergency shop.

Maybe not with her, but you definitely did with me!!! Yes to everything you said.