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

[Anonymous]

Every time I pass the Modell's on Wisconsin in Bethesda I get mad that it's not Lowen's toy store.

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember Sr. Dorothy at Holy Trinity High School in Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember Sr. Dorothy at Holy Trinity High School in Georgetown?

No memories about Sr. Dorothy (sorry), but . . . anyone remember Sr. Margaret (math) at St. B's?

Or Sr. Petra (Latin) at Immaculata HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember "SURRENDER DOROTHY" painted on the bridge on 495 by the Temple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every time I pass the Modell's on Wisconsin in Bethesda I get mad that it's not Lowen's toy store.

Lowens lost me when they stopped selling toy guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember Sr. Dorothy at Holy Trinity High School in Georgetown?

No memories about Sr. Dorothy (sorry), but . . . anyone remember Sr. Margaret (math) at St. B's?

Or Sr. Petra (Latin) at Immaculata HS?

I do not know either, I went to the public schools. But my neighbors all went to St. B's. They talked about a sister who used to rough them up so much that they named her Sister Cassius Clay. Even us public school kids were scared of her. Do any of you St. B's alumni recall the moniker?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every time I pass the Modell's on Wisconsin in Bethesda I get mad that it's not Lowen's toy store.

Lowens lost me when they stopped selling toy guns.

I used to ride my bike to Lowen's (after a stop a Bruce Variety and the Sportsman) to purchase the ingredients for gun powder in the chemistry section. Who needed fire crackers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Structure (now Express Men?)
Z104 playing Macarena over and over and over
The Pygmy goat farm in Oakton
"Midgetville" where everyone claimed Little People lived in huts in the woods
Greenday on a tiny stage at HfStival
West Ox Road with two lanes and no McMansions

Ha, that's a lot of my teenage memories right there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Structure (now Express Men?)
Z104 playing Macarena over and over and over
The Pygmy goat farm in Oakton
"Midgetville" where everyone claimed Little People lived in huts in the woods
Greenday on a tiny stage at HfStival
West Ox Road with two lanes and no McMansions

Ha, that's a lot of my teenage memories right there.

Geez you guys are young.

[Anonymous]

In high school, smoking cigarettes at Fair Oaks mall. And while we're on Fair Oaks mall, I remember Sam Goody, Hecht's, Woodies, Units (!!), Merry Go Round...

I remember when Reston Town Center was just one tiny main drag.

I remember when West Ox Road was one lane.

[Anonymous]

Love, love this thread, great memories for a native Washingtonian exiled to Los Angeles!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In high school, smoking cigarettes at Fair Oaks mall. And while we're on Fair Oaks mall, I remember Sam Goody, Hecht's, Woodies, Units (!!), Merry Go Round...

I remember when Reston Town Center was just one tiny main drag.

I remember when West Ox Road was one lane.

Yes!! And Tower Records (now Joann's fabric store...sad)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember "SURRENDER DOROTHY" painted on the bridge on 495 by the Temple.

Great photo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember "SURRENDER DOROTHY" painted on the bridge on 495 by the Temple.

I think of this every time I drive by. EVERY TIME! When I'm feeling down on DC, this makes me smile.

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember the Chi-Chis (and happy hours there) at Tyson's? ANd then it became Madeleine's, and is now...gone. Leveled. Soon to be a high rise something.

Sigh.