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

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anchor Inn in Wheaton.

Great place. Couldn't go back though after a friend died falling through the glass in front. No he was not drunk.

What happened?

I'd like to know, too.

I used to go with my parents until they closed it.

[Anonymous]

WHFS - 102.3, with Weasel, Damian, Cerf, et al, DJ's who played whatever they wanted, with on air classified ads for ride shares "Dave needs a ride to Denver next week willing to share driving and expenses", advertisers like "Up Against the Wall" and other G'Town merchants, the Balloon Man "Make the ladies happy, make the children happy", Dr. Demento, all from a freewheeling, bygone era

Anonymous wrote:Ballston when the powder blue marymount building was one of the tallest

Not having to dial 703

99.1 hfs

The redskins as a winning team
And for that matter when DC had decent sports teams in general, it's been a while.

[Anonymous]

[Countdown Carnival (weekday afternoons, with those awesome Hercules cartoons)
Wonderama, (Sunday Mornings - Does anybody here have an Aardvark ?!?)
Astro Boy
Kimba the White Lion]
How about some classic television??

Captain Tugg (sails the mighty Potomac) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVCIjmLzgU
Diver Dan (I had the hots for Miss Minerva) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPa4Rci7ec
Romper Room
Ranger Hal
Claire and Coco

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think it was called Candy Cane City

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the oldest here!
I remember when the beltway first opened and we ooohed and aaahed at all the safety features--guardrails with the ends buried in the ground so no one could be decapitated by them.
Emergency call phones every mile.
I also remember driving through Rock Creek park and you could drive your car through little "fords" in the stream.I remember Candyland Playground, somewhere near Rock Creek Park.

I remember that too! Although, judging by your first memory, I'm a bit younger than you

The Candyland (or was it candy cane?) playground still exists - it's on Beach Dr right before it hits East West Hwy, but it has new equipment with no candy theme

[Anonymous]

Yeah, right there on Rockville Pike, across from Congressional Plaza. $17.95 for all you can eat King Crab legs (or anything else on the menu). The place was always packed on weekend nights, the line stretched around the corner and went for miles (well, maybe not miles), but it was at least an hour wait, and worth it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, right there on Rockville Pike, across from Congressional Plaza. $17.95 for all you can eat King Crab legs (or anything else on the menu). The place was always packed on weekend nights, the line stretched around the corner and went for miles (well, maybe not miles), but it was at least an hour wait, and worth it.


Chesapeake Bay Seafood House. Get all the seafood you can eat! (When!)

[Anonymous]

I remember when the first McDonald's opened up in the area in Rockville - in approximately 1966. We drove all the way from Bethesda to Rockville to get a burger. I was 7. A neighborhood teenager was working there wiping tables. I can remember wondering why my Dad could not work some place as impressive as McDonalds.

I can also recall meeting my first Big Mac in 1968 during a Cub Scout outing. It was huge! Have they gotten smaller over the years or have I gotten bigger?

[Anonymous]

Metro worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metro worked.

but it didn't go anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metro worked.

Metro cave in at DuPont Circle...was it 72 or 73?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I think it was called Candy Cane City

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the oldest here!
I remember when the beltway first opened and we ooohed and aaahed at all the safety features--guardrails with the ends buried in the ground so no one could be decapitated by them.
Emergency call phones every mile.
I also remember driving through Rock Creek park and you could drive your car through little "fords" in the stream.I remember Candyland Playground, somewhere near Rock Creek Park.

I remember that too! Although, judging by your first memory, I'm a bit younger than you

The Candyland (or was it candy cane?) playground still exists - it's on Beach Dr right before it hits East West Hwy, but it has new equipment with no candy theme

I remember the Ford. I have not been through Rock Creek Park in years, but last time I was there, I lambasted the lack of the Ford.

[Anonymous]

I'm neither a mom nor a woman, but like reminiscing threads. Another remember Mothers? I think it's where the best buy is on 355 now and also nearby was Graffitis? The mafioso themed italian restaurant? Remember going there as a kid and playing inside that truck in the basement, which you weren't supposed to be able to get inside of.

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Anyone remember Victoria station off shady grove rd? I hear there's one still open, but it doesn't have the train cars. Anyone remember the Valleys restaurant nearby? They knocked it down to make the woodfin hotel and the later incarnations the last of which is closed and I bet will get knocked down too. I remember once when I was there as a kid, I couldn't find my parents, had that separation anxiety thing and went into the bar they had. The bartender gave me a soda, a quarter to play the bar version of pacman and went to look for a manager to find my parents. Man I bet that was an awseome bar even if didn't have may people. Looked like the type that had a piano player like in Vacation, though much darker. Man I wish had been an adult back then. now everything sucks.

[Anonymous]

What was the name of the head shop on Cordell across the street from Charlie Byrd's?

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Who remembers the MoDo (Montgomery Donuts) on Old Georgetown Rd in Bethesda? Loved them honey buns!! In the day, I could buy a dozen for a dollar (plus tax). In my Whitman days, we would sneak out at night and walk the 3 miles to MoDos for a single donut (they were 24 hours!) and walk back home to sneak back in the house.