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

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My dad owned a small apartment building on 14th street. I remember going there to help him clean and maintain it. He told me not to look at the people we were driving by. Too bad he sold it before 14th street turned around. That would have paid for my kids college a few times over.

To me, 14th street will always be where the hookers hang out.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. What a terrific thread.

Didn't read all 65+ pages, but did anyone mention Peter Pan Inn? It was the place to go after HS graduations* and to celebrate other big milestones. That peacock, hush puppies, and yummy apple butter!

*While writing the above, I thought of another - the place where all the graduations took place: Shady Grove Theater in the Round. (I remember I was there one time when "My Favorite Martian" guy - can't remember his name - was sitting next to me.)

Nice memories.

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I haven't heard anyone talk about the Peter Pan Inn in decades. Such a fun place to go when we were kids. I had forgotten about those peacocks! Still remember those fried chicken dinners with the apple butter and hush puppies. We feasted. And of course the old carousel horses to climb on.

[Anonymous]

The Crow Bar. Was especially a fun time during Rolling Thunder. It was definitely THE hangout for the bikers.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody remember having to ride in the "nest" in the back of a VW beetle when they were a kid?

Please explain...

[Anonymous]

Pierce Street Annex
Wileys Ice Cream
Giffords Ice Cream
Hahns shoes

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody remember having to ride in the "nest" in the back of a VW beetle when they were a kid?

Please explain...

My parents had a VW bug and when I was a baby - before the days of car seats - they laid me in the "nest" in the back of the car for car trips.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Britches of Georgetown (that I went to in Springfield Mall!). I thought I was hot stuff wearing those rugby shirts.
Georgetown Cotton--another Springfield Mall store. Very Bohemian clothing.
Memco
Bradlees
Finishing The Pig Trough at Farrell's and the huge drum they would play when they'd parade around you.

I still have the Britches day pack that I carried through high school and college. My son says, Dad, get a new pack.

I also remember Farrells - at leat the one off of River Rd in B-town.

Wow I hadn't thought about these places in ages. Georgetown cotton at Springfield mall, I loved that place! I wonder if PP and I were high school classmates.

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Anonymous wrote:Finally growing up and filling out enough that I could wear size 5 shoes and the smallest "teenage" size of the time, size 3. Later shopping at The 5-7-9 store.

I miss the sheer variety of stores; Kinney, Thom McAn, Hahn for shoes. Jean Nicole, Cedar Post, Gunny Sax, Susie's Casuals, Limited, Brooks, misc., Britches for Women, Casual Corner, privately-owned dress boutiques, Garfinckels, Frugal Fannies, Raleighs, Woodward and Lothrop...

Visiting my grandmother's small-town mall 200 miles away and knowing that I would find unique stores with merchandise entirely different from what I'd find in Northern Virginia.

Going to lunch at the department store cafes - and loving how fancy they were.

Getting all dressed up to go shopping. It was quite an occasion and usually you'd be lucky to come home with one special item, like an Easter dress and shoes.

Attending department store fashion shows and as a teenager, being selected to model

OMG, I could have written your post! Right down to the modeling in department store shows while in high school! I was a model for Woodies "Fashion Advisory Board" - cheesy fashion shows held in different malls all over the area. I'm mortified when I think back on some of the outfits they put us in.

And Cedar Post - that place was the bomb! So fashion-forward (for the 80's, anyhow). Garfinckel's was where my mom took me to buy prom dresses, and we'd go to Britches (for men) for my oversized rugby shirts. Limited for the hideous, oversized V-neck Forenza sweaters and stirrup pants. Oh my, such memories!

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Almost forgot about Hit-or-Miss - my go-to store where I was allowed to buy my first bikini at age 13. Black and white polka dots - so cute!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody remember having to ride in the "nest" in the back of a VW beetle when they were a kid?

Please explain...

Behind the back seat of the old VW beetle was a space that you could pack a kid into. Ours was lined with the awful carpet kind of stuff that poked through your shirt.

Both my brother and I would get packed into it for short trips. I was number six of six kids.

In later years, we turned it into a painting service vehicle. We took out all but the drivers seat. A passenger would squat on the floor with his arm out the window to hold onto our painting ladder. Oh, to be young again.

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Some of my favorite B-town haunts:

Baronet Theater (when I was a kid)
Shakeys Pizza
Tastee Diner
Bethesda Surf Shop
Psyche Delhi (Original Fetish Band - Pista Pista Hoy Hoy)
Good Stuff
Charlie Byrd Guitar
Montgomery Donuts
Bruce Variety
The Sportsman
Soda Fountain at Peoples Drug Store
Bethesda Crab House
McDonalds Raw Bar
Trav's Inn (Glen Echo)
Glen Echo Amusement Park
"The Hill" (see if anybody knows that one!)

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Hank Dietles. Boy I miss the old days.

[Anonymous]

Yep- I spent a lot of time in Dietels.

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Drive-in movie theater on Hungerford Drive in Rockville

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Spinnakers in Lakeforest Mall with the flowerpot bread.