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[quote=Anonymous]Gifford's Ice Cream shop in Silver Spring
Posin's Deli -- where I used to get half sour pickles and the most delicious smoked sable
Hogates, Flagship, and Phillips seafood restaurants
Bish Thompson's seafood restaurant
I can't remember the name of it but there was a seafood restaurant that specialized in crabs in Silver Spring, on Sligo Avenue(?) delicious soft shell crab sandwiches
The Polar Bear ice cream shop on Georgia Avenue
The ice cream store at the University of Maryland
House of Pong Chinese Carry Out 
Eddie Leonard's sandwich shop
The Thai Room
Rive Gauche
Gusti's
American Cafe
Velatis Caramels -- which had a store downtown before they were sold at Woodies. I'm so glad they're back in Silver Spring
Reeve's for strawberry pie
The oatmeal cookies that were sold at break time at my elementary school

A branch of Rodman's on Georgia Avenue near Alaskan - imported candy and cosmetics
Ida's Department Store in Petworth -- they had everything!  Including fabric and patterns for sewing. 
Garfinkel's -- downtown and in Spring Valley;  Woodies;  Hechts,; Franklin Simon; Raleigh's; Landsburgh's; Jellef's; I. Magnin in White Flint Mall
Hahn's shoes
Up Against the Wall
Bell's --and Bell's Catalog
Tower Records
Shopping for jewelry from vendors at 8th and F Streets (NW)

the Kalorama roller skating rink
Summer camp at Fort Totten (before the Metro was built)
Driving over the ford in Rock Creek Park
Going swimming downtown at the Hotel Allen
Kiddie Land - amusement park for young kids that also had pony rides
Takoma movie theater 
Takoma pool (which was outdoors)
Wonderama 
Marshall Hall amusement park and boat ride from DC
Watching Polo games downtown near the mall
The Smithsonian FolkLife Festival
Concerts at Carter Barron
Dimensions Unlimited Freedom Festival concerts

Favorite thing that's still here:Crisfield's restaurant.  Seafood Platters and Lobster Norfolk and the best fries ever

Thing I miss the most: The Kalorama Roller Rink

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