Anonymous
02/25/2011 18:42
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
A pp mentioned American Cafe. I remember the chicken salad croissant sandwiches there. Croissant sandwiches were so nouveau then. There was one in Georgetown about where the Apple store is now. There was one on Cap Hill on Mass Ave. Was the Friendship Heights one below Woodies?
Anonymous
02/25/2011 18:39
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Interesting that so many of these are Bethesda/NW focused. That's where I grew up so of course it was the center of the universe but surprising that there are so many posters from the same area at what appears to be the same time.
Anonymous
02/25/2011 18:35
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
old dancing crab and malt shop
shakies
swensons
maggies
t-bones
montgomery grill
houlihans
hamburger hamlet on wisc ave
chesapeake seafood house
scholls
geppetto pizza
american cafe
tila's
tasty bites
peking
old broad branch mkt
shakies
swensons
maggies
t-bones
montgomery grill
houlihans
hamburger hamlet on wisc ave
chesapeake seafood house
scholls
geppetto pizza
american cafe
tila's
tasty bites
peking
old broad branch mkt
Anonymous
02/25/2011 18:21
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:What was the name of the sporting goods store in Friendship Heights next to Booeymongers? Growing up, we got all of our equipment there--like lacrosse and field hockey sticks.
Herman's. I worked there in high school.
Anonymous
02/25/2011 18:12
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
What was the name of the sporting goods store in Friendship Heights next to Booeymongers? Growing up, we got all of our equipment there--like lacrosse and field hockey sticks.
Anonymous
02/25/2011 16:42
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Paying $1.05 for matinee movies at the Baronett
Buying a cherry coke at the soda fountain in People's Drug while my dad tested some TV tubes
When Whittier Woods closed down.
Eating a whole large pizza myself at Shakies and not gaining an ounce
When the streekers in Revolutionary War Garb (not much of it) ran through the parking lot at Whitman during lunch time.
Riding my bike into town at Bruce Variety to buy red hots and a Silver Streek balsa wood rubber band plane
When I was raped at gunpoint by a slimeball as I was walking home from football practice behind Whittier Woods
Attaching my Mom's best bridge cards to my bike so they stuck in the spokes and made a cool engine sound - got my butt kicked
Sneaking onto the fairway at Kenwood and running off with golf balls before the fat guy in plaid pants could catch me
Buying beer at the Bethesda Crab House when I was 16 and never got carded - man that parking lot stunk like dead crabs
Listening to the Original Fetish Band (Pista Pista Hoy Hoy) at the Psyche Deli and driving home drunk, crashing my mom's car
Syphoning gas from school busses so I could have enough gas to go skiing during the gas crisis
Going all the way in the dressing room behind the stage in the Dome - before I was even at Whitman
geez you"re a treat ... thanks for your memories?!?
Anonymous
02/25/2011 16:13
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Probably been mentioned, but:
LuLu's
Mr. Days
LuLu's
Mr. Days
Anonymous
02/25/2011 16:05
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Riding the roller coaster at Glen Echo Amusement park before the riots.
Watching the filming of the Exorcist in Georgetown.
Holding a backyard carnival for muscular dystrophy and meeting the first Ronald McDonald
Ice skating on the canal, falling through the ice - screaming like a baby when I stood up and the water was only up to my knees and my buddies laughed and laughed at me.
GD Grafitti.
Duck pin bowling.
Going to the first golden arches in Rockville and wondering if my Dad could ever get a job at a place that cool.
Working at Pier I Imports in B-town and loading up a car full of new ratan furniture for two guys who worked for NORML and came to DC with the Carter Administration. My tip was a joint. I was 16.
Watching the filming of the Exorcist in Georgetown.
Holding a backyard carnival for muscular dystrophy and meeting the first Ronald McDonald
Ice skating on the canal, falling through the ice - screaming like a baby when I stood up and the water was only up to my knees and my buddies laughed and laughed at me.
GD Grafitti.
Duck pin bowling.
Going to the first golden arches in Rockville and wondering if my Dad could ever get a job at a place that cool.
Working at Pier I Imports in B-town and loading up a car full of new ratan furniture for two guys who worked for NORML and came to DC with the Carter Administration. My tip was a joint. I was 16.
Anonymous
02/25/2011 13:56
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
little tavern
Anonymous
02/25/2011 13:54
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:dozens and dozens of hookers at 14th and "k".
That was before AIDS. Hookers were just scary man/ladies that you saw downtown! Good times.
Not true. I worked in a building at 13 and K from 2000-2003 and there were tons of tranny hookers out past 9 pm or so. My tyrannical boss and hideous hours were the cause of me finding this out. It was not pretty. Taxi please!
Anonymous
02/25/2011 13:51
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
dozens and dozens of hookers at 14th and "k".
That was before AIDS. Hookers were just scary man/ladies that you saw downtown! Good times.
That was before AIDS. Hookers were just scary man/ladies that you saw downtown! Good times.
Anonymous
02/25/2011 13:39
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Paying $1.05 for matinee movies at the Baronett
Buying a cherry coke at the soda fountain in People's Drug while my dad tested some TV tubes
When Whittier Woods closed down.
Eating a whole large pizza myself at Shakies and not gaining an ounce
When the streekers in Revolutionary War Garb (not much of it) ran through the parking lot at Whitman during lunch time.
Riding my bike into town at Bruce Variety to buy red hots and a Silver Streek balsa wood rubber band plane
When I was raped at gunpoint by a slimeball as I was walking home from football practice behind Whittier Woods
Attaching my Mom's best bridge cards to my bike so they stuck in the spokes and made a cool engine sound - got my butt kicked
Sneaking onto the fairway at Kenwood and running off with golf balls before the fat guy in plaid pants could catch me
Buying beer at the Bethesda Crab House when I was 16 and never got carded - man that parking lot stunk like dead crabs
Listening to the Original Fetish Band (Pista Pista Hoy Hoy) at the Psyche Deli and driving home drunk, crashing my mom's car
Syphoning gas from school busses so I could have enough gas to go skiing during the gas crisis
Going all the way in the dressing room behind the stage in the Dome - before I was even at Whitman
Buying a cherry coke at the soda fountain in People's Drug while my dad tested some TV tubes
When Whittier Woods closed down.
Eating a whole large pizza myself at Shakies and not gaining an ounce
When the streekers in Revolutionary War Garb (not much of it) ran through the parking lot at Whitman during lunch time.
Riding my bike into town at Bruce Variety to buy red hots and a Silver Streek balsa wood rubber band plane
When I was raped at gunpoint by a slimeball as I was walking home from football practice behind Whittier Woods
Attaching my Mom's best bridge cards to my bike so they stuck in the spokes and made a cool engine sound - got my butt kicked
Sneaking onto the fairway at Kenwood and running off with golf balls before the fat guy in plaid pants could catch me
Buying beer at the Bethesda Crab House when I was 16 and never got carded - man that parking lot stunk like dead crabs
Listening to the Original Fetish Band (Pista Pista Hoy Hoy) at the Psyche Deli and driving home drunk, crashing my mom's car
Syphoning gas from school busses so I could have enough gas to go skiing during the gas crisis
Going all the way in the dressing room behind the stage in the Dome - before I was even at Whitman
Anonymous
10/29/2010 11:23
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Wow I forgot all about Britches! I loved those clothes for some reason. We had one in Springfield Mall.
Anonymous
10/29/2010 10:24
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OMG, Cool Disco Dan! Nice call on that.
Didn't there also used to be a Roy Rogers in G'town, right near Wisc. & Prospect?
Didn't there also used to be a Roy Rogers in G'town, right near Wisc. & Prospect?
Anonymous
10/29/2010 00:16
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
*Britches of Georgetowne
*Britches Great Outdoors
*Gepetto Pizza
*Houlihans at Friendship Heights
*Homeless people huddled by bonfires in the grassy area near where K Street meets the Whitehurst freeway
*Swensons
*Liberty Cab Co.
*The Chairing Cross
*Little Tavern Shop
*Houstons in Georgetown
*Anita Hill mural in Woodley Park
*The Trump Shuttle
*The Eastern Shuttle
*Dozens and dozens of hookers at 14th and K
*Redskins at RFK
*Roy Rogers on River Road near Kenwood
*Roy Rogers on Wisconsin and Van Ness
*Large station wagons with back windows covered with stickers representing every private school and college the family attended
*Christmas wreaths on the grills of cars during the holidays
*Maggie's pizza
*Mr. Smiths
*Mr. Henry's
*Nations Bank
*Riggs Bank
*Peoples Drugs
*Marion Barry sting
*"Cool" Disco Dan
*Hamburger Hamlet on Wisconsin
*River Club
*Duke Zeiberts
*Oriole Games at Memorial Stadium
*The Capital Centre
*Hechinger
*Olsen's Books
*Circle movie theaters
*Britches Great Outdoors
*Gepetto Pizza
*Houlihans at Friendship Heights
*Homeless people huddled by bonfires in the grassy area near where K Street meets the Whitehurst freeway
*Swensons
*Liberty Cab Co.
*The Chairing Cross
*Little Tavern Shop
*Houstons in Georgetown
*Anita Hill mural in Woodley Park
*The Trump Shuttle
*The Eastern Shuttle
*Dozens and dozens of hookers at 14th and K
*Redskins at RFK
*Roy Rogers on River Road near Kenwood
*Roy Rogers on Wisconsin and Van Ness
*Large station wagons with back windows covered with stickers representing every private school and college the family attended
*Christmas wreaths on the grills of cars during the holidays
*Maggie's pizza
*Mr. Smiths
*Mr. Henry's
*Nations Bank
*Riggs Bank
*Peoples Drugs
*Marion Barry sting
*"Cool" Disco Dan
*Hamburger Hamlet on Wisconsin
*River Club
*Duke Zeiberts
*Oriole Games at Memorial Stadium
*The Capital Centre
*Hechinger
*Olsen's Books
*Circle movie theaters