Anonymous
Post 08/10/2011 09:33     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Driving to Georgetown u parking lot and drinking beers before heading to the fishmarket....high school yes
Oh dc being 18 to drink while va was 21


What? When was this?


For Maryland it was 1983 I think. I was grandfathered in and could drink in DC at age 18.


Yes yes yes me too!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2011 09:32     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:The olympic parade in the 1984 when May Lou Retton won the gold.

U2 at RFK

Howard Stern on 106.7
Greasman on DC101

DC101 Chili Cook Off

Rally in the Alley

Mr. Days

Club Soda

Beach Boys on the Mall for 4th of July


I met my DH at one of the above.....
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 22:57     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

Going to the National Mall for 4th of July in 1976 to see 1 million people.

When they built the Mormon Temple and invited everyone to visit before it was consecrated. So much white inside.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 22:18     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....



When people were decent. Oh, that was somewhere else, never mind........



Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 21:49     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Driving to Georgetown u parking lot and drinking beers before heading to the fishmarket....high school yes
Oh dc being 18 to drink while va was 21


What? When was this?


For Maryland it was 1983 I think. I was grandfathered in and could drink in DC at age 18.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 21:48     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:Free concerts at American University


Yes!! I went to college in DC and had friends who went to AU and these concerts were amazing! They had some pretty big names for the time!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 21:30     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Duckpin bowling in downton Bethesda.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 21:20     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Anyone remember Chaplins?!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 21:15     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:The olympic parade in the 1984 when May Lou Retton won the gold.

U2 at RFK

Howard Stern on 106.7
Greasman on DC101

DC101 Chili Cook Off

Rally in the Alley

Mr. Days

Club Soda

Beach Boys on the Mall for 4th of July


Yes- we must be the same age or have sat right next to each other at these venues! They actually sold beer on the Mall for the 4th of July Beach Boys concerts.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 20:12     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

The olympic parade in the 1984 when May Lou Retton won the gold.

U2 at RFK

Howard Stern on 106.7
Greasman on DC101

DC101 Chili Cook Off

Rally in the Alley

Mr. Days

Club Soda

Beach Boys on the Mall for 4th of July
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 19:22     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

Anonymous wrote:Watching Frank Howard strike out AGAIN at a Senator's game!!


I remember attending the last home game of the Washington Senators.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 15:32     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

Taking guitar lessons at Charlie Byrd's on Cordell Ave.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 15:31     Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....

Phantasmagoria, skipping class with my brothers friends to go buy records there, of course, after Roy Rogers
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 15:31     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

Watching Frank Howard strike out AGAIN at a Senator's game!!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2011 15:29     Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....

When River Road was a dirt road!