Anonymous
08/30/2012 20:31
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Does anyone remember the restaurant Graffiti's that was off Rockville Pike....a big party in there...when you walked in they clapped and blew party horns and threw confetti at you.
Anonymous
08/30/2012 19:04
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Sorry - did wrong.
Anonymous
08/30/2012 19:04
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Anonymous
08/30/2012 16:43
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
I remember . . .
there was a big airplane for children to climb on at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. I was too small to climb on it, and by the time I was old enough, the plane was gone.
the amazing fall and spring seasons.
when the Mormon temple was built, the air & space museum opened, metro became operational.
I was so little at the time, but have one vague memory of older children talking about Nixon's impeachment while we walked to school.
there was a big airplane for children to climb on at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. I was too small to climb on it, and by the time I was old enough, the plane was gone.
the amazing fall and spring seasons.
when the Mormon temple was built, the air & space museum opened, metro became operational.
I was so little at the time, but have one vague memory of older children talking about Nixon's impeachment while we walked to school.
Anonymous
08/30/2012 16:07
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Arlington in the 80s in crystal city
worked at Roy Rogers during high school, had to wear a red hat and red ruffly skirt and white blouse and white nursing shoes LOL
remember Ollie's Trolley on 15th street near eads, with greasy greasy fries and greasy greasy burgers with a bunch of spices. greasy greasy but the orange whip was good
keg parties in the big overgrown 'forest' or field which is now pentagon row. some of my guy classmates in high school digging tunnels in that field to crawl into and drink underground
keg parties and firepits near railroad tracks behind the marriott and crystal city underground. a few guys i went to school with would also jump onto the slow moving trains and ride to alexandria and then jump off the train around the del ray area. never did that.. scary!
crashing the crystal city hotel pools with a friend, pretending we were hotel guests. we'd write down a fake hotel room number at the sign in desk by the lifeguard and enjoy the pool for awhile
going up to the rooftops of the crystal apartment highrises, there were several in a row off (hayes?) or to the river house apartment rooftops, to sunbathe or drink
learning to drive in the pentagon parking lot..pretty sure you can't do that anymore
worked at Roy Rogers during high school, had to wear a red hat and red ruffly skirt and white blouse and white nursing shoes LOL
remember Ollie's Trolley on 15th street near eads, with greasy greasy fries and greasy greasy burgers with a bunch of spices. greasy greasy but the orange whip was good
keg parties in the big overgrown 'forest' or field which is now pentagon row. some of my guy classmates in high school digging tunnels in that field to crawl into and drink underground
keg parties and firepits near railroad tracks behind the marriott and crystal city underground. a few guys i went to school with would also jump onto the slow moving trains and ride to alexandria and then jump off the train around the del ray area. never did that.. scary!
crashing the crystal city hotel pools with a friend, pretending we were hotel guests. we'd write down a fake hotel room number at the sign in desk by the lifeguard and enjoy the pool for awhile
going up to the rooftops of the crystal apartment highrises, there were several in a row off (hayes?) or to the river house apartment rooftops, to sunbathe or drink
learning to drive in the pentagon parking lot..pretty sure you can't do that anymore
Anonymous
08/30/2012 14:04
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Jhoon Rhee was the quote. Anyone remember the Georgetown Library night club with Shazam the dj. Little Tavern hamburgers and Crazy Horse and the downstairs go go/rap bar
Anonymous
08/30/2012 13:36
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
...when Tysons Corner was just open fields.
Anonymous
08/30/2012 13:28
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SO many memories...other people have posted many things I remember...a few memories I'll add are...
taking the bus to private school after 6th grade because the schools weren't good enough for my mother & stepfather.
a lot of lawyers & politicians.
waiting for TOO LONG for the D4 bus in Georgetown & then packing in to the bus like a sardine.
great weather in the fall and spring.
city not good at managing large snow storms.
great metro & public transportation.
streets named so I could figure out where I was, even as a kid (alphabetical order & numerical order)
Georgetown
the National Cathedral
the Air & Space Museum
the National Gallery of Art
Armands Pizza
Woodies
MacArthur Theatre
drinking age was 18 but IDs weren't checked were I was, anyway
taking the bus to private school after 6th grade because the schools weren't good enough for my mother & stepfather.
a lot of lawyers & politicians.
waiting for TOO LONG for the D4 bus in Georgetown & then packing in to the bus like a sardine.
great weather in the fall and spring.
city not good at managing large snow storms.
great metro & public transportation.
streets named so I could figure out where I was, even as a kid (alphabetical order & numerical order)
Georgetown
the National Cathedral
the Air & Space Museum
the National Gallery of Art
Armands Pizza
Woodies
MacArthur Theatre
drinking age was 18 but IDs weren't checked were I was, anyway
Anonymous
08/09/2012 10:16
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
wow PP I love your perspective of the 60/70's. Can anyone elaborate what was it like for black folks around here ? I just watched the movie "The help" and I can't believe that was happening in the 60's only! then the US has the nerve to criticize other cultures that do similar ominous things.
Anonymous
08/09/2012 09:43
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To the spring chickens and old roosters in here..........
I am 52 also and was the PP who talked about the transition from MD to VA in the late 70s/early 80's.
Being born in 1959 was a magnificent blessing - born the youngest of 6 meaning I had teenage siblings at the time of my birth who were poised to explode along with the late 60's cultural revolution. Early 60s was a time of innocence - quickly smashed by the JFK and MLK assasinations and Vietnam war. Witnessing the space race with the wondrous eyes of a boy and staying up to see an American set foot on the moon clearly shaped me - I was hooked and grew up to be a research scientist. In the late 70s, at Walt Whitman HS, there were so few boundaries - everybody around me was doing drugs, drinking like fish and having sex. School lunch hours were opportunities for a party. How did we survive?
A wonderful time to be alive and an amazing period to come of age. I have arrived at adulthood (3 kids in college, a fourth a senior in HS) with my mind intact, a working body, a strong faith, and a wife who loves me. I am pretty happy to be 52 - and to be able to share my rememberances with others who did not experience the 60's/70's with the same perspective.
I am 52 also and was the PP who talked about the transition from MD to VA in the late 70s/early 80's.
Being born in 1959 was a magnificent blessing - born the youngest of 6 meaning I had teenage siblings at the time of my birth who were poised to explode along with the late 60's cultural revolution. Early 60s was a time of innocence - quickly smashed by the JFK and MLK assasinations and Vietnam war. Witnessing the space race with the wondrous eyes of a boy and staying up to see an American set foot on the moon clearly shaped me - I was hooked and grew up to be a research scientist. In the late 70s, at Walt Whitman HS, there were so few boundaries - everybody around me was doing drugs, drinking like fish and having sex. School lunch hours were opportunities for a party. How did we survive?
A wonderful time to be alive and an amazing period to come of age. I have arrived at adulthood (3 kids in college, a fourth a senior in HS) with my mind intact, a working body, a strong faith, and a wife who loves me. I am pretty happy to be 52 - and to be able to share my rememberances with others who did not experience the 60's/70's with the same perspective.
Anonymous
08/08/2012 20:08
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$5 Fugazi shows. Those were the days...
Or at Fort Reno. Sigh. Although if they got back together now, I doubt they'd charge much more.
Fort Reno still has free summer concerts and sometimes the bands are even good. I saw Ted Leo and the Pharmacists there a few years ago!
Yup, I know. Love Ted Leo. Saw him at 9:30 a year or two ago.
I swear, sometimes I still feel like I'm still 25. No one will go to shows with me!
I would go to shows with you, anonymous internet person! I drag my friends to the Black Cat and am often relieved when there are a bunch of other "old people" there too.
Anonymous
08/08/2012 20:01
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oops... one more "still" than necessary...
Anonymous
08/08/2012 20:00
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$5 Fugazi shows. Those were the days...
Or at Fort Reno. Sigh. Although if they got back together now, I doubt they'd charge much more.
Fort Reno still has free summer concerts and sometimes the bands are even good. I saw Ted Leo and the Pharmacists there a few years ago!
Yup, I know. Love Ted Leo. Saw him at 9:30 a year or two ago.
I swear, sometimes I still feel like I'm still 25. No one will go to shows with me!
Anonymous
08/08/2012 19:57
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$5 Fugazi shows. Those were the days...
Or at Fort Reno. Sigh. Although if they got back together now, I doubt they'd charge much more.
Fort Reno still has free summer concerts and sometimes the bands are even good. I saw Ted Leo and the Pharmacists there a few years ago!
Anonymous
08/08/2012 18:49
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:$5 Fugazi shows. Those were the days...
Or at Fort Reno. Sigh. Although if they got back together now, I doubt they'd charge much more.