What are some places or things in the DC area that are special to you? Essentially what gives the city its character in your eyes.

My prelim list with only 21 years of memory making:

Schools: MCPS did a pretty good job for me. I remember vividly what school looked like during 9/11 and on that first day of the sniper. Also it was so diverse with people from varied and far flung countries.

Eastern Shore: from very early childhood visits to beach condo in OC with rides on the boardwalk to summer bumming during college in Bethany/Dewey. Also, great boondoggles to pristine hamlets for serenity and psychedelics (Assateague, Crisfield, Kent Is.)

Regal Movie Theater, DT Bethesda (back when it was United Artists): first place being able to go out at night unsupervised as a kid, now known for its throngs of preteens perpetually shocking the gentry with graphic illustrations of shifting social norms.

The Pike/Wisconsin Ave/355: it takes me everywhere. A drive all the way down 355 tells you about everything you need to know about the area between Gtown and Frederick. The road is basically a story of Washington...

Baltimore: First memory of the city is from inside the family car a few blocks from the IH on the way to the mythical aquarium. It was the (very) early 90s and I remember seeing a gaggle of homeless people and a mound of trash. Later(much) memories of the city involve shopping for vices at Lexington Market.

It's Academic: Great tv show or greatest tv show?

Nathan's in Gtown and Tommy Joe's in Bethesda: Nightly staging point, both mind bogglingly preppy and iconic.

US Capitol and the Mall: Best visited at night. Former internship allowed me to get inside the Capitol off-hours, incredibly surreal being in there when its near empty.

The Agricultural Reserve and Middleburg Area: family run farmers markets, horses and beautiful estates.

Historic Annapolis, Gtown, Alexandria and Frederick: old school East Coast style with a unique culture.

Honorable Mention: Neighborhood Pools, Alexandria Harbor, all of the airports, Whitetail/Ski Liberty,

Edit: I've spent most of the past four years away from the city while in college, but grad school brings me back to the city where I intend to get to know NW more intimately.

:)

My prelim list with only 21 years of memory making:

Schools: MCPS did a pretty good job for me. I remember vividly what school looked like during 9/11 and on that first day of the sniper. Also it was so diverse with people from varied and far flung countries.

Eastern Shore: from very early childhood visits to beach condo in OC with rides on the boardwalk to summer bumming during college in Bethany/Dewey. Also, great boondoggles to pristine hamlets for serenity and psychedelics (Assateague, Crisfield, Kent Is.)

Regal Movie Theater, DT Bethesda (back when it was United Artists): first place being able to go out at night unsupervised as a kid, now known for its throngs of preteens perpetually shocking the gentry with graphic illustrations of shifting social norms.

The Pike/Wisconsin Ave/355: it takes me everywhere. A drive all the way down 355 tells you about everything you need to know about the area between Gtown and Frederick. The road is basically a story of Washington...

Baltimore: First memory of the city is from inside the family car a few blocks from the IH on the way to the mythical aquarium. It was the (very) early 90s and I remember seeing a gaggle of homeless people and a mound of trash. Later(much) memories of the city involve shopping for vices at Lexington Market.

It's Academic: Great tv show or greatest tv show?

Nathan's in Gtown and Tommy Joe's in Bethesda: Nightly staging point, both mind bogglingly preppy and iconic.

US Capitol and the Mall: Best visited at night. Former internship allowed me to get inside the Capitol off-hours, incredibly surreal being in there when its near empty.

The Agricultural Reserve and Middleburg Area: family run farmers markets, horses and beautiful estates.

Historic Annapolis, Gtown, Alexandria and Frederick: old school East Coast style with a unique culture.

Honorable Mention: Neighborhood Pools, Alexandria Harbor, all of the airports, Whitetail/Ski Liberty,

Edit: I've spent most of the past four years away from the city while in college, but grad school brings me back to the city where I intend to


I was on It's Academic for 2 episodes. the Baltimore show. I believe in the first half of '99.

Annapolis- east coast with a laid back west coast vibe.
worked in dtown annapolis for a little bit during college and afterwards.

grew up in Severna Park/Millersville.
generally boring suburbia. though living in the old (built around the rr station) part of sp might've been a bit more interesting.
used to love the inner harbor in Baltimore.
took until after college to discover other neighborhoods sans mt vernon.

my parents are immigrants but came here when people used to go to the dtown bmore dept stores for shopping like Hutzler's and Hochschild(sp?) Kohn. I would've liked to see that. apparently dtown bmore was more lively back then the early/mid 70;s.

lot of family friends lived in Hoco and moco.

usually shopped in glen burnie (other than groceries) including marley station. I'm guessing if my parents weren't cheap Indians, they would've been more partial to Annapolis mall being from Severna Park.
went to all public schools including college at UMCP. Had fun and grew up a bit during college.

lived in owings mills and Beltsville (Calverton) for a short time. Live in Ellicott City near the Columbia border now.

not having a car for the first 3 yrs of college seemed to be limiting my horizons. somehow I didn't have the motivation to explore using public transport back then.

I was Canoeing in deep creek lake I think a summer after a college semester and my mom was with me. I was having trouble moving the boat back to shore and my dad yelled at us I believe in front of other people.:nuts:

Downtown SS has developed into a vibrant place.

I like living where I live now as far as commuting. close enough to 95 and 29 for alternate access to moco besides using 95.

Historic Ellicott City is definitely one of the gems of MD. never even knew about it as a child. just go there one night (ok maybe not fri or sat) and bring a book and just sit by the river and listen. it's so soothing.

now i work across from the new carrollton marc/metro/amtrak/greyhound which is very convenient if I want to get to dc.

Hopefully will be getting a Master's at Towson U in Geography starting in '12 or '13. oddly my interest in urbanism didn't develop until after college when I got a job in Owings Mills.

one last thing used to get my hair cut in Brooklyn Park when I was young by a nice old man who gave me a bunch of autographed orioles pictures perhaps when I was 5-7. Unfortunately I showed them to someone in my neighborhood and I think he stole the one of Cal Ripken:nono:. I think I still have Eddie Murray's though. Oh that reminds me I was there for the Orioles Closing series at Memorial Stadium.

My prelim list with only 21 years of memory making:

Schools: MCPS did a pretty good job for me. I remember vividly what school looked like during 9/11 and on that first day of the sniper. Also it was so diverse with people from varied and far flung countries.

Eastern Shore: from very early childhood visits to beach condo in OC with rides on the boardwalk to summer bumming during college in Bethany/Dewey. Also, great boondoggles to pristine hamlets for serenity and psychedelics (Assateague, Crisfield, Kent Is.)

Regal Movie Theater, DT Bethesda (back when it was United Artists): first place being able to go out at night unsupervised as a kid, now known for its throngs of preteens perpetually shocking the gentry with graphic illustrations of shifting social norms.

The Pike/Wisconsin Ave/355: it takes me everywhere. A drive all the way down 355 tells you about everything you need to know about the area between Gtown and Frederick. The road is basically a story of Washington...

Baltimore: First memory of the city is from inside the family car a few blocks from the IH on the way to the mythical aquarium. It was the (very) early 90s and I remember seeing a gaggle of homeless people and a mound of trash. Later(much) memories of the city involve shopping for vices at Lexington Market.

It's Academic: Great tv show or greatest tv show?

Nathan's in Gtown and Tommy Joe's in Bethesda: Nightly staging point, both mind bogglingly preppy and iconic.

US Capitol and the Mall: Best visited at night. Former internship allowed me to get inside the Capitol off-hours, incredibly surreal being in there when its near empty.

The Agricultural Reserve and Middleburg Area: family run farmers markets, horses and beautiful estates.

Historic Annapolis, Gtown, Alexandria and Frederick: old school East Coast style with a unique culture.

Honorable Mention: Neighborhood Pools, Alexandria Harbor, all of the airports, Whitetail/Ski Liberty,

Edit: I've spent most of the past four years away from the city while in college, but grad school brings me back to the city where I intend to

intend to what?????

:)

Ah, I remember travelling between baltimore and dc by mag-lev train back in 2024, before teleportation was practical or safe. It took a whole 8 minutes for the trip- can you believe we used to put up with that inconvenience?!?!

Here are a few of the things I have come to love over the past year since I moved to Baltimore. (April 26th was my one-year anniversary!).....Oh yeah, and I love crab cakes, shrimp boils, and Berger cookies, though not necessarily together. And I love how you find Old Bay seasoning on just about everything, like crusted on a bagel or on the rim of your bloody mary glass. Brilliant!

Congrats...if you've made it through a year and still like being here and don't feel like you're mired in a backwater, then you're over the hump. A couple more years and Old Bay and crabs will even taste good on your Wheaties.

Ah, I remember travelling between baltimore and dc by mag-lev train back in 2024, before teleportation was practical or safe. It took a whole 8 minutes for the trip- can you believe we used to put up with that inconvenience?!?!

8 minutes? 300 MPH? I take it that the next step was to put you in an artillery shell and fire you into the Mall.