Update: Wiz sign Drew Gooden to 10-day contract

[fishercob]

Anyone know why/how Gooden ended up living in Bethesda? Seems random. Does he have ties to the area somehow? just curious.

I does seem a bit strange. It looks like his charity foundation does work in California, but he can probably do that with occasional visits.

http://www.thedrewgooden.com/category/news/

Actually it's probably not that strange. Bethesda has changed so much in the last decade. I saw Lebron James walk right past me in Friendship heights a few years ago when he was shopping with his posse. Literally it was him surrounded by 20 dudes.

Bethesda has not changed to that point that Friendship Heights is a part of it though.

[AFM]

I does seem a bit strange. It looks like his charity foundation does work in California, but he can probably do that with occasional visits.

http://www.thedrewgooden.com/category/news/

Actually it's probably not that strange. Bethesda has changed so much in the last decade. I saw Lebron James walk right past me in Friendship heights a few years ago when he was shopping with his posse. Literally it was him surrounded by 20 dudes.

Bethesda has not changed to that point that Friendship Heights is a part of it though.

They literally touch, fisher. Downtown Bethesda has a Bentley/Rolls Royce dealership and Euro Motor Cars, as well as a lululemon, le creusot, wine bars, a georgetown cupcake, 2 soft serve yogurt places, an apple store. and that new beer place Cork 57 which literally has an 100% markup on beer. Sometimes I'm forced to go there since they're open late. $20 for a 6 pack.
Friendship Heights is worse, that strip that used to be a Giant and a Clyde's is now a Jimmy Choo, a Luis Vuitton, etc
I feel like WTA

[closg00]

...also, parts of what used to be called Rockville, is now called "North Potomac"

[fishercob]

I know.

I once saw Juan Dixon pull his car into the handicapped space behind that Gucci and saunter inside.

[AFM]

I think it's the Le Creusot that really gets to me. It's on the pedestrian only street. You must have a lot of money if you're window shopping for $1000 cast iron pots.

[LyricalRico]

^ Drew Gooden's probably got an expensive cooking hobby.

[Soup's Uncle]

Ugh

[fishercob]

One day, I hope to buy the most expensive frying pan they have at Le Creuset and level WTA the the face with it.

Then I'm going on a shopping spree at Apple, Georgetown Cupcake, Sweetgreen, David Brenner. I'll even buy $200 yoga pants at Lululemon.

See dickface, I can hijack my own threads too!

[pineappleheadindc]

One day, I hope to buy the most expensive frying pan they have at Le Creuset and level WTA the the face with it.

Then I'm going on a shopping spree at Apple, Georgetown Cupcake, Sweetgreen, David Brenner. I'll even buy $200 yoga pants at Lululemon.

See dickface, I can hijack my own threads too!

LOL you win.

[sashae]

Bethesda has not changed to that point that Friendship Heights is a part of it though.

They literally touch, fisher. Downtown Bethesda has a Bentley/Rolls Royce dealership and Euro Motor Cars, as well as a lululemon, le creuset, wine bars, a georgetown cupcake, 2 soft serve yogurt places, an apple store. and that new beer place Cork 57 which literally has an 100% markup on beer. Sometimes I'm forced to go there since they're open late. $20 for a 6 pack.
Friendship Heights is worse, that strip that used to be a Giant and a Clyde's is now a Jimmy Choo, a Luis Vuitton, etc
I feel like WTA

JFC. I left DC (many) years ago and remember taking the bus through that depot in Friendship Heights for many years -- hearing this blows my mind.

[BigA]

One day, I hope to buy the most expensive frying pan they have at Le Creuset and level WTA the the face with it.

Then I'm going on a shopping spree at Apple, Georgetown Cupcake, Sweetgreen, David Brenner. I'll even buy $200 yoga pants at Lululemon.

See dickface, I can hijack my own threads too!

The washed up NBA big men hanging around Bethesda in the 80s and 90s were far superior to the washed up NBA bigs hanging out there now.

[fishercob]

Bethesda has not changed to that point that Friendship Heights is a part of it though.

They literally touch, fisher. Downtown Bethesda has a Bentley/Rolls Royce dealership and Euro Motor Cars, as well as a lululemon, le creuset, wine bars, a georgetown cupcake, 2 soft serve yogurt places, an apple store. and that new beer place Cork 57 which literally has an 100% markup on beer. Sometimes I'm forced to go there since they're open late. $20 for a 6 pack.
Friendship Heights is worse, that strip that used to be a Giant and a Clyde's is now a Jimmy Choo, a Luis Vuitton, etc
I feel like WTA

JFC. I left DC (many) years ago and remember taking the bus through that depot in Friendship Heights for many years -- hearing this blows my mind.

It's a weird market, sashae. You have that one project "The Collection" with Gucci, Prada, etc. It's never done all that well, and a few of the stores have closed (it didnt help that it opened right as the crash hit). You've got old mainstay luxury guys like Saks and Neimans. But then there's also tons of value-oriented shooping like TJ Maxx, DSW, Nordstrom Rack.

The old Hechts (I used to go there as a kid) has been redeveloped into a proect with a WHole Foods and Bloomingdales. The project does okay overall. PF Changs sucks wind there; Capital Grille started really soft but has picked up a bit.

Lord and Taylor is still there -- it's only a matter of time before it's redeveloped. It's great real estate. Could be a Target or Wegman's within the next decade.

[AFM]

Bethesda has not changed to that point that Friendship Heights is a part of it though.

They literally touch, fisher. Downtown Bethesda has a Bentley/Rolls Royce dealership and Euro Motor Cars, as well as a lululemon, le creuset, wine bars, a georgetown cupcake, 2 soft serve yogurt places, an apple store. and that new beer place Cork 57 which literally has an 100% markup on beer. Sometimes I'm forced to go there since they're open late. $20 for a 6 pack.
Friendship Heights is worse, that strip that used to be a Giant and a Clyde's is now a Jimmy Choo, a Luis Vuitton, etc
I feel like WTA

JFC. I left DC (many) years ago and remember taking the bus through that depot in Friendship Heights for many years -- hearing this blows my mind.

Recognize this? This used to be a Clyde's. I went to the doctor's across the street as a kid. Had foot surgery there.


direct link if it doesnt show up right: http://s13.postimg.org/gad7baar9/friendshipheights.png

[fishercob]

You probably know this, but Clyde's is still in that project.

[AFM]

I think it's in the back right? That used to be a huge parking lot next to the restaurant if I remember right.

[sashae]

They literally touch, fisher. Downtown Bethesda has a Bentley/Rolls Royce dealership and Euro Motor Cars, as well as a lululemon, le creuset, wine bars, a georgetown cupcake, 2 soft serve yogurt places, an apple store. and that new beer place Cork 57 which literally has an 100% markup on beer. Sometimes I'm forced to go there since they're open late. $20 for a 6 pack.
Friendship Heights is worse, that strip that used to be a Giant and a Clyde's is now a Jimmy Choo, a Luis Vuitton, etc
I feel like WTA

JFC. I left DC (many) years ago and remember taking the bus through that depot in Friendship Heights for many years -- hearing this blows my mind.

Recognize this? This used to be a Clyde's. I went to the doctor's across the street as a kid. Had foot surgery there.


direct link if it doesnt show up right: http://s13.postimg.org/gad7baar9/friendshipheights.png

I audibly gasped. So much for playing video games at the Disc Shop in the basement of Mazza Gallerie before catching the bus home.

[fishercob]

I think it's in the back right? That used to be a huge parking lot next to the restaurant if I remember right.

It's just off the corner. The average age of the patrons there has to be 70-something.

[mohammed10]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wiz ... -contract/

Looks like Ernie signed the original Uncle Drew...

* sigh *

Time to change the title of this thread

[fishercob]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wizards-insider/wp/2014/02/25/wizards-to-sign-drew-gooden-to-a-10-day-contract/

Looks like Ernie signed the original Uncle Drew...

* sigh *

Time to change the title of this thread

Can you try to stay on topic, we're talking about old Bethesda and Friendship Heights.

Lowen's toy store and Hot Shoppes FTW!

Okay, I'll change the thread title.

[mohammed10]

Can you try to stay on topic, we're talking about old Bethesda and Friendship Heights.

Lowen's toy store and Hot Shoppes FTW!

Okay, I'll change the thread title.

Fair enough. I do missing living in the DMV...this deviation is making me homesick