Comments on: Stump the Penguin http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/ Your neighborhood news source Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:36:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: chaz http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-8232 chaz Tue, 27 May 2008 14:57:30 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-8232 Soooooo... construction seems to be coming along at this site--any hard news on what's going in there? Soooooo… construction seems to be coming along at this site–any hard news on what’s going in there?

]]> By: Woodmoron http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-3015 Woodmoron Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:28:06 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-3015 Posted by Mr.Joel | October 29, 2007, 10:27 pm “Silver Spring will NEVER, EVER become another Arlington, another Bethesda, another DuPont Circle, another Adams Morgan” & thank God Amen brother! Posted by Mr.Joel | October 29, 2007, 10:27 pm

“Silver Spring will NEVER, EVER become another Arlington, another Bethesda, another DuPont Circle, another Adams Morgan”
& thank God

Amen brother!

]]> By: Woodsider http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 Woodsider Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:44:51 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-3011 Lindemann, OMG...I long for Carolina Kitchen, too. When I first started working in DTSS in 2000 there were VERY few places to go out to lunch. Being a southerner, I couldn't believe that this place was right around the corner! It had been years since I had regular access to that kind of comfort food. I mean where else could you get good fried fish and collard greens around here? The manager and workers there seemed to be from the islands and my favorite part (other than the food) was that when you would walk in the door they would literally yell with their island accents: WELCOME, WELCOME! In fact, my co-workers and I never referred to the restaurant by its real name, but always called it welcome, welcome. They have a restaurant in Largo at the Boulevard at Cap Centre, but who wants to trek over there. Lindemann, OMG…I long for Carolina Kitchen, too. When I first started working in DTSS in 2000 there were VERY few places to go out to lunch. Being a southerner, I couldn’t believe that this place was right around the corner! It had been years since I had regular access to that kind of comfort food. I mean where else could you get good fried fish and collard greens around here? The manager and workers there seemed to be from the islands and my favorite part (other than the food) was that when you would walk in the door they would literally yell with their island accents: WELCOME, WELCOME! In fact, my co-workers and I never referred to the restaurant by its real name, but always called it welcome, welcome.

They have a restaurant in Largo at the Boulevard at Cap Centre, but who wants to trek over there.

]]> By: Johnny Blaze http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2990 Johnny Blaze Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:24:42 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2990 <p>Oh, by the way, IHY... my wife and I *were* a hip, young professional couple who lived in Dupont Circle for more than 10 years before we decided to have a kid. Silver Spring was a great attractive alternative to the ultra-suburbs out near Vienna and the blandness of Bethesda or Clarendon. As far as local suburbs go, Silver Spring is cool.</p> <p>(And for me, the housing stock was quite nice too--a nice variety of homes here surrounding downtown. )</p> <em>Editor's note: This comment has been edited for content. -- JD (Nov 1, 2007)</em> Oh, by the way, IHY… my wife and I *were* a hip, young professional couple who lived in Dupont Circle for more than 10 years before we decided to have a kid. Silver Spring was a great attractive alternative to the ultra-suburbs out near Vienna and the blandness of Bethesda or Clarendon. As far as local suburbs go, Silver Spring is cool.

(And for me, the housing stock was quite nice too–a nice variety of homes here surrounding downtown. )

Editor’s note: This comment has been edited for content. — JD (Nov 1, 2007)

]]> By: Johnny Blaze http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2989 Johnny Blaze Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:15:46 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2989 "...or if there will ever be an Apple store in downtown Silver Spring." Your keyboard to God's ears, Jennifer! “…or if there will ever be an Apple store in downtown Silver Spring.”

Your keyboard to God’s ears, Jennifer!

]]> By: Mr.Joel http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 Mr.Joel Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:27:16 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2933 "Silver Spring will NEVER, EVER become another Arlington, another Bethesda, another DuPont Circle, another Adams Morgan" & thank God “Silver Spring will NEVER, EVER become another Arlington, another Bethesda, another DuPont Circle, another Adams Morgan”
& thank God

]]> By: Lindemann http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Lindemann Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:32:49 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2905 I want my got-damned Carolina Kitchen with its dreamy mashed taters and its astonishingly good German chocolate cake back. I don't care what else goes in there. Carolina Kitchen has to come back. And yes I know this won't happen. I want my got-damned Carolina Kitchen with its dreamy mashed taters and its astonishingly good German chocolate cake back. I don’t care what else goes in there. Carolina Kitchen has to come back. And yes I know this won’t happen.

]]> By: Silver Spring Scene » More Doughnuts For Silver Spring http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Silver Spring Scene » More Doughnuts For Silver Spring Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:03:47 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2728 [...] Dunkin Doughnuts is all good but this is the one I’ve been waiting for. There’s something new for the taste buds of Silver Spring yet familiar since you could say, it’s from a coastal cousin. [...] [...] Dunkin Doughnuts is all good but this is the one I’ve been waiting for. There’s something new for the taste buds of Silver Spring yet familiar since you could say, it’s from a coastal cousin. [...]

]]> By: Bob Law http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Bob Law Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:50:20 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2670 I fear for I Hate Yuppies. All that rage and bile will likely lead to an early heart attack. I fear for I Hate Yuppies. All that rage and bile will likely lead to an early heart attack.

]]> By: Springvale Roader http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/comment-page-1/#comment-2540 Springvale Roader Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:58:37 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/10/15/business-37/#comment-2540 With all due respect, IHY, a.k.a. IHY, why hate people based on a generality? I know very wealthy people who have wonderful social values, and I know working class people who may as well be wearing swastikas. I grew up under Reagan, unfortunately. There was a new breed of young turks on Wall Street who held regressive, snobbish and elitist values and spent money like vulgarians. They were called Yuppies, and it was fine and fitting to hate them. However, they were of their time, and hating "Yuppies" now is as anachronistic as hating "Hippies," or "Beatniks," or "Flappers," or those damned British Loyalists. It's all about the attitude, dude. With all due respect, IHY, a.k.a. IHY, why hate people based on a generality? I know very wealthy people who have wonderful social values, and I know working class people who may as well be wearing swastikas.

I grew up under Reagan, unfortunately. There was a new breed of young turks on Wall Street who held regressive, snobbish and elitist values and spent money like vulgarians. They were called Yuppies, and it was fine and fitting to hate them. However, they were of their time, and hating “Yuppies” now is as anachronistic as hating “Hippies,” or “Beatniks,” or “Flappers,” or those damned British Loyalists.

It’s all about the attitude, dude.

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