The Official "Stuff NoVA People Like" Thread (Vienna: house, neighborhood)

[smokemaster]

I miss the good ole days of Tom Weston's in Annandale.

[CAVA1990]

Language Immersion Programs
Dog parks
Dining Al Fresco
Eileen Fisher
Slouchy baseball caps
Going back to the PA burbs for the holidays, or
Alternatively, serving the homeless at Thanksgiving (cause that's the only day they get hungry)
Good scotch
Ethnic street festivals

[algia]

Are you sure you're not describing parts of Florida? or Cali?

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Here's my initial list of 10:

1. TJ and TJs (the high school and the food store)
2. Lawn Services < don't care...hubby takes pride in his lawns...lolol
3. The Outer Banks <?? you mean the "beige living"?? LOL
4. Schools with high test scores < yeah, that has become the norm also, study for tests not for your own personal education, mechanical learning to make the "school" look good! it happens everywhere these days I'm afraid not just VA!
5. Cupcakes < Again...the uniformity of the American population...otherwise known as cloning! Soon enough we would all wear uniforms! I miss all the European deserts for 2 reasons: 1. the moderated use of sugar and flour, which here is abused to no end...and 2. VARIETY!
6. Youth Sports < could care less
7. Kickball < could care less
8. Arlington < ? are you referring to the Malls I assume?
9. Expensive strollers < I have 1 comment here, after going through 6 strollers that totaled over $700 (for different terrains, or going from single to double for my first 2 kids etc)...for our 3rd which came along after we got rid of everything baby related , I decided to buy 1 expensive stroller for every terrain.....so, instead of using my house/garage as storage facility for various strollers, I opted to have 1 stroller that handles every terrain possible and that is living in my trunk!
10. Dogs (large purebreds or rescues) < Yeah, try having a spoiled little dog next door pooping between homes & making it impossible to stay outside, bc owners are too lazy to walk him in the summer! & and we're talking 90's with 100% humidity!

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Here's my initial list of 10:

1. TJ and TJs (the high school and the food store)

It took me a few to figure out what TJs food store was. I Googled it.

[algia]

I think people like these things because nothing else seems to be advertised or available....so, we're educating generation after generation into "liking" the cheap stuff without any values! It's shameful at best!

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by algia

Are you sure you're not describing parts of Florida? or Cali?

I promise that if you don't call it Cali I won't call it Flo.

[Yankeesfan]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Alternatively, serving the homeless at Thanksgiving (cause that's the only day they get hungry)

Good one. They get hungry on Christmas too. But not as hungry. And not on any of the other 363 days of the year.

[Yankeesfan]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

9. Expensive strollers

Expensive HUGE strollers -- which they take onto the Metro during rush hour.

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by Yankeesfan

Expensive HUGE strollers -- which they take onto the Metro during rush hour.

With the ubiquitous 3 big spoked wheels and cupholder of course (for the Starbucks). Double-wide? even better. I think they should hold a special 10K stroller race just for the runner-moms. Race would include red lights at intersections for jogging in place.

[Yankeesfan]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

With the ubiquitous 3 big spoked wheels and cupholder of course (for the Starbucks). Double-wide? even better. I think they should hold a special 10K stroller race just for the runner-moms.

I suspect that somewhere in the world, they do!