Comments on Silver Spring, Singular: Bed Bath & Beyond a Reasonable Distance

Um, take the Metro to Columbia Heights, people. Yo...

2009-10-24T11:34:20.908-05:00

Um, take the Metro to Columbia Heights, people. You do realize it's only about a 20-minute train ride, right? I do it all the time on the weekends and, from the SS station, I've made it within as little as 15 minutes if I catch the Green Line right at Ft. Totten.

Yes, it can also take a bit more time, but it's hardly a schlep. Sometimes it cracks me up how people in the DC area think anything more than 15 minutes away is, as my mother likes to say, like going to Kishinev.

Going to Columbia Heights is not that easy and the...

2009-10-22T13:26:00.816-05:00

Going to Columbia Heights is not that easy and the DCUSA parking garage can be a total nightmare. Try going during church time.

There is a BB&B in Columbia Heights. That's just ...

2009-10-22T13:22:42.034-05:00

There is a BB&B in Columbia Heights. That's just 15 minutes in a car, and parking is only $1 for an hour, or a 20 minute bus ride S2/4/9. Plus you've got Target, Best Buy, Giant, Commonwealth, Pete's. Why would you go to Rockville?

I've often wondered why there isn't a BB&B more co...

2009-10-22T10:09:22.994-05:00

I've often wondered why there isn't a BB&B more conveniently located to DTSS. Good point! I only go to the BB&B in Rockville when I absolutely have to, which is usually only because a) someone has their wedding registry there or b)someone's gotten me something useless from there.

On the other hand, we do have Strosnider's around the corner, which stocks a fair amount of shower and kitchen items. I find the service at Strosnider's way more helpful and friendly than any BB&B. I can't help to think that their business would suffer if Bed and Bath moved in over here.

Considering where it is located, City Place is dea...

2009-10-22T10:00:01.027-05:00

Considering where it is located, City Place is dead. Ellsworth could be packed, yet you go into Shitty Place and there's a dozen people in there. Half of them are probably just cutting through, too.

And, I mean, City Place does get a fair amount of ...

2009-10-22T09:57:34.662-05:00

And, I mean, City Place does get a fair amount of business, even if they aren't a well-heeled crowd. They could use more high-end stores, but it isn't exactly a "dead" mall.

If you get enough people to write enough letters, ...

2009-10-22T09:56:51.921-05:00

If you get enough people to write enough letters, anything is possible. That's how the Trader Joe's in Burnt Mills came to be.

We shop at the Bed Bath and Beyond in Columbia off Snowden River Parkway. It is far (though no farther than Rockville for me) but there is never any traffic.

Yes, but there are already two Targets that are re...

2009-10-22T09:56:23.350-05:00

Yes, but there are already two Targets that are reasonably accessible from Silver Spring.

I would settle for a good sized Target in Sh**ty P...

2009-10-22T09:55:36.301-05:00

I would settle for a good sized Target in Sh**ty Place. BB&B's are kinda fail. I don't need a big box store for suction cup shower mirrors.

I agree that a Bed Bath & Beyond is exactly the ki...

2009-10-22T09:35:30.870-05:00

I agree that a Bed Bath & Beyond is exactly the kind of store that Sh**ty Place Mall needs. It certainly cuts across a wide swath of demographics and would attract other decent retailers to the mall. At the moment the usual collection of cheap jewelry stores, cell phone stores, and trashy teenage clothing stores still dominate a facility that is totally wasted. I thought the place went under new management a while back and they were going to improve the quality of the stores, but obviously that hasn't happened.

I was at a book sale at the New Carrollton public ...

2009-10-22T09:17:46.991-05:00

I was at a book sale at the New Carrollton public library a couple years back and saw two men get into a fist fight over a cart of books. When I walked in, I thought the PG cop standing there was going to have a boring day, but noooo.......

I'm ecstatic over the Colesville Post Office getti...

2009-10-22T09:13:59.262-05:00

I'm ecstatic over the Colesville Post Office getting a stay of execution :-)

As to book scanners, so what, as long as they put the books back where they grabbed them from and pay for their purchases - who cares? A sale is a sale.

Sad to say I think we missed the BBB boat - don't think anyone is in the expansion mode now.

Looking fwd to the pony rides...

Among the features of the Silver Spring Library's ...

2009-10-22T05:43:11.312-05:00

Among the features of the Silver Spring Library's Bookfest on Saturday will be the unveiling of the plans for the new library by the County Executive. This will take place about noon.

Also, the Friends of the Library's new 2010 "Vintage Silver Spring -- Then and Now" calendars will be available. The calendars feature 14 historic photos accompanied by photos of the same locations now (14 photos = 13 months -- December 2009 through December 2010 -- plus the cover). The calendars are $10 at the Bookfest and later selected weekend hours at the library or $12 by mail. Mail orders should go to Calendar, Friends of the Library, Silver Spring Library, 8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 100% of the proceeds from the calendar sales go directly to benefit the library.