That's Silver Spring

That's Silver Spring

A look at the unincorporated, ill-defined, misunderstood city at the heart Montgomery County, MD.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Free-range Baby Blues

It seems like everyone who can operate a keyboard remembers growing up with little or no parental supervision and lived to write about. And ...

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Jackie's and JP McDermott host Quarry House staff fundraiser

In case anybody has stumbled here looking for news, rockabilly star J.P. McDermott and Jackie's bar are staging a fundraiser tonight to ...

Friday, December 26, 2014

Twelve Steps After Christmas Blues

Hello I'm gonna be late for Christmas just two days is all Sorry I'll be late again for Christmas just two days is all Spent last ...

Monday, November 24, 2014

Awkward Holiday Card: A service for busy people who want to stay in touch but only once a year

Have a Merry Holiday of Your Choice (pending Board of Education approval)! Dear friends and family, we wish you a warm an...

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Marchone’s Italian deli changes name to Filippo’s (not Felipe’s)

By Sonny Goldreich Visit the Italian deli in the Wheaton Triangle and you find things virtually the same as you remember, whether it’s bee...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

GoodFellas: "What do you do? I'm in construction." Copacabana in Silver Spring?

By Sonny Goldreich The announcement that native Cuban celebrity chef Alex Garcia plans to open a restaurant anchoring the Downtown Silver ...

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Celebrity Chef Alex Garcia filling Macaroni Grill vacancy in Downtown Silver Spring

By Sonny Goldreich Celebrity chef Alex Garcia is coming to Downtown Silver Spring, filling the huge vacancy left last year by the departure...

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About Me

Sonny Goldreich: Here's a fun game. Try to figure out where Silver Spring is. Where are all those neighborhoods far from downtown that claim the same name as the unincorporated city? How can the Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont Metro stations all somehow have Silver Spring addresses? If you're a native like me, you know that if you cross a random block, you might suddenly find that you're in Olney (Georgia Avenue) or Rockville (Aspen Hill Road) or Chevy Chase (East-West Highway) or Burtonsville (Old Columbia Pike). Or you can be in Silver Spring and Wheaton at the same time. Say you're visiting the Mid-County Regional Center next to the Wheaton Metro station for a meeting of the Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee (WUDAC). Can't get more Wheaton than that, right? But if you type in the address using either Wheaton or Silver Spring, the Postal Service search will give you the same 20902 zip code. Or if you type in 20902, you learn that Silver Spring is the preferred address and Wheaton is acceptable. That sort of sums up the point of this blog, which is all about Silver Spring and surrounding neighborhoods. Any other place might be acceptable. But I prefer Silver Spring.

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