Two Suffer Life-Threatening Injuries After Beltway Rollover
Around 1:40PM Saturday, Montgomery and Fairfax County Firefighters responded to the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway (I-495 North) between Persimmon Tree Road and River Road for a reported overturned vehicle. Responders found a vehicle that had ran off the roadway and struck a large, ground-mounted sign before overturning.
Who is Tuckerman Lane Named For? Walter Tuckerman
Walter Rupert Tuckerman was born in Oyster Bay, New York in the year 1881. He then became orphaned, and lived with his grandfather, Lucius Tuckerman in Washington D.C.
Taylor Momsen is well known for her role as Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, but did you know she grew up in Potomac? Momsen attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Bethesda for elementary school and then Hoover Middle School.
She was cast in her first national commercial as a four year old and later her first major motion picture– The Prophet’s Game with Dennis Hopper. In 2002, she played Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Alexandra, the President’s daughter, in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams. After a three year stall, she landed the lead in a WB series titled Misconceptions that never made it to the air.
Gibran Hamdan, the First Person of Pakistani Descent to Play in the NFL, Attended Churchill High School
Gibran Hamdan was drafted by the Washington Football Team in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft, making him the first person of Pakistani descent to play in the league (his mother is Pakistani and his father is Palestinian).
Emily in…MoCo!?
Well, not exactly…but Darren Star, the creator of the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris, is a MoCo native.
Gregorio’s Trattoria Opens Second MoCo Location
Gregorio’s Trattoria opened its second MoCo location today at the Shops at Sumner Place in Bethesda, in the spot that was home to China Pavilion for over two decades until it closed almost two years ago.
A List of Restaurant Closures in MoCo Since March 17th, 2020
Though this isn’t a list of closures caused by the pandemic, since there is no way to determine every reason behind a closure, 17% of restaurants (over 110,000) have closed since the time it started, according to Business Insider.
Back in 1990 you could watch Back to the Future at the “Dive-in Move” at Stedwick Pool. In 2020, the classic film was shown at DC Party Box’s drive-in theater in Rockville.
Did you know that the very first Toys R Us was in Rockville?
Live From MoCo…it’s Saturday Night!
For the second time in a month the celebrity guest host of Saturday Night Live will have strong MoCo ties.
The DMV has many scenic areas and buildings that have been used as striking locales for filming film and TV. Whether it’s downtown D.C., Baltimore, or Annapolis, location scouts consistently look to our surrounding areas as visual homes for their stories. Montgomery County is no different.
Here are five movies (in no particular order) where you can see Montgomery County on the big screen: