Potomac

In late 2019 it was announced that Quincy’s Bar and Grille would be opening a Potomac location in Potomac Woods Plaza, taking over the old Amici Miei location next to Brooklyn’s Deli.

This weekend we were told that Quincy’s Potomac will have its opening on Monday, January 18th. They will hold a special soft opening for MoCoShow readers comfortable eating in their heated outdoor tent on Saturday, January 16th and Sunday, January 17th.


Bethesda

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.


MCPS

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).


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