A 10th Anniversary celebration of the September 12, 1978 opening of Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg was held in 1988. Along with a $10,000 gift certificate giveaway, a balloon drop, and even a trio of mimes, the then-safe-and-upscale mall had another special take-home prize for attendees. A pyramid of boxes was stacked outside of Johnston & Murphy. Each one was filled with "our special anniversary cake mix." Those upon whom this gift was bestowed were exhorted to "bake the cake and share it with your family and friends."
Now that corporate greed and the Montgomery County cartel's anti-business, pro-crime policies have led to the closure of the once-popular shopping and leisure destination, we can only look back at a simpler and better time with nostalgia. Were you one of the lucky few to obtain a box of the cake mix? Did you bake the cake? What did it taste like?
Lakeforest was a nice mall for a long time. I used to go inside the mall during its construction with Friends and play,probably around 1977.😌
ReplyDeleteWe were young carpenters building townhouses in Montgomery Village in the summer of 1978. When Lake Forest opened that September it was a wonderful place to go and girl-watch on rainy days....
ReplyDeleteMontgomery Village in 1978 was a beautiful place, I saw the Johnson Mountain Boys play a free concert at the Montgomery Village concert pavilion in 1978,right across from Lake Whetstone. With my Mom.good times.
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