Patagonia store and shopping in Georgetown
A couple weeks ago, my fiancé and I went down to Georgetown, just outside of Washington D.C. and home to Georgetown University. The area is bustling with young people and very lively. The streets are lined with retail shops, boutiques, restaurants, and bars.
One of the reasons that I wanted to check out the area, besides having never been there before, was that they had a Patagonia retail store along the main strip – something I had never heard of! I was super excited…but let down.
We did the normal shopping first hitting stores like Gap, Banana Republic, Coach, American Eagle, etc. There were also a lot of smaller boutique stores that featured dresses or other designer clothing. Then we went to check out the Patagonia store which was right around where we parked.
I guess I had my hopes set high – as you know, Patagonia sells a lot of gear (PFDs, etc) on top of some excellent clothing. Well, the store was all clothing and not much else. They had a small library of outdoor books, but it was mainly all clothing. Being right on the river and at the Georgetown waterfront where you can rent kayaks, canoes, and boats, I guess I figured they would have a little bit of gear, but there was no such thing going on inside of the store.
Anyway, I know this is a bit of a rant, but if anyone at Patagonia happens to read this, I’d love to hear why you are not pushing your gear AS WELL AS the clothing in your retail stores….or maybe it is only this store that was all clothing?
Here are a couple pictures that I took outside of the store as well as down on the waterfront. If you live within 45 miles of the Washington D.C. area, checking out Georgetown on an afternoon is definitely a good idea!
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