OLD ROANOKE/ NEW ROANOKE Dodging drug dealers downtown Dodging bearded hipsters downtown Sidney's La De Da Marveling over the 1974 Roanoke Valley tornado while reading The Roanoke Times over breakfast Scrolling through 22 animals who celebrated National Doughnut Day on Buzzfeed Going subterranean at Crossroads Mall to eat at Fesquet's Table 50 for rack of lamb over brussel sprout hash and a port wine demi-glace reduction Robin Reed Teens dominating Donkey-Kong at the Magic Ballroom Arcade in Vinton Teens chilling in front of the Natural Foods Co-Op on Grandin Road "Cookin' Cheap" "Salvage Dawgs" Piedmont Boeing 727 from Roanoke to LaGuardia Airport. Puddle jumper from Roanoke to Charlotte Delighting as your stomach drops on the Shooting Star roller coaster at Lakeside Amusement Park BY BETH JONES NEW ROANOKE Robin Reed Yes, lots of things change a great deal over the course of decades. A few don't change so much at all. OLD ROANOKE Churning adrenaline renting jet skis at Smith Mountain Lake Two days of mellow grooves by the Tickets for Sheryl Crowe concert at the renovated Elmwood Park sell Grateful Dead at the Roanoke Civic Center (resulting in several arrests for out in a couple of hours. drug use and a trashed parking lot). Picking up the latest thriller at Books, Strings and Things Happening upon male strippers at 202 Market Taking your wife for a movie date at Terrace Theater at Crossroads Mall Staying in to binge-watch "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix Krispy Kreme Doughnuts on Melrose Avenue Bubblecake Strawberry Daiquiri at Blueberry Hill Lounge Leaving your downtown condo to enjoy a cocktail at the Pine Room at the Hotel Roanoke Jeff Krasnow Daniel L. Crandall Roanoke's favorite TV show: "The Roanoke's favorite TV show: "The Andy Griffith Show" Andy Griffith Show" Department of Change and Not-So-Much, from top: Books, Strings & Things at 202 Market; Boeing 727 at the airport; Robin Reed a while back. 56 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 THE R OANOKER.COMhttp://www.THEROANOKER.COM