UPDATE -From what I can determine from the American Girl website and their online reservation system for dining, the Washington DC (Tyson’s Corner) American Girl Store should open on June 18, 2011. According to local newspapers, this date is correct.
Squeeee! This just in! American Girl is opening another store in the summer of 2011 just outside the Nation’s Capital in the Tyson’s Corner Center in Mclean, Virginia. You can guarantee we will be making a trip or ten to visit it (since it is just not that far from me!)
According to the press release:
The new American Girl store will offer the complete assortment of the company’s popular historical and contemporary dolls, along with doll outfits, accessories, girl-sized clothing, and a variety of best-selling American Girl books. In addition, American Girl fans will be able to enjoy a meal and a delicious dessert or celebrate a birthday in the store’s fun and casual 110-seat Bistro, treat their dolls to a new hairdo in the Doll Hair Salon, or design a cute doll-sized T-shirt in the “Creativi-Tees” boutique. A variety of girl-and-mom-friendly events and programs will also be offered throughout the year.
Some of the press the planned opening is already receiving:
- Washington Post – American Girl Store Opening at Tysons
- Washington Business Journal – American Girl Coming to Tysons
We will definitely keep you posted as this store is built!
ive never been to the ag place at all. I want to go soooooooooo baaaaaaaaadddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive actually had dreams of going there, then id wake up and realize it was only a dream then id get sad. I know pretty pathetic huh? hehehe
This is sooo cool! i’ve only been to the one in NYC so i can’t wait for it to open. BTW, i know this is kinda off topic, but who do you girls think i should get Kanani or Rebecca? SOS!
thats not fair i want them to open one in Florida girls in Florida like american girl dolls to
Tiara- they are dolls that are a little bit taller than AG’s and you get to donate some of the money to a charity of your choice
For website click my name 
And yes Piper’s my little Aussie girl 
Alyssa- I want Pita really bad but I’m not sure if I should get her or not, there are a lot of dolls on my list right now
And Lena you have them too? Air Five 
Cool!
*air fies back*. Yep, and they are easily my prettiest and most realistic dolls.
I’m debating if I want one in FL. On one hand, AG will be in FL. On the other, I have to pay taxes.
Haha yeah, when you photograph them they look almost like real people! And Grace yes very cool
Hey! Havn’t been on in a while. Awseome!! Cant Wait!!
I live in Canada and my mom is taking me to the opening.
~Caelen
Smiles to show how how HAPPY and EXCITED I am to be going to the opening!!
want to go so bad but my saids its to far still I live in Va but 5 hours away from D.C. any sugesstion on how to convince my mom?
Caelen!!!!! I took a look at your latest post on your blog, and I thought of something myself!!!!!! I tried this with my mini doll kit, you can use almost ALL barbie furniture!!!!! I was so obsessed with creating my own little scene that I went and bought a cooking barbie set!!!!!! Great ideas!
I hope that the new historical character will have a friend. I just really like the concept of a HC with a BFF. I wuold have the main character named Caroline McCabe (well I would prefer the name Colleen but Ag trademarked the name Caroline) she would have long wavy blonde hair with light blonde highlights from being in the sun with long side bangs, gray eyes, light skin with freckles.
I would have the best friend named McKenna. McKenna has long straight dark brown hair, brown eyes, light skin, Jess face mold.
Cami, I like your Idea for the new historical doll but I would Like an AA friend doll.
Cami I love the dolls you “created”!! Hahahah I wish I could get them! Let’s hope AG makes them for real….
Yeah I would have the friend Asian or African American. Either one would please me very much!
Yep I think they become more “interesting” when they are from another culture. I wish she was japanese!
sorry I am really obsessed with sushi and manga and Japan lol 
Brown eyed, bangless brunette. Not black hair, brown hair. The features most common to white girls and not made at all by AG. That is all I ask of the new historical. I don’t like the idea of friends, and this doesn’t look to be the case here. No 7th book for a friend.
BUT… the weird authorship makes me wonder if maybe there will be dual historicals? Like the 1st book is about Cecile, the 2nd is about Marie-Grace, 3rd back to the Cecile, and so on.
Okay just to be clear I DID NOT put the thing on the word Asian where you click on it and a different website pops up. I DID NOT put it there someone else must have.
Cami – you are right – it is an automatically generated advertising program I am testing out. I might keep it, might not. I am working with the ad company to tweak it so it ads value to the site without being annoying.
Lena that is a very interesting idea. And I think it is so so wierd that AG does not have a doll with light skin, and brown bangless hair. There are probably more girls that look like that then girls who have blond hair.
OH!!!!!! That must be a new feature, although it can get annoying……….
Lena, I agree with your idea. That’s what I was thinking too.