I was in Georgetown yesterday evening, and after shopping at CVS I used 31st Street to get to Ben & Jerry’s for their Free Cone Day (because I hate walking down Wisconsin Avenue). Close to O and 31st, a cab driver beeps at me. I knew he was beeping at me because there was absolutely […]
I have an update to the “I Wish I Was Wonder Woman” story I submitted two weeks ago. I am just walking home from Brookland Metro (I would love to know why there’s a surge of harassment in Brookland lately, and what anyone in the neighborhood is doing about it) and I’m two blocks from […]
I’m walking through Farragut Square right in front of the Farragut West Metro Station. There is a group of four women walking in front of me. A guy handing our newspapers walks up to them and tries to hand one of the a paper. He says, “you are too cute not to take this paper.” […]
I am walking home from Brookland Metro. I’m feeling tired but good—did some shoe shopping and wanted to get home. Blocks from my house, some guy in his van beeps at me. I give an evil stare. I then reach my street and I’m about to turn onto it and this odd-colored car (it’s either […]
I was walking back to work from Union Station when I pass a guy wearing huge headphones. He goes “Hey baby, how’d you get that cute ass? How’d your ass get so cute?” bursting my happy little bubble of just talking on the phone with an old friend while having a good coffee. I say […]