Location: G St. NW between 14th and 15th Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) The shoe shiner on G St. is an unpleasant guy who can’t control himself. Today, I was in slacks and a sweater and he said, “You dropped something.” I said, “Where?” (turns out I didn’t drop anything). He said, “Let me pick it up […]
Location: 18th St & U st, NW Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) At about 7 am on Friday morning I was on U street, approaching 18th, heading west, on a bikeshare bike, when I heard a loud noise. I looked ahead of me and saw a little smoke in the middle of the right turn lane. It […]
Location: 6th & M St. NW (Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center Metro) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I had just exited the Mt. Vernon Square metro and was walking home after work. I saw out of the corner of my eye that a white van had slowed down to my right. The man driving the van had his […]
Location: Pennsylvania Ave and K St NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I am a small girl, and I’ve simply gotten used to the fact that anytime I’m out alone after dark, I feel scared. Most of my friends are guys, and didn’t understand this, So I asked then what they would do if, while waiting for a red […]
Location: California & Columbia Road, NW (Adams Morgan) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was heading back to Dupont on the 90 bus after happy hours on U Street. It was a crowded bus, so I grabbed the last seat open, which was in the very front, next to a seemingly drunk man who kept nodding off. As soon […]