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Around 11 o’clock this past saturday night I was on the way home from a nice long bike ride, just a couple blocks away from my apartment. I was in the cool-down stage and was coasting along at a leisurely pace when I came across a kinda strange scene. On the south side of P […]

There were a bunch of rude folks and weirdos on the bus today, such as one guy who put his wet umbrella on the seat next to him and another guy who picked his nose and didn’t care who was looking. But the guy who kept scratching his crotch was the worst offender. At first […]

I was walking to a bookstore on a Friday night when someone in a passing car offered me a ride. He looked college-age, like a wannabe but failed frat boy, hanging out the back window of a gray sedan. I regarded him for a moment before ignoring him. “Come on, we’ve got room,” he coaxed, […]

Just after I finished up my run early this morning, I crossed 13th at M in front of a car waiting at the light. The driver — who sounded male, although I didn’t look to confirm — called to me, “Oh, baby, you look so fine. Mmm, mmm, MMM.” I had my headphones on, so […]

I was walking down M Street yesterday evening, and one of the men who begs for change and harasses (the one who wears a hat that looks like a Pepperidge Farm Goldfish) felt the need to refer to me and other women walking by as “pretty ladies,” like we were there for his viewing pleasure. […]