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A few weeks ago, my coworker and I were walking in Eastern Market to get something to eat when I guy yelled, “hey pretty girls”, “look at the the pretty twins”.   We look nothing alike but both have blond hair so I guess in his eyes, we were twins.  Neither one of us felt […]

Around 1 P.M. this past Saturday, my girlfriend and I were walking towards the Eastern Market metro. As we approached the escalators, a man came up to us and asked for money. We both said “no, sorry.” He then came very close to me, peering down and staring very hard at my chest. This put […]

I was on my way to Eastern Market Station after a particularly stressful day at work around 5pm. On my way to the metro stop, I was listening to my ipod and smoking a cigarette when I crossed paths with a group of 5-6 teenage boys. As I was approaching them, instinctively I knew that […]

Last week I was at Eastern Market Metro with a friend. She was adding money to her Smart Trip card and I was standing next to her. An older man comes right up behind us, stands really close, and starts saying, “hey pretty ladies, you all look very nice.” My friend turns around and says, […]

The other day I was walking to get some lunch with my coworker. We were lost in conversations about work, graduate school applications, and plans for the weekend. Two older men walked by us and one said, “hey cutie”.  Neither one of said anything or even looked their direction. As they continued to pass us, […]