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Location: Columbia Heights/Petworth Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) What I wouldn’t give to walk around my neighborhood in peace. But alas, here’s a look at my week: Sunday, Oct 6 walking alone on Spring Rd between 13th & 11th Sts around 8 pm A man on the opposite side of the street walking the opposite direction yells […]

Location: 20th and L Streets NW (Farragut North) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) You felt the need to holla at me en Español on 20th and L. as much as I hate that shit, I let it go. I know that I look like a white girl, and you didn’t know that I am also from México. Or did […]

Location: Harvard St. and Adams Mill Road NW (Adams Morgan) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was returning from a weekend jog along Rock Creek Park, heading up the Harvard St. exit of the Zoo into my neighborhood. As I was hiking up the pretty steep hill there, I heard a whistle to my right, up in […]

Location: Safeway on Columbia Road (Adams Morgan) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Today I went to the Admo Safeway close by where my husband and I live. When I was in the line to the cashier, I noticed that a man was standing as to lean too close to me, nearly rubbing me with the back side […]

Location: Bus stop at Calvert & Connecticut Ave NW (Woodley Park) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This was about a year ago. I was awaiting a bus, and a man started to make small talk with me. Somewhere along the conversation, it turned bad. He told me, “I bet you’ve got a nice pussy.” It was at that point […]