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I was walking to my office building this morning and passed a coffee shop that is a hangout spot for courier/messenger guys. I have never been bothered or even noticed by any of them — I’ve been going past these men everyday for a year now. So I was surprised when one suddenly turned to […]

I was walking down the street, just needing to get away, needing some alone time. I brought my rosary beads with me, just to pray, because that’s the only way I get that kind of alone time. I was finishing up my prayers when all of a sudden, my concentration broke and I could feel […]

This morning I was sitting on the 80 metrobus on my way to work, reading my book. I was sitting in the aisle seat and an elderly man was sitting in the window seat next to me. Before he got up to exit at his stop (7th/H), he nudges my arm and says, “Do you […]

I was waiting at the bus stop on a Sunday morning (around 10 a.m.) and I realized that I was at the wrong bus stop after a few minutes. I started to walk away, looking at my phone to check my directions, towards the bus stop directly on Dinwiddie (I was at the stop on […]

My parents and brother were visiting my boyfriend and I last night and we had just gone to dinner. My brother and boyfriend went ahead to Giant to pick up some things, while my parents and I continued on to my apartment. Walking from the Columbia Heights Metro toward the water fountains, a man with […]