We drive through Kalorama, Georgetown, Burleith, and finally Foxhall Village before we spot a live human being sitting on their front stoop. Just after 5 p.m., we find Bob Siciliano, 67, relaxing in a patio chair. His barefeet resting on a small metal table. His dress shirt untucked and unbuttoned down to his waist.
Siciliano says he [...]

There's only one thing you can get away with in front of Mayor Adrian Fenty's Crestwood abode. If you are desperate, you can park behind the empty 4th District police cruiser and the scary unmarked Crown Vic. You can then turn on your lap top and start stealing WiFi.
It's tricky. The strength indicator varies depending [...]

"It's hell on rocks."
Dominique Davis, 26, is sitting on her building's stoop, taking a break from her too hot apartment with the bed bugs, cracked ceilings, roaches, and the mice she says she just lets run free.
This morning her landlord, Rufus Stancil, sent somebody to cut the grass. It had been a while. He ran [...]

Penny Foster, 45, is just getting to her orange. She arrived at the park, located at 11th and Monroe Street NW, a half hour ago for lunch, taking a seat at an old chess table. Nearby, a man washes his blue Buick Skylark, his car stereo locked into soul tunes. Foster has been coming to [...]