When I was little the first place I remember was an apt. my Mom had over a liquor store on 14th st DC. My Dad was in the Marines. Then Mom moved us to Colorado ave, an apt. there. When I was nine yrs old I took my brother, got on a street car, and went to the Brighton Hotel to have dinner with Mom, it was 9:30 at night and snowing, but I wasn't afraid. She happened to be a waitress there. I grew up until age 11 in Wash. DC, believe me the street smarts I learned were incredible.!