Wonkette received an interesting tip today that we are, unfortunately, unable to substantiate. According to their source:

…walking down 18th Street across Columbia Road was a 40ish, very white, very blond, VERY naked woman. Not your garden variety crazy woman, either – she seemed quite sane and pleasant, saying hello with a smile to everyone she passed. Not exactly sure on the public exposure laws in DC – I’d heard that being topless was legal, and that the only thing that was illegal was showing pubic hair. If so, well, let’s just say this woman wasn’t breaking any laws…

We’re waiting for the Wonketteers to update us on this with a yay or nay or grainy cell phone image, but in the mean time, we thought we’d check out the D.C. Code to see the veracity of the tipster’s claim regarding the District’s indecent exposure laws. To whit:

§ 22-1312. Lewd, indecent, or obscene acts.

(a) It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person, or to make any lewd, obscene, or indecent sexual proposal, or to commit any other lewd, obscene, or indecent act in the District of Columbia, under penalty of not more than $300 fine, or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both, for each and every such offense.

(b) Any person or persons who shall commit an offense described in subsection (a) of this section, knowing he or she or they are in the presence of a child under the age of 16 years, shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000, or both, for each and every such offense.

That seems pretty vague to me. Lawyer types, can you direct us to something a bit more specific?