“I'm More Than Just an Alcoholic”
Aries Bond is an expert on “steel erection.” Take a walk with the District’s premier Nelson stud.
Cover Story
Two women running to get out of an April downpour start to cut through the Altman’s Parking lot at 3rd and K Streets NW. They stop short when they spot Aries Bond. He’s standing at the hood of a dilapidated utility truck, adding his own precipitation to a puddle.
The women make a hard right, moving past Tri-State Funeral Service and into an alley that’s running deep in water. Bond’s head slowly swings to track them. After a minute or so, he zips up, then slogs through the mud and gravel and floating Steel Reserve lager cans back to the sidewalk.
“They walked all the way around,” he muses, “so they wouldn’t see the dick.”
Bond isn’t in a rush to get out of the rain. Even this windblown barrage has a tough time getting past his gear: Clarke Construction jacket over blue work overalls over Nike sweat shirt. Protecting his head is a detached woolen hood; his nearly browless forehead channels any errant water downward to disappear into his handsome mustache and goatee.
He resumes walking east down K Street, swinging an unopened 40-ounce of Hurricane Malt Liquor in his left hand. He bought it a few minutes ago at Subway Liquors II, along with a pack of mentholated Mavericks. But having begun drinking earlier this afternoon, he’s in no hurry to crack the bottle.
“I love the rain, you know? When I get my little buzz on, let me show you where we go. Sit down and drink our little beers and stuff like that. The police don’t really fuck with me, man, ’cause you know I don’t really fuck with nobody. He knows I’m a hard worker and shit.”... Continued 
Issue of May. 7 - 13, 2004
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