Red North Face parka with fox pin
Description
I lost my red North Face parka, knee-length, size M, with a gray faux fur hood yesterday around 3pm—it's a seasonal DC winter essential. It was outside the Dupont Circle Starbucks on Connecticut Ave NW, right by the bus stop near the green line entrance. It has a small coffee stain on the left chest and a fox-shaped enamel pin above the zipper. Inside the lining I sewed my initials 'P.P.' because it's sentimental—the coat was a gift from my sister two winters ago. I'm really hoping to find it; it was the only warm coat I had for the chilly DC days, and I feel stranded without it.
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