Last Tour of the Season for Walking Shtick

All things must end, and so it is with Walking Shtick Tours’ 2010 season. We’ve had a lot of fun telling you folks about the ghosts, scandals, and other tidbits of Capitol Hill, but it’s getting to be just too darned cold out there.

But we’re finishing the year with a bang, with our day after Thanksgiving “Dump Your In-Laws On Us Tour”. For one and a half glorious hours you can enjoy some down time while we usher your in-laws around our fair neighborhood. We’ll show them the local sites, integrate them into the rich historic fabric of life on the Hill, and share a little of why we like living here so much. But we don’t want them too bored so we’ll be sure to throw in some local color from our Haunted Hill and Scandal Tours as well

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Weekly Washington: Craziest Weekend Ever!

photo uploaded to flickr by marabuchiThat's right folks. This may be the craziest weekend I can remember here in DC. Halloween is already my favorite time of year in Washington, and then we have the Rally for Fear/Sanity thrown in. It's going to be a busy one.

I thought about writing up a Rally Guide, but what's the point? Nine gagillion already exist and I have little to add. And if the mobs are too much, check out our Fear and Sanity sights throughout the rest of DC. (TBD)

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Weekly Washington: Sex, Drugs and Cannibalism!

courtesy of DDOTWoohoo! Roll Call has a great write up of our very own Walking Shtick Tours! Unfortunately, it's behind a pay wall, but if any of you have coughed up the subscription fees, go read it! But a headline that reads "Tour Focuses on Sex, Drugs, and Cannibalism" is exactly the kind of press we're looking for.

So, you go to snap a picture of some building and, all of a sudden, a security guard wanders up and demands you stop, or asks you to delete your pictures, or just inquires why you want to take a picture of the building in the first place. It happens all the time in DC.Well, this week, a Federal government, once again, affirmed that there is nothing wrong with taking pictures of their (our?) buildings. In fact, while we're on the topic, the only folks who can now hassle you about pictures is the Pentagon, especially when you are at the 9/11 Memorial. Other than that, just politely talk to the guard and move on. If you a shutterbug and what to know where you stand legally, print out this handy guide before you come. (DCist)

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Terribly Exciting News!!!

That's right folks, we've got some exciting news for you. My associate, Robert Pohl, and I will be starting a new walking tour company in the very, very near future focusing on Capitol Hill.

Walking Shtick Tours will provide regularly scheduled walking tours of the Hill, as well as conduct privately scheduled tours on a space available basis.

Those of you who were following me last year may remember the ghost tours we conducted. We'll be giving the Capitol Hill ghost tour again and we've developed a new Scandal Tour of the Hill. Let me just say that researching scandals in close proximity to the Capitol Building was far, far easier than digging up ghosts. If you have a specific area of the Hill or theme you'd like to explore, feel free to contact me with them. We're always looking for new ideas.

We plan to publish our schedule very soon on our website, www.walkingshtick.com, but we'll be offering our Scandal Tour Friday nights and Ghosts on Saturday nights for the month of October. We should be up and running next Friday, the 9th.

And, of course, if you'd like to stay abreast of what we're doing, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter.