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DC by Phone Walking Tour
DC By Foot is a group of young and fun loving guys who have come together for a common cause: To teach history and entertain guests with creative tours of DC.
DC By Foot can offer your group guided tours anywhere in Washington, DC. Our tour guides are energetic, knowledgeable and most of all fun!
Email: info@dcbyfoot.com
Phone: 202.370.1830
1740 18th St. NW Suite 304, Washington, DC
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Mobile Tours and DC by Foot Unite
January 10, 2009
Mobile Tours and DC by Foot have joined forces to bring you more touring options in Washington, DC. In addition to expanding our current tours, this merger will allow for the development of new, more specialized tours that will explore different aspects of our Capitol city! We will bring the same energy, passion and humor to all of our new tours and we hope that you come along for the ride!
Washington Post
Tour Guides Test Limits of a Truly Free Market
By Marc Fisher
Thursday, May 1, 2008
With a little bit of rap (about King George III, of all people: "He was a meany and we were so teeny"), a healthy but not overbearing dose of history and a whole lot of nerve, two recent college graduates are rattling the genteel world of Washington tour guides.
Ben Hindman and Brody Davis are giving tours for free.
Working only for tips, the two friends in bright orange caps are attracting tourists who find themselves looking at the Mall's attractions, knowing little more than that the really tall one has to do with Washington; the squat, columned one is where Forrest Gump liked to hang out; and the one with the dome is where the president lives, or something like that.
"A lot of tourists really don't know anything about Washington or history," Hindman says. "We thought we could entertain people and get them interested in history at the same time."...
See the original and entire article at Washingtonpost.com.
Washingtonian.com
DC By Foot Gets “Grade A” From The Washingtonian
By Emily Leaman
May 14, 2008
We loved our walking tour/comedy show through West Potomac Park. The best part? It was free.
The lowdown: To be honest, we weren’t sure what to expect from this tour. After all, it’s free, and the old adage says, “You get what you pay for.” Lucky for us, we got way more than the price tag warranted.
DC by Foot started out on the right foot (pardon the pun) with our guide Brody offering a 30-second lesson on the Revolutionary War—in rhyme. “That’s the last limerick you’ll hear from me,” he said. And it was—but it was hardly the last time he gave us a good laugh.
At the base of the Washington Monument, after glossing over the founding of America, the writing of the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the system of checks and balances, he told a story about a cat named Steve Brodie who survived a 160-foot jump from the partially-constructed monument in the 1880s...
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