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Why Get a Tour Guide?

I’ve never really been one to go on tours. I know I know, it’s my job, but before it was my job, tours were not really my thing. Standing around listening to someone else talk for an hour – two hours? Meh..I’m a performer goldang it, it kills me to watch other people talk!

But then, [...]

June 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Tour Related | Leave a comment

Chicago has been ELEVATED

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One of my favorite things in the world is when a touree tells me he has never been to Chicago. It’s like a blank slate, an empty canvas for me to draw and paint on.

What’s even more fun, is to give a tour to someone who has never been to Chicago [...]

April 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Chicago Architecture, Personal, Tour Related | Leave a comment

What I can do for you

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I have to offer, what makes me different.  What it is that I can give to Chicagoans and tourists that is different and new. Certainly I thought about this when I started the company and I had a pretty good idea then, but it takes a few months [...]

March 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Personal, Tour Related | 2 comments

It’s the Pedway or the Highway

When I decided to start my own tour company, I knew I wanted to do something different.

But the time and place of my decision to strike out on my own required that I flex a winter muscle. I needed a tour that could start in January and get me through to big tour time in [...]

January 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Personal, Tour Related | 9 comments