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Katie Kirkpatrick
Sep 134 min read
Did Sex Workers Own Property in 19th Century DC?
I can't believe I haven't blogged in over a year. I have to admit, a monthly schedule was ambitious in the midst of continuing to run a...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Jun 30, 20238 min read
DC Can Really Be a Drag.....Queen
This Pride month, the Drag community is out in the forefront due to ongoing efforts to suppress and persecute its members. Anti-Drag laws...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
May 31, 20239 min read
Celebrating Pacific Islander Heritage Appreciation Month with a Visit to my Island Home
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Appreciation Month, and while I am not ethnically either of those groups, I have a...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Apr 30, 202311 min read
The Jazz Artists Who Chose DC
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, so for this blog post I’m focusing on jazz artists who chose to have their career in Washington, DC....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Mar 28, 202311 min read
Calling all Code Girls
Some time ago, while I was doing my research of influential women during the Cold War, I had heard of teams of women who broke military...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Feb 11, 202318 min read
The Black Congressmen (and one Woman) of Reconstruction
After the Civil War ended, the Republicans as “the party of Lincoln” ushered in an era in which for the first time African Americans...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Jan 15, 202314 min read
Dr. King Comes to Washington
There are three important birthdays that I celebrate in January – David Bowie’s (January 8th), my mother’s (January 20th) and of course...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Apr 27, 202212 min read
Jazz in DC - Past or Future?
This is my second blog post in a row that talks about jazz, but April is Jazz Appreciation Month, so I couldn’t think of a better topic...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Feb 13, 20226 min read
Black Broadway in the City of Light
In honor of Black History Month, and tying together two of my historical interests, I wanted to dedicate a blog post to how Paris played...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Jan 10, 20224 min read
Where There's Smoke There is Hopefully a Fire Mark
“What’s that thing above the door of that house?” is a question I hear often on my tours that take place in Georgetown. The question is...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Nov 16, 20218 min read
The Belle Époque “Hostesses” of Washington
Those who have taken my Wives Who Won the Cold War tour have heard me talk about how the women of the era exerted power through their...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Oct 21, 20217 min read
Punk Girls in a Punk Boys' World
About a year ago I wrote a blog post about the DC Punk scene, which eventually turned into my “District of Punk” downtown walking tour....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Aug 17, 20214 min read
Jennie from the Block - Hooker's Block, that is.
At the end of every tour that I give, I always let people know that my tours are works in progress. A script is never really “done” until...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Aug 8, 20213 min read
In the Thick of It
This is my first blog post in months, since late April I believe. I’m not sure if it was a lack of time or just not finding something...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Apr 29, 20214 min read
A Tale of Two Cities
If you follow my page on Facebook, you have noticed that I was recently in New Orleans for an all-too-short visit. This was the fourth...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Apr 8, 202111 min read
A Salute to the Foreign-Born Generals of Lafayette Square
As I may have mentioned before, I got my start as a tour guide working for a ghost tour pub crawl company, Nightly Spirits. Their DC...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Mar 30, 20215 min read
A Beacon of Truth
I am so very shamefully behind on my blog writing this month, and it's doubly shameful because it's Women's History Month, when I should...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Mar 8, 20217 min read
To the Wonder Women in my Life
In honor of the International Women's Day, I want to devote a post to some of the incredible women who have impacted my life personally....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Feb 28, 20214 min read
Georgetown University's First, and Only, Black President
Yesterday, February 27th, marked the birthday of Patrick Francis Healy, the first, and thus far the only, Black President of Georgetown...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Alleyway Life in the Capital
This blog post is just a small snapshot into my Historic Alleyways tour, the last of the first four Off the Mall Tours that I developed....
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