{"id":2255,"date":"2014-08-02T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2014-08-01T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T18:32:05","slug":"spy-dead-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/spy-dead-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Spy Dead Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backstory: The International Spy Museum in DC is giving away tickets to celebrate its 12th anniversary<\/a>. I love a good game, especially when prizes are involved so I was excited to play along. I work a few blocks from the Spy Museum so I am in the right part of town to chase down their clues as soon as they were announced.<\/p>\n

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They are doing this spy style and leaving dead drops around the city. They are not being very spy-like by announcing the locations on Twitter<\/a>. I have been on the hunt since Monday<\/a> when I learned about it. Tuesday, I tracked the spy<\/a> to the carousel on the National Mall<\/a> but was too late. Wednesday’s drop was too far away from work, in the Congressional Cemetery<\/a> so I missed it. Thursday was at Shake Shack<\/a> next to the museum. Despite being there minutes later, it too was gone. Friday’s was at the National Portrait Museum near the portrait of George Washington<\/a>. I found out about it as I was walking along the National Mall after work on my way to the Metro Center Metro.<\/p>\n

When the Tweet came out, I was notified by text message and I raced back to the Portrait Gallery. I was determined to find it first, yet sure someone else would best me to it. If not another Agent, then a visitor at the museum. Upon arriving, I wasted no time and asked the woman at the front desk where the portrait of George Washington was.<\/p>\n

Second floor second room on the right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I raced up the stairs. Turning the corner, I saw the portrait and braced myself for disappointment.
\nBut today would not be a repeat of yesterday. It is a new day and 25 minutes after the dead drop was left, I retrieved it.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you @IntlSpyMuseum<\/a>!!! I thought for sure they'd be gone. And now they are. \ud83d\ude00 pic.twitter.com\/o2K0ElydUC<\/a>— Carl T. Holscher (@peroty) July 25, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n