Spy training

Spy, muscle control workout.

Read more advice, tips, and tricks from Washington natives in our Secrets of the City package. This article appears in our January 2016 issue of Washingtonian.

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Recently I posted a stiff and scholarly article on writing thoughtful book reviews. Today I'll break the rules. This book delights my inner geek. (#soexcited #thisisawesome) If you ever need to attack an armored enemy vehicle, overpower someone who's holding you at gunpoint, or drop by parachute into a country where no one should know how you got there, this book is for you. Hey, wait. Don't leave yet. I have read various sections aloud, much to the perturbation and amusement of my family…

Assignment #5 consisted of popping black balloons in 60 seconds. We held back one filled with confetti and a paper with a final offsite training assignment (Escape the Room).

Spy Style Quiz

My son's spy party last year was a TON of work, but so much fun to put together. I knew that I wanted the party to include clues to figure out and solve a mystery, but I wasn't sure exactly how to do it. Some of my earliest ideas were so complicated that my family just stared at me like I was crazy when I tried to explain it to them. I was getting myself confused! So I will skip those ideas, and just tell you about what we did - because it worked. THEME: Our plan was to make our house a Top…