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Why all the fudge?

  By Robert Reid | May 31, 2015 - 6:28 pm | Articles, Uncategorized
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I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about fudge in recent years. Not about eating it. I don’t like it. But why it’s fudge — even more so than taffy — that best marks an arrival for a “tourist trap” strip of … Read on →

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Six things I would do with a travel magazine

  By Robert Reid | April 20, 2015 - 12:28 am | Articles, Lists, RO-Writing, Travel Tips, Uncategorized
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I always liked to make things. As a kid, I created a comic series about unstoppable football players, transformed empty refrigerator boxes into a backyard world’s fair, and later cut-and-pasted hand-drawn concert programs for an indie rock band I played in. I also … Read on →

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44 More Little Travel Rules No One Tells You

  By Robert Reid | March 4, 2015 - 5:34 pm | Articles, RO-Travel, Travel Tips, Uncategorized
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I recently searched online for “best travel tips” and “best ways to travel” and got loads of advice on airline tickets and credit cards. But not much regarding the actual fun “travel” part of travel. So I went and made this: 44 More … Read on →

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Eastern Oregon: Earn Your Boots

  By Robert Reid | November 21, 2014 - 12:39 pm | 76-Second Travel Show, Articles, Oregon, USA, Video
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When I moved to Oregon last year, I didn’t know they had cowboys. So when when I got a hall pass to write pretty much anything about the state recently for National Geographic Traveler’s Digital Nomad, I headed east — into cowboy country. … Read on →

New travel: travel to make things

  By Robert Reid | August 10, 2014 - 3:20 pm | Articles, Uncategorized, USA
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Travel used to be about going to see things – look kids, it’s Big Ben – then increasingly became about going to do things. Like taking a drawing course to draw Big Ben.  Next, I think, travel will be about making things. This … Read on →

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What makes a great destination article?

  By Robert Reid | July 28, 2014 - 1:47 pm | Articles, Travel Tips
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Last week, I got to sit on a panel at Destination Marketing Association International in Las Vegas. The first question fell to me, “what makes a great destination article?” You could make dissertations on this. I think the answer, briefly, is True, True, … Read on →

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