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Video: Prizren, Kosovo in 60 seconds

  By Robert Reid | April 11, 2016 - 2:25 pm | 76-Second Travel Show, Europe, Places, RO-Travel, Video
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I took a Balkan roadtrip last December, and one of the surprising highlights was the Kosovo town of Prizren. It was cold and foggy. I couldn’t even see the castle on the hill above town. And the town introduction was unusual. Crooked cobbled … Read on →

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Why Eastern Oregon is the USA’s most underrated region (Spoiler: beer)

  By Robert Reid | September 7, 2015 - 4:18 pm | Articles, Oregon, Places, RO-Travel, USA
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I like Eastern Oregon a lot. I wrote about it for National Geographic Traveler, and helped a five-year-old make a video about it last year. More recently, I wrote this piece for the Los Angeles Times on why Portland doesn’t own the Oregon … Read on →

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Wait, there are women Rush Fans? Yes. [Video]

  By Robert Reid | September 7, 2015 - 2:21 pm | Places, RO-Rock Music, USA, Video
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Kindly watch this short video: Everything you know about fans of Rush is probably wrong. That sort of bore out recently when I attended RushCon, a “Star Trek convention for Rush fans,” and found out it’s NOT only guys miming drum fills in 18-minute … Read on →

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Oklahoma’s Last Stop [Article]

  By Robert Reid | August 31, 2015 - 5:32 pm | Articles, Oklahoma, Places, RO-Travel, RO-Underdogs, USA
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I grew up in Oklahoma, which means I grew up flipping through the pages of Oklahoma Today magazine. I have a feature in its latest issue on the Oklahoma Panhandle, a dream trip I took with my 76-year-old uncle last fall. It’s one of my … Read on →

St Lucia Postcard Series: Want one?

  By Robert Reid | May 4, 2015 - 4:33 pm | Places
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This week I’m going to St Lucia to track down a clarinet tutor. And I’ll be packing my stunning new clarinet, a sky blue/gold woodwind named “Jeff” (see right). While I’m at it, I want to publish an “article” by postcard. I’ll do … Read on →

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Me & the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

  By Robert Reid | April 30, 2015 - 1:27 pm | Places, Vietnam
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Writers are never supposed to begin stories with bird’s-eye views from an airplane. But no arrival in my travel life has compared with my approach to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport in 1995. It was my first trip to Asia, … Read on →

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