Tag Archives: Robert Reid
Full Mountie: My Days as a RCMP Cadet
A few months ago the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Depot Division (Regina, Saskatchewan) invited me to spend a couple nights and a (full) day training as a “mountie.” It’s a rare opportunity. Apparently only five civilians before me had had the chance … Read on
Going to Canada
Tomorrow I head on a three-city visit to Canada: Toronto, Montreal and St John’s in Newfoundland. It’s part of a series of seven videos of seven Canadian cities and how one can ‘experience a place like a local.’ It’s far from my first … Read on
76-Second Travel Show: ‘Outtakes from Garfield Assassination Replica’
Episode # 049 F E A T U R I N G * 1 4 3 * B O N U S * S E C O N D S It’s been one year since the ’76-Second Travel Show’ probed every alley of … Read on
76-Second Travel Show: ‘Monopoly Travel to Atlantic City’
Episode #043 F E A T U R I N G * 1 8 2 * B O N U S * S E C O N D S Question: Can a Monopoly board be used as a guidebook? Why yes! In … Read on
Vienna’s Top 1: Artful Pencil Displays
I’ve been calling the act of tying a sweater around one’s neck, or draping a coat over one’s shoulders as ‘Vienna style’ ever since I spent a few too many days there on a four-day visit 18 years ago. I had ended up … Read on