Last month a dream came true: I spoke about sandwiches for Adult Education. Here’s two videos of the event. The above ‘excerpt’ version features the stirring conclusion that makes the (justifiable) claim that ‘no one knows what a sandwich is.’ Or watch the presentation in full: Meanwhile, see you — as always — on Twitter for #sandwichwednesday!
I had the privilege recently to speak at David Farley’s Restless Legs reading series at Lolita in the Lower East Side. I wrote something for the event, called “The Hopes & Dreams of Our Travel Generation’s Contributions to the Betterment of Travel are Hinged on our Collective Ability, and Willingness, to Celebrate the Mundane along with the Marvellous.” Aka “Sandwiches.” It ended with … Continue reading
It’s not your typical day when you look out the window and see an igloo. ‘Actually it’s not an igloo,’ its creator, Joe Gindoff, told me. ‘It’s a snow house. Igloos are made of ice.’ Joe, my neighbor in Jackson Heights, Queens, told me he’s never built one before, but the excess snow and time to wonder — he recently lost his job … Continue reading
At the recent TBEX party in New York City, I sat down with Andrew Zimmern of the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods and TBEX founder Kim Mance to talk typical travel stuff: such as hugs and the food equivalent of Led Zeppelin IV. Let’s just say it led to a little bustle in our hedgerow.
ROBERT REID is a travel writer (Lonely Planet, New York Times), travel expert (Today Show, CNN, GoogleTalks), travel videographer (his 76-Second Travel Show) and "travel artist" (staging the Manhattan Bridge's 100th birthday, training with Mounties). Read more...
