Reid’s Articles

A selection of articles I have written for major magazines and websites

Part of the cover of the issue of Budget Travel magazine showing Sextantio

A Village Reborn

On the day he found Santo Stefano di Sessanio, the ancient Italian village that would change his life, Daniele Kihlgren was lost. He had set out on his motorcycle to explore the Abruzzi mountains, two hours east of Rome, and

(2008)
Budget Travel
Bilbo and the Dwarves prepare to eat, from "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (Credit: Warner Bros.)

What Hobbits Like to Eat

Hobbits are fairly obsessed with eating. This is not news to anyone who saw the Lord of the Rings movies: Bilbo stuffing himself with cake when Gandalf drops by; Sam’s tramping all around Middle-Earth carrying a kitchens-worth of pans on

(2012)
Bon Appétit
Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Endangering Our National Parks: An Editorial

White House policy threatens the environmental standards, fire safety, and very existence of our National Parks and the local economies they support
(2004)
NBC News
That session at Cruise's Pub in Ennis, Ireland

The Ireland of Your Dreams

In fishing villages, on storm-tossed islands, and in cozy pubs, the Ireland of Guinness, Gaelic, and jigs lives on
(2004)
Budget Travel Magazine
The view from God's Mountain Estate in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia

Reinventing the Okanagan

British Columbia's Okanagan Valley is where the Lake District meets Napa Valley meets the Wild West, a formerly sleepy retirement haven of orchards and vineyards being reinvented by dream-chasing Canadian entrepreneurs who are turning their hobbies and obsessions into successful
(2009)
Budget Travel Magazine
A wall of shoes at the Ferragamo Museum in Florence

Made in Florence

The legendary fashions of Florence, from Gucci and Ferragamo to a centuries-old glove boutique and a beauty brand started by medieval monks
(2016)
Wynn Magazine
"Angels & Demons," A Film by Ron Howard

Rome’s Angels & Demons Secrets

The Eternal City’s iconic sites provide a thrilling backdrop to the blockbuster movie, but they also hold scandals and sordid histories of their own
(2009)
Travel + Leisure (website)
Skiing La Tour at Chamonix. (Photo courtesy of Chalet Le Foret)

Ski the Italian Alps—During the Olympics!

The world's greatest athletes will be hitting the Alpine slopes of Northwestern Italy this February, and so can you
(2006)
MSNBC.com
Piran, cute as a button and the best preserved example of an old Venetian Republic town along the Adriatic coast of Croatia's Istrian Peninsula

In Search of Istria

Dangling into the Northern Adriatic is a land that's not quite Italy, not quite Croatia, but marries the best of both. Its medieval hilltowns, vine-clad slopes, and Venetian fishing ports are less crowded than the popular Dalmatian Coast—and less expensive
(2009)
Budget Travel Managzine
The Mississippi Delta

Road Trip: Mississippi Blues & Cajun Spice

The roots of American music still flourish in Delta cotton fields, Cajun swamp towns, and antebellum cities along the Mississippi River
(2008)
Budget Travel Magazine
The hoodoos of Bryce National Park in Utah

Road Trip: Lost in Southern Utah

Two friends make the rounds of Utah’s five National Parks in four days of adventure in the high desert
(2005)
Budget Travel Magazine
Pantelleria, Italy

Exploring the Island of Capers and Calypso

The Mediterranean island of Pantelleria
(2007)
Chicago’s Daily Herald