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New York City put together several days of birthday celebrations for the centennial of the Manhattan Bridge in October. Only problem is that it turns 100 on December 31. Robert Reid (of Lonely Planet & reidontravel.com) will host a party at noon December 31, meeting at 11am at the middle of the south-side pedestrian walkway, walking to Brooklyn, and having cake with plastic forks in the park below it at Dumbo by 11:45am.

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(December 22, 2009) -- In episode 14, Robert Reid demonstrates how Christmas needs to catch up on a growing nomenclaturatory trend -- the descriptive word 'robust' -- and offers four tips on how to make your 2009 Christmas more robust.

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(December 15, 2009) -- In episode 13, Robert Reid goes to Phoenix. For one, he retraces the steps of his favorite dead governor (Arizona's seven-time elected George Hunt, a Missourian who knitted and drove cars into ditches and now rests in a tiny pyramid). And also to make a friend at Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport. A recent study says it's the most difficult for meeting people -- no delays, no bad weather, bad amenities -- but the SSTS will try to debunk the stat.

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(December 8, 2009) -- In episode 12, Robert Reid returns to where he first experienced New York City -- a place many many people do as well: Sesame Street. Its set, in Queens' Astoria Studios, tries hard to keep it real, with a mix of brownstones, corner shops, stoops, subway stations, laundromats. Recently they upgraded a shop to replace wood door frames with aluminum times.

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(December 1, 2009) -- In episode 11, Robert Reid (reidontravel.com) solves the long-standing BCS controversy in NCAA college football: by getting rid of playoff notions AND all bowl games, and deeming TCU the clear champion for the 2009 season. With on-site footage from Fort Worth's Stockyards. Also see www.lonelyplanet.com.

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(November 24, 2009 ) -- In episode ten, Robert Reid (www.reidontravel.com; www.lonelyplanet.com) reports on his search of truth behind the "pilgrim hat" from Oklahoma City's Stockyards in a single continuous, unedited shot. Turns out, women wore them too, they weren't often black, the buckles came later and apparently the "sugar loaf" hat began in Spain in the early 1600s.

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When you see a rat, REPORT IT at #ratspotting on Twitter. This event happened on November 18, 2009 at the '7 Avenue' subway stop in Brooklyn.

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(November 17, 2009) -- In episode nine (with 27 bonus seconds), Robert Reid suggests a ban of all sequels, remakes and bio pics from the movie industry -- part of a growing "Era of Familiarity" trend that the SSTS doesn't want to overtake travel -- until there's a downturn in numbers of uncreative movie ideas. In return, SSTS offers a free, can't-miss movie idea -- who'd win in a fight, Vikings or pirates -- and turns it over to Viking and pirate experts from Newfoundland, Minnesota, North ...

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(November 10, 2009) -- For episode eight (featuring a bonus 76 seconds), Robert Reid shrugs off the notion of Vegas' Sin City rep and focuses on science in STTS-christened "science City." He visits Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire State Park, some plants outside the Hilton, a space-themed bar, the Atomic Testing Museum and -- most importantly -- has a behind-the-scenes tour of the Luxor's 39-degree 'inclinator' elevators that reach rooms in the pyramid-shaped hotel.

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(November 3, 2009) -- In episode seven (with 40 bonus, quite startling seconds), Robert Reid answers a viewer query about the pros and cons of growing a beard on the road, and shows where Darth Vader got his helmet (with a 17-second look at "The Art of the Samurai," a rare look at samurai outfits and swords outside Japan -- on at nyc's Met through January 10). Also see www.reidontravel.com and www.lonelyplanet.com.

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