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A cool airport bar, a flashy hotel lobby + kite fests

06/25/26

Here’s reason #1027 why we love Portland International Airport (PDX). Homegrown Straightaway Cocktails now has a bar at PDX where passengers can get a bite to eat and enjoy a mixed drink. And when it’s time to fly, travelers can take those same cocktails to go in small bottles or cute 4-packs of cans. The […]

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3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

A cool airport bar, a flashy hotel lobby + kite fests

06/25/26

3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

06/23/26

Iconic soccer artifacts at Seattle’s MOPOP Museum (FIFA World Cup participation medals; 1930) Soccer fan or not, you can’t help but notice that everyone is a bit World Cup crazy right now. Museums included. In Seattle, one of the host cities, the Museum of Pop Cuture, MOPOP, has teamed up with Julien’s Auctions to present […]

Hollywood Burbank Airport goes Hollywood

06/23/26

Officially, it’s still Bob Hope Airport. But in 2016 this mid-sized airport was rebranded as Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) to raise awareness about the airport’s convenient location just north of downtown Los Angeles. Awareness about BUR will get another boost in October, when the airport’s $1.3 billion replacement terminal opens just north of the current […]

National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration + Maryhill Museum of Art

06/21/26

If we’re not hanging around an airport, we’re most likely in a museum. Here are a two museums on our “go” list. National Geographic Museum of Exploration (Photo by Elman Studio for National Geographic) The new National Geographic Museum of Exploration in Washington, D.C. opens to the public on Friday, June 26, 2026, promising museum […]

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

06/18/26

Getting ready for the weekend? Us too. Before we head out, here are some travel tidbits that may be of use. Qantas Airways Project Sunrise They’ve been talking about it, studying how to do it and planning it for years. They even have a name for it: Project Sunrise. And now Australia’s flag carrier, Qantas, […]

A new location for the swank PS private terminal lounge

06/18/26

If you’d rather spend the hours before your next commercial flight in a private luxury terminal instead of crammed in with other travelers in an airline lounge or at the gate, you’re in luck. PS, the private luxury terminal company with locations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Dallas […]