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Souvenir Sunday: treats from Narita Int’l Airport

10/31/10
It’s Souvenir Sunday: the day we take a look at some of the fun, inexpensive, “of” a city items for sale at airports. This week’s treats come from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. This sumo wrestler doll caught my eye – As did these dainty containers filled with face cream: But my pick for Souvenir Sunday →

LAX layover: No pandemic flu for you.

10/20/10
Within five minutes of landing at LAX and beginning my four hour layover, I was in the shops at the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) looking for items to feature for Stuck at the Airport’s Souvenir Sunday feature. You’ll have to come back Sunday to see all the fun, inexpensive, local items I found, but →

Souvenir Sunday at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

10/17/10
The last time I flew out of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport my plane-mates were a crew of rowdy guys heading home after a season of commercial fishing. They’d started drinking long before the midnight flight departed and kept at it until shortly before we touched down in Seattle. I’m sure a lot of →

Coming soon – if you’re lucky – to an airport near you

10/14/10
My At the Airport column for USAToday.com this month, Coming soon – if you’re lucky – to an airport near you, features some of the new amenities I saw on exhibit in Philadelphia at the recent conference of Airports Council International – North America, or ACI-NA. During the conference, workshops were offered on everything from →
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