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Award-winning airport restrooms? Yup.

04/09/15

Public restrooms can be a crapshoot when it comes to cleanliness and overall appeal. But some establishments do loos right, with spotless sinks and stalls, unique design features and a dash of surprise and creative flair. And when they do “it shows a commitment to quality across the board,” said Danny Rubin, survey editor […]

Greetings from: Tokyo Narita Airport

04/09/15

Technically, it is a shop selling gift boxes of Japanese confections. But the Nippon Origami Museum in Terminal 1 at Tokyo’s Narita Airport devotes most of its space displays of creative, offbeat and surprising examples of origami. Here are a few more samples spotted on a short middle-of-the-night layover: The Origami Museum shop is just […]

What’s up at Walla Walla Regional Airport

04/03/15

What’s that giant onion doing at Washington’s Walla Walla Regional Airport? Besides being a shiny distraction for those waiting for their bags at the tiny airport’s baggage carousel, the onion artwork celebrates the area’s most famous crop – Walla Walla Sweet Onions. You’ll find a few other treats at ALW airport. In the ticket lobby, […]

Iron Chef-style cook-off at O’Hare Airport

03/30/15

If you’re traveling through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Tuesday, March 31, head over to Terminal 2 (across from Wicker Park Seafood & Sushi) at 11 a.m. for the live, Iron Chef-style cooking competition. Organized by HMSHost, which operates food and beverage outlets at many airports (and along highways), the cook-off will feature the winners of […]

Airports turn lights out for Earth Hour

03/28/15

During Earth Hour 2015 , which takes place this Saturday, March 28 around the world at 8:30 PM local time, individuals, businesses, cities, buildings, and more than 1,200 landmarks around the world – including the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bride – plan to switch off their lights for one hour to focus […]

San Diego Airport & the Panama-California Exposition

03/26/15

As part of San Diego’s year-long celebration for the centennial of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, San Diego International Airport is hosting a year-long exhibition celebrating San Diego’s 1915 Panama-California Exposition. The exhibit is airport-wide, with 30 installations, and includes original artwork and historic images, collectibles, artifacts and large-format photographs and postcards that show off the […]

Art Deco on exhibit at SFO Airport

03/25/15

A new exhibition at San Francisco International Airport displays fashionable and everyday items that evoke the Art Deco era, from works by French sculptors to airline-shaped cocktail shakers and streamlined radios. Need a quick quick recap on Art Deco? The exhibition notes tell us that this design style popular in the 1920s and ’30s […]

All-red dinner at Dusseldorf Airport

03/13/15

Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport has a fun, creative side: an outdoor airport terrace that has hosted an outdoor film night, a robot that parks cars and a monthly event in the pre-security shopping area that has featured everything from a circus to dance performances. Following up on last year’s “Dîner en bleu” – which featured guests […]

St. Patrick’s Day events at Chicago Airports

03/12/15

Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway Airports are joining the citywide celebration of St. Patrick’s Day with Irish dancing, green beer, live Celtic music and… roaming leprechauns. Festivities at both O’Hare and Midway include the famous Trinity Irish Dancers on Friday, March 13, with performances from 5-7 p.m. in Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 5 at O’Hare […]

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