There are close to 700 aviation and space museums in this country. Each Monday, we take a look at one of them. Stick around. Eventually we’ll visit them all! This week: The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. Housed in the airport’s original art deco air terminal,the museum is dedicated to […]
A new exhibit at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) might make you a bit self-conscious about your wrinkled travel outfit. The exhibit features classic, streamlined clothes irons made in the 1930s and 40s, on loan from the collection of Jay Raymond, who has written a book on the subject. Why irons at the airport? “Like aircraft, […]
Sometimes the yin/yang of the inbox is entertaining. Today, for example, I received an urgent reminder to vote for America’s Best Restroom and a warning about staying away from the World’s Scariest Airports. Let’s do both. Each year Cintas takes nominations for the Best Restrooms in Canada and in the United States. You can see […]
In New York, the Albany International Airport (ALB) Art and Culture Program has just kicked off “The Imaged Word,” an exhibition featuring works by a variety of artists all on the theme of books and the words inside them. Most of the work is in the airport’s (pre-security) third floor gallery, the same floor as […]
There are close to 700 aviation and space museums in the country. Each Monday, we explore one of them. This week we have the story of a fun partnership between Canada’s Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Vintage Wings of Canada, a local organization that acquires, restores, maintains and flies classic and significant aircraft, with an […]
Yesterday’s Snack Saturday feature served up Tastycakes and other Pennsylvania-made treats for sale at Harrisburg International Airport’s (MDT) Perfectly PA shop. That same shop is where you’ll find one of this week’s Souvenir Sunday picks: socks decorated with an Amish horse and buggy scene. I’m sure there’s a shop or two over at the Minneapolis-St. […]
There are close to 700 aviation and space museums in this country. Each Monday, we take a look at one of them. Stick around. Eventually we’ll visit them all! This week: The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. Housed in the airport’s original art deco air terminal,the museum is dedicated to […]
A new exhibit at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) might make you a bit self-conscious about your wrinkled travel outfit. The exhibit features classic, streamlined clothes irons made in the 1930s and 40s, on loan from the collection of Jay Raymond, who has written a book on the subject. Why irons at the airport? “Like aircraft, […]
Sometimes the yin/yang of the inbox is entertaining. Today, for example, I received an urgent reminder to vote for America’s Best Restroom and a warning about staying away from the World’s Scariest Airports. Let’s do both. Each year Cintas takes nominations for the Best Restrooms in Canada and in the United States. You can see […]
In New York, the Albany International Airport (ALB) Art and Culture Program has just kicked off “The Imaged Word,” an exhibition featuring works by a variety of artists all on the theme of books and the words inside them. Most of the work is in the airport’s (pre-security) third floor gallery, the same floor as […]
There are close to 700 aviation and space museums in the country. Each Monday, we explore one of them. This week we have the story of a fun partnership between Canada’s Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Vintage Wings of Canada, a local organization that acquires, restores, maintains and flies classic and significant aircraft, with an […]
Yesterday’s Snack Saturday feature served up Tastycakes and other Pennsylvania-made treats for sale at Harrisburg International Airport’s (MDT) Perfectly PA shop. That same shop is where you’ll find one of this week’s Souvenir Sunday picks: socks decorated with an Amish horse and buggy scene. I’m sure there’s a shop or two over at the Minneapolis-St. […]
What can you do when you’re stuck at the airport? Eat! And if you’re lucky, you’ll find yourself stuck at an airport where the restaurants and shops serve and stock local foods. Hungry at Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)? Head for the Perfectly PA gift shop. The store stocks Pennsylvania-made treats such as Tastycakes, Pennsylvania […]
In my msnbc.com column this week –Fresh airport amenities make the wait fly by – I offered a run-down of some of the programs and services air travelers can take advantage of this summer. One amenity that didn’t make it into the story is self-service ice-cream sundae machine at Boston Logan International Airport. Using a […]
Convention centers, sports fields, museum wings and all sorts of public spaces bear the name of rich people and/or companies. So in 2008, when Detroit Metropolitan Airport opened up the new North Terminal, selling naming rights for the shiny new structure seemed like a good – and lucrative – idea. But, the economy being what […]