(Photo courtesy Pam Mandel, Nerd’s Eye View) On Sundays, I unpack my bags and take a look at some of the fun, under $10, “of”the city items I picked up while stuck at the airport. Last week, it was gee-gaws from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. This week, I’ve got souvenirs sent in by […]
Christmas week is always a big deal for airports and air travel. This year, as usual, lines are long, people are cranky, and there’s a storm wreaking havoc with schedules and everyone’s best laid plans. So, it’s a good bet that if you’re traveling by air this week, you’re going to spend some time being […]
Getting ready to head home from a Thanksgiving visit? If you haven’t gotten a seasonal flu shot or an H1N1 vaccine and are traveling to or through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) or Midway Airport – you’re in luck. The airport clinic in Terminal 2 operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago and – […]
In addition to the airport freebies I wrote about yesterday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, we have a few more airport events and giveaways to seek out during your Thanksgiving trek through the airport: If you’re traveling through Boston’s Logan International Airport or Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today (Wed. Nov 25, 2009) look around for the “Fareologists” from […]
Airports all over the country have on-site recycling programs. My home airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), in fact, just won an award for the recycling efforts of the airport’s concessions, which recycle, re-use and compost everything from cardboard to coffee grounds and donate enough food to area food banks to feed more than 8,000 families […]
This unusual curved freehand drawing of Anish Kapoor’s landmark Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is now on view at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “Have No Narrow Perspective,” created by twin artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes is in O’Hare’s Terminal 2 , post-security, and a bit north of the Explore Chicago exhibit. The 20-something Oakes […]
(Photo courtesy Pam Mandel, Nerd’s Eye View) On Sundays, I unpack my bags and take a look at some of the fun, under $10, “of”the city items I picked up while stuck at the airport. Last week, it was gee-gaws from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. This week, I’ve got souvenirs sent in by […]
Christmas week is always a big deal for airports and air travel. This year, as usual, lines are long, people are cranky, and there’s a storm wreaking havoc with schedules and everyone’s best laid plans. So, it’s a good bet that if you’re traveling by air this week, you’re going to spend some time being […]
Getting ready to head home from a Thanksgiving visit? If you haven’t gotten a seasonal flu shot or an H1N1 vaccine and are traveling to or through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) or Midway Airport – you’re in luck. The airport clinic in Terminal 2 operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago and – […]
In addition to the airport freebies I wrote about yesterday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, we have a few more airport events and giveaways to seek out during your Thanksgiving trek through the airport: If you’re traveling through Boston’s Logan International Airport or Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today (Wed. Nov 25, 2009) look around for the “Fareologists” from […]
Airports all over the country have on-site recycling programs. My home airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), in fact, just won an award for the recycling efforts of the airport’s concessions, which recycle, re-use and compost everything from cardboard to coffee grounds and donate enough food to area food banks to feed more than 8,000 families […]
This unusual curved freehand drawing of Anish Kapoor’s landmark Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is now on view at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “Have No Narrow Perspective,” created by twin artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes is in O’Hare’s Terminal 2 , post-security, and a bit north of the Explore Chicago exhibit. The 20-something Oakes […]
I’m not a big fan of spending a lot of money while traveling and certainly not a big fan of overpaying for things just because I’m away from home. So it’s always bugged me that any deals offered by “real-world” Starbucks never seem to be available in airports, where prices for even a cup of […]
I had a short layover and a long walk at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport yesterday, but had to stop and take a picture of this little guy outside the Shoe Hospital at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in Terminal 1, near Gate B10. I was also in search of a souvenir to feature for Souvenir Sunday […]
(JUPITER – Photo: Travis Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), Chad Trujillo and the Gemini Altair Team, NOAO / AURA / NSF.) This is the International Year of Astronomy, recognizing the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of a telescope to study the heavens. So it’s appropriate that Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and the Alder Planetarium have teamed […]