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Tidbits for travelers: airport taxi sharing, Austin art, and marvelous maps

05/01/10
Even with all the free deals you can find on NYCGO.com, a trip to New York City can be quite spendy. So it’s welcome news that the Wall Street Journal reports that New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commissioner is thinking of expanding a popular, cost-saving taxi sharing program to LaGuardia Airport (and possibly JFK) and →

Folk art on wheels: art cars on a roll

04/30/10
(AeroCar 600: a 1959 BMW 600 turned airplane, by Dave Major) I had way too much fun this week learning about the wild and wacky world of art cars while putting together a slide-show on the topic for msnbc.com: Folk art on four wheels: art car celebrations around the country. One of my favorites was →

Grimms’ Fairy Tales at Dane County Regional Airport

04/28/10
A National Geographic website about Grimms’ Fairy Tales offers these words of advice: “Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to waft you toward dreamland?  Look somewhere else.” That’s because the stories Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected in the early 1800’s don’t always have happy endings. There are witches. There are wolves. And there are creatures →

Tidbits for travelers: airport art exhibits & an Air Hogs promotion

04/27/10
Here’s a heads up on a couple of new art exhibits at two airports: At the John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, Ca., work by Anna Friesen will be on display through June 10, 2010 in the pre-security departure (upper) level near the security screening areas and on the arrival (lower) level near baggage →

Lots of garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

04/22/10
I prepared for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by spending the afternoon with garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). First up:  an exhibit featuring  artwork by Dorothy Rissman made from trash she found on city streets, construction sites and beaches. Next: an introduction to the airport’s six pair of shiny new, computer-monitored trash compactors, →

Get a Clue: toy exhibit at Toronto Pearson Int’l Airport

04/17/10
Two new exhibits at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) are all about toys. Exploring the Toy Box and Boosting Business: Companies Team up with Toys includes dolls, games, trucks and even a few musical instruments from the 1940’s to today. The toys are on loan from the Canadian Toy Collectors Society and most every toy →

Vintage movie posters at Atlanta International Airport

04/13/10
Movie fans: If you’re traveling to or through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) between April 23rd and May 23rd, make your way to the airport’s Atrium Gallery, where a collection of original, hand-painted, vintage movie posters featuring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and other stars will be on display. “Atlanta’s famed Loew’s Grand Theater →

Tidbits for travelers: Junk to Funk at PDX; Dillinger at BWI

04/12/10
Here’s some fun stuff to look at airports on either side of the country: At Oregon’s Portland International Airport the Junk to Funk exhibit features couture fashion made from recycled and reused materials – and trash. “Kitty litter bags become a suit; vinyl records are reborn as sequins; coffee filters have an afterlife as the →
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