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Love the layover: Meet some mummies

08/07/10

Zombies may be trendy right now, but the madness for mummies is eternal. That’s what I found out while putting together a Mummy Madness story this week for msnbc.com. Before I started my research I called my buddy Adam Woog, who wrote a book about mummies for the middle-school market. “Mummies are creepy and cool,” […]

Ironing things out at Philadelphia International Airport

08/05/10

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, […]

Tidbits for travelers: Free Wifi at Toronto airport; fresh art at SNA; contraband at JFK

08/05/10

Here at StuckatTheAirport.com we’re a big fan of free wireless Internet at all airports. Slowly but surely we’re moving in that direction. In July, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) began offering free Wi-FI to all travelers and now comes word that Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) began offering free Wi-Fi at the beginning of this month […]

Book art at Albany International Airport (ALB)

08/03/10

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 […]

Tidbits for travelers: Free stuff at Vancouver Airport; fresh art at Tucson Airport

07/16/10

If you have a choice about when to travel to or through Vancouver International Airport (YVR) this summer, choose a Friday. YVR is entertaining pretty much anytime, but this summer, the airport is throwing Take Off Friday parties with face painting, DJ’s, and free treats and samples from airport shops such as Daniel Le Chocolate […]

“Bonus tracks” from San Jose Airport art tour

07/15/10

My At the Airport column on USATODAY.com this month describes some of the high-tech artwork at the newly opened Terminal B at Mineta San José International Airport. You can read the entire column – High-tech art welcomes passengers at San José International Airport – on the USATODAY.com website, but I wanted to include some ‘bonus […]

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Stuck at Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)

07/10/10

I spent a full day this week poking around the brand new Terminal B at Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC). Only some of the restaurants and shops are open. And not all the artwork is installed. But what’s there is pretty impressive. Here are two fun photos from my tour. More tomorrow. […]

Mural at San Jose International Airport saved

07/10/10

Here’s an airport art story with a happy ending: Now that San Jose International Airport has opened it swanky new Terminal B, it’s time to go ahead and demolish Terminal C. But before allowing the wrecking ball to come in, officials had to figure out what they were going to do with this giant, 540 […]

Free Wi-Fi & fresh art at Philadelphia Int’l Airport

07/06/10

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has kicked off its summer-long “Just Plane Fun” program and well, it looks like fun. Last week, just in time for the busy 4th of July holiday travel weekend, PHL announced that the airport-wide Wi-Fi service would now be free. Now that’s fun! This week? Well, there’s not much that can […]

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