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Daylight Saving Time: where to watch the clock

11/06/10
(Boston: courtesy Marriott’s Custom House) Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when we “fall back” to standard time by turning our clocks back one hour. As you rush around resetting the clocks on the microwave, the TV and the bedside alarm, imagine yourself watching time fly in one of the clock-worthy →

Museum Monday: 75 years at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

10/10/10
There are more than 700 aviation and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday we try to profile one of them.  Eventually we’ll visit them all. This week, we’re stopping at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which has an exhibit of photos, videos and historic memorabilia celebrating its 75th anniversary. According to airport history notes, →

Saturday is free Museum Day: take advantage of it

09/24/10
This Saturday, September 25, 2010 is free Museum Day around the country. More than 1300 museums – including a lot of aviation and space museums – will open their doors for free to anyone who shows up with a downloaded coupon from Smithsonian magazine that’s good for admission for two people to any one museum →

Stuck at DFW? Visit the observation park; learn something

09/18/10
DFW International Airport is big. Within its 30 square miles are five terminals, two full-service hotels, a multi-million dollar collection of art and a golf course. There’s also Founders’ Plaza: DFW’s public observation park. The park has the airport’s original beacon, along with shaded picnic tables, viewing stations and a live audio feed of the →
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