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Sinister stories: Dark Fairy Tales from Around the World

09/07/25

Way back in 2019, we were delighted to spend an engaging afternoon in London’s Bethnal Green neighborhood visiting the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Unnatural History. Upstairs is an absinthe bar. Downstairs, a basement that promises “the bizarre and the beautiful, including unicorns, mermaids, two-headed lambs, magical soaps, and even skeleton fairies.” →

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Spotted: Little free airport library has little free postcard

07/22/25

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is one of a growing number of airports that have a few free little libraries on site, offering travelers a place to pick up or swap free reading material. It’s an example of an airport amenity that many passengers take advantage of. This week, we stopped by one of the airport’s →

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Fresh art at MSP + Airport libraries

04/17/25

Fresh art at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport The Arts@MSP program at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) presents to new temporary exhibits. Purely Textual Map Point, by Alison Price, is a collection of organic and mineral structures on canvas wity metal leaf, glass, handmade paper and found metal. Look for the display in MSP Terminal 1, →

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Come on by for a book signing event in Seattle

10/11/23

THURSDAY: a “Chat & Chew” at Ivar’s Salmon House in Seattle When we’re not visiting airports, we’re checking out odd museums and unusual attractions in Seattle and beyond. We often write about those places here. And once in a while, we put them together in a book. The 2nd edition of our guidebook, “111 Places →

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Guest Appearance On The ‘Eat Drink Sleep Repeat’ podcast

03/09/23

Allison Ramirez and Omar Lewis host the Eat Drink Sleep Repeat podcast in which they chat with all sorts of people about all things travel, with an emphasis on food and culture. They were kind enough to invite me along for one of those chats. During the wide-ranging podcast recording, we covered a lot of →

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For National Book Lovers Day: our new book

08/10/22

August 9 was National Book Lovers Day and we celebrated by visiting some of the places in Seattle that are featured in our new book, 111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss, which begins shipping today. The book is part of the international 111 Places series, which offers locals and experienced travelers guides →

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More libraries at airports for Nat’l Library Week

04/07/22

This week we’re marking National Library Week by highlighting libraries of all sorts at airports. We started earlier this week with an airport library list put together by the Stuck at the Airport librarian that includes libraries, book exchanges, and short story dispensers at more than 10 airports stretching from Amsterdam to Philadelphia and San →

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Celebrate National Library Week – at the airport

04/05/22

Once upon a time, libraries were common at airports. Imagine being able to take out a book at the library branch at Nashville International Airport (BNA) Airports still have libraries, and places to get free books. But now they take a different form. For National Library Week, we’ll see how many examples we can find. →

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More way to celebrate books at airports

08/10/20

More airport book options We celebrated National Book Lovers Day over the weekend with mention of some airport book stores we love and will miss. We’re not done celebrating the creative ways airports help travelers find books. In Houston, there are Little Libraries, the kind you may see around your neighborhood, filled with free books →

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National Book Lovers Day

08/09/20

Book lovers everywhere celebrate National Book Lovers Day on August 9. Traveling and books go together. And one element of travel we’re missing is the pleasure of buying a book at the airport and reading it cover to cover on a long flight. Although some may be closed temporarily due to health concerns, there are →

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