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Surf's up at Munich Airport with wave pool - and (some) free Wi-Fi.

Getting ready to celebrate July 4th? The folk in the tiny town of George, Washington are.  Their 4th of July Celebration at the George Community Hall includes the Cherry Bomb Run, the Line-Dancing Grannies, a parade, a classic car show and, at 8 feet by 8 feet, the World’s Largest Cherry Pie, baked by a […]

The July 4th travel ‘season’ is evidently already underway, as airports around the country have already rolled out their in-terminal holiday celebrations. Orlando International Airport starts celebrating this weekend (Liberty Weekend) with a free concert by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the Hyatt Regency Hotel atrium (which doubles as the main atrium of the airport) […]

Later this summer the art venue known as Mass MoCA in North Adams, Mass.(site of this past weekend’s Solid Sound Festival with Wilco and friends) will be showing the movie Airplane! at a most appropriate site – an airport. A large hangar door at Harriman-West Airport in North Adams will serve as the screen for […]

Passenger appreciation program kicks off at PHL; Gospel Fest at ORD and Midway
SFO Airport, Cathay Pacific and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco track the Lost Warrior on his journey home.
Surf's up at Munich Airport with wave pool - and (some) free Wi-Fi.

Getting ready to celebrate July 4th? The folk in the tiny town of George, Washington are.  Their 4th of July Celebration at the George Community Hall includes the Cherry Bomb Run, the Line-Dancing Grannies, a parade, a classic car show and, at 8 feet by 8 feet, the World’s Largest Cherry Pie, baked by a […]

The July 4th travel ‘season’ is evidently already underway, as airports around the country have already rolled out their in-terminal holiday celebrations. Orlando International Airport starts celebrating this weekend (Liberty Weekend) with a free concert by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the Hyatt Regency Hotel atrium (which doubles as the main atrium of the airport) […]

Later this summer the art venue known as Mass MoCA in North Adams, Mass.(site of this past weekend’s Solid Sound Festival with Wilco and friends) will be showing the movie Airplane! at a most appropriate site – an airport. A large hangar door at Harriman-West Airport in North Adams will serve as the screen for […]

Passenger appreciation program kicks off at PHL; Gospel Fest at ORD and Midway
SFO Airport, Cathay Pacific and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco track the Lost Warrior on his journey home.

This is Customer Appreciation Week at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL) and there’s a full schedule of fun underway, including live music, giveaways, special appearances in the terminals and “random surprises” for passengers riding the shuttles to and from the airport parking lots. It all looks like a lot of fun, but my favorite events will […]

Dulles International Airport is marking Asian-Pacific Heritage Month with a series of musical performances and educational events, including girl groups from South Korea, traditional Japanese Taiko drums; Gangnam Style dancing and other traditional Filipino, Afghan and Indian performances. The full schedule is listed here. May is also Military Appreciation Month at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway […]

London’s Heathrow Airport & the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have put together some lovely traditional English gardens to welcome passengers and will be handing out free seed packets to travelers so they can start their own gardens. The terminal approach areas outside Terminals 3, 4 and 5 have been transformed into a living art installation […]