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Souvenir Sunday: a 150-year-old pickle

05/25/13
As souvenirs go, this is a winner. This weekend I visited the Lynden Pioneer Museum in Dutch-themed Lynden, Washington to give my Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presentation about things museums have that they can’t or won’t show you. During the event, museum director/curator Troy Luginbill was kind enough to bring out a hidden treasure from […]

At Lambert-St. Louis Int’l Airport: candy & Chuck Berry

05/06/13
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 […]

Travel tidbits: Hula & limbo at MIA; Ice-cream at CMH

04/20/13
Miami International Airport and Shop Miami are celebrating the city with free events and coupon discounts in the shops & restaurants. On the party agenda: hula classes, limbo contests, bongo playing, cigar rolling and more. Times & details here. And travelers at Ohio’s Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) can now snack on locally-made Jeni’s Splendid […]

Stuck at LAX Airport

04/13/13
Earlier this week I took a quick tour of some of the new amenities, shops and restaurants at Los Angeles International Airport. Here are few tasty tidbits from my tour. In the shiny new Tom Bradley International Terminal, I was pleased to see that many of the seats are powered and that some have a […]

Surprising best-sellers at airports

03/20/13
Although it’s been 20 years since the debut of the romantic comedy film Sleepless in Seattle, gray and pink nightshirts sporting the movie’s title are still among the bestsellers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with 9,000 of the shirts sold last year. “Some of us scratch our heads about its appeal,” said Randi Sibonga, who […]

Souvenir Sunday at Portland International Airport – again

02/17/13
It’s Souvenir Sunday – the day StuckatTheAirport.com takes a look at the fun, inexpensive and locally-linked items for sale at airports. Last Sunday, I shared some of the items I spotted at the Pendleton Store at Portland International Airport (PDX). This week I’ve got a few more PDX finds to share. Portland-based Moonstruck Chocolates were […]

Travel Tidbits: private screeners & fish

01/09/13
Later this month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was scheduled to send out requests for proposals (RFPs) for private security screening firms to replace federal screeners at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) in California and Orlando-Sanford International Airport (SFB) in Florida as part of the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). The contract for private screening services at […]
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