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Travel alert for swine flu

04/27/09
Based on a frightening number of confirmed deaths in Mexico from the swine flu and the fact that there are already 20 confirmed cases in the U.S., on Sunday the  U.S. government  declared a public health emergency. The story will certainly change – quickly – throughout the week. For now, anyone with plane tickets to […]

Fry-free food at DFW

04/02/09
Good to know: at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport the new healthy food outlets, UFood Grill and Urban Taco, are fry-free (except for the chips at Urban Taco). And, according to their Web site, the DFW  Cereality Cereal Bar and Café is the company’s only cereal bar not co-located with a Cold Stone Creamery. Cereal and […]

Headache at the airport? Don’t pay through the nose.

03/11/09
Massage bars, wine bars, museum-quality artwork, and shops selling everything from fine jewelry and gourmet chocolate to suits, fancy scarves and indestructible suitcases. You won’t have too much of a problem finding these services and products at most North American airports these days. But it’s a different story if you go looking for a bottle […]

Would you fly if you had to take a “tush-test?”

01/22/09
Here’s the text of my Well-Mannered Traveler column that appears this week on MSNBC.com. There’s a spirited (and somewhat disappointing) Newsvine discussion about the topic there as well. (Air Canada’s form instructs doctors on how to measure a traveler’s butt.) After fighting it for nearly a year, Canada’s major airlines finally unveiled procedures they claim […]

Walking path at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int’l Airport

12/02/08
Next time you find yourself with a little extra time to spare at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, don’t just sit there – take a walk on the airport’s new walking path. Officially “opened” today, the walking path is less than a half mile long and follows a marked area that’s inside the airport […]

Flu shots at the airport

10/15/08
I had a choice to make at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last week: Get home a bit early by going standby and taking a middle seat at the back of the plane or hang out for an hour so I could keep my exit-row seat for the 4-hour flight home. I hung around. And, after downing […]

Airport Flu Shots

09/23/08
Summer is over. Fall is here. And any moment now, flu season will kick into high gear. Time to think about getting a flu shot. Last year I got my flu shot in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport at a kiosk set up on one of the concourses. It was quick and easy (can’t say fun) but […]
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