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Music series tunes up at SFO airport

06/22/09
The summer music series called You are Hear is back in swing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).  From now through the end of the summer, travelers will be treated to live performances at three locations inside the airport every Friday between 11 am and 3 pm. The concerts will be held post-security in Terminal […]

Pussycat Dolls visit Changi Airport

06/04/09
Not a big Pussycat Dolls fan myself, but this was probably a scene: The Pussycat Dolls (PCD to their fans…), in Singapore as part of their current tour, did a meet-and-greet event at Changi Airport on Wednesday, greeting fans and taking pictures with them. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport apparently host […]

Montreal celebrates 40th anniversary of John and Yoko’s bed-in for peace

06/02/09
Officially, I went to Montréal to report on what airport representatives are talking about at their annual marketing and communications conference.  And I will. But today, I’m hanging out at the hotel called Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, which hosted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in for peace forty years ago. “JoYoko,” as the concierge up […]

SXSW and live music at Austin airport

03/13/09
Going to Austin for SXSW? The fun – and free stuff – starts at the airport.  Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has three live-music venues (all post-security) that together offer up at least seven free concerts each week. And since Austin is chock-full of top-notch musicians and the concert organizer, Nancy Coplin, is plugged into the scene,  […]

Anniversary of Beatles touch-down at JFK

02/07/09
On this day, February 7, back in 1964 the world changed dramatically: The Beatles, those adorable  moptops, came to New York. (Photo: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey) The History.com newsletter describes the momentous day this way: On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at […]

Sweet Baby James to the rescue at JFK

01/24/09
I love this story and now I love James Taylor (even more). According to this story, officers (and I bet they’ll turn out to be fake officers – or soon-to-be unemployed officers) at JFK airport convinced a tourist to give her $140 iPod to a cab driver in lieu of payment for the $49 fare […]
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