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10/23/26

Our museum team is on assigment in Tacoma, WA this week and hit the jackpot on day one in terms of treasures that tickle our fancy. When in Tacoma, we always stop in at the Washington State History Museum to visit our buddies, Dave and Dandy, the now-taxidermied oxen that pulled the covered wagon pioneer […]

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The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

BBQ championship winners move into Kansas City Int’l Airport

09/09/25

Kansas City is all about its barbecue. There are more than 100 barbecue restaurants, a BBQ passport, BBQ bus tours and a Museum of BBQ. And barbecue is readily available at multiple restaurants in Kansas City International Airport (MCI), which opened a snazzy new terminal in 2023. One of the places is the airport’s 8,000-square-foot […]

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.” […]

Places we’d go. Things we don’t want to miss.

09/05/25

Las Vegas wants you Visitor numbers to Las Vegas have been declining. And the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is rolling out a national “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” campaign to lure visitors back. In addition to the 60-second TV ad (below) that was launched during Thursday’s NFL season opener between the Dallas Cowboys […]

Fresh (upcycled) art at Albany Int’l Airport

09/02/25

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) and Southwest Airlines are marking 25 years of Southwest service to the Capital Region with art. A new large-scale sculpture titled Treasure Map, by Hudson Valley artist Ruby Palmer, is now on display in the terminal. The work was made entirely of aircraft seat leather from Southwest’s Repurpose with […]

At the SFO Museum: a telephone retrospective

09/01/25

Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective at the SFO Museum We’re calling with a great reason to wish for a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The SFO Museum is presenting a new year-long show about the history and development of telephones. The exhibition, made possible thanks to a loan from the […]

U.S. tourist spots hope Canadian visitors return

08/31/25

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) The adage “time heals all wounds” is not holding true for Canadian travelers and their desire to vacation in the United States. Visits to the U.S. from Canada are down 25.2%, year to date, with a 37% year-over-year drop in arrivals […]