Stuck at the airport

Fresh art at Nashville International Airport

03/10/08
Nashville International Airport (BNA) has an ambitious live music schedule and, it seems, a fine art program. Through June 1, 2008, the airport’s exhibition series (Flying Solo) features the work of four Tennessee artists, including T. Michael Martin who describes his work this way: “I create quirky, vibrant worlds where geometries are manipulated to represent →

Stuck at Denver International Airport

03/07/08
I rarely mind spending a few extra hours at an airport – especially when I get a free ticket for volunteering to take a later flight and there’s free wireless Internet access throughout the terminal. This afternoon I volunteered to stay behind. The very irate woman in front of me at the customer service counter →

More music for airports: theme songs

03/06/08
If cities can have theme songs, why can’t airports have theme songs? Some airports do. Los Angeles International Airport traces its theme song back to a country music hit from the 1970s. The song, L.A. International Airport, was written by Leanne Scott and sung by Susan Raye. But when LAX made it the airport’s official →

Music for airports?

03/05/08
I’m having a little too much fun researching a column about airport theme songs. I’m finding everything from jingles to “real” songs that have found their way onto the charts. One example – the theme song for Germany’s Cologne-Bonn Airport. Written by the Cologne-based band plus49. The song is included in their album “All the →

Tasty fuel for the last leg of the trip

03/04/08
Notice all those restaurants and take-out joints popping up at airports? They’re not just for folks getting onto planes. For arriving passengers it means not having to go home – or to the hotel – hungry. David Grossman, a fellow columnist over at USATODAY.com explores the topic in a new column. He was kind enough →

Free Wi-Fi – sort of – at Philadelphia International Airport

03/03/08
When I’m president there will be free wireless Internet access at every airport.  In the meantime, we’re making progress: the airports in Denver, Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Portland, Oregon and an increasing number of large and small airports around the country currently offer free wireless throughout the terminals. Recently the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International →

Too pretty to fly? No – too rude.

02/28/08
Two young women escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight for causing a disruption on a flight from Tampa to Los Angeles are blaming the incident on jealousy over their good looks – rather than their truly rude and clueless manners.   I had fun  writing about it this week in my Well  Mannered Traveler column on →
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