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Very old food and classic old cars

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 […]

Harriet Baskas

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The Newsletter

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Airport and Airline Resources

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

TSA shelves “shoes off” policy

07/08/25

The Department of Homeland Security formally announced on Tuesday that all commercial airline passengers passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at airports are now allowed to keep their shoes on. TSA first instituted a “shoes off” policy in 2006, almost five years after “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid tried to set off explosives hidden in his […]

International flights: cheaper. Int’l trips: pricier

07/07/25

(This is a slightly different version of our story for NBC News) A last-minute summer flight to London or Rome costs less than it did a year ago, but the good news ends at the customs checkpoint. U.S. travelers to the U.K. and Europe are finding their dollars don’t go as far as they did […]

Stuck at the airport: July 4th holiday version

07/02/25

Flying somewhere over the July 4th holiday? Lucky you! Airports are apt to be busy, but there are some fun amenities and events that may make your trip a bit more fun. Christmas in July at San Jose Mineta Int’l Airport We did a double-take, too. But the big baby chick in a sleigh in […]

Long Beach Airport (LGB) gets the love too

07/01/25

Yesterday, we told you about all the love Portland International Airport (PDX) has been getting. And in listing some of its charms, we neglected to mention the cool, recent rap video about the new main terminal roof. Today, let’s give some to Long Beach Airport (LGB), which came in 2nd, behind PDX, on the list […]

Long Beach Airport

PDX Airport is getting a lot of love

07/01/25

Portland International Airport (PDX) has been getting a bonus bout of much-deserved love. Long one of our favorite airports (we’ve flown in just for the shopping and the speakeasy), PDX recently landed at the top of the Washington Post’s list of the 50 best airports in the country, in a Monocle Radio feature and as a […]

Stuck at The Airport: free tortillas at SAT

06/29/25

Why NOT free tortillas at the airport? Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B sprang into action with a clever campaign in response to a viral TikTok from an airport security line with the caption “all these people and no one knows I have 200 HEB tortillas in my backpack.” The folks at H-E-B sent a crew to […]