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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 […]

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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

Rock on at Chicago O’Hare’s Airport

09/10/26

Blues legend Buddy Guy honored at ORD Last week, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport (ORD) unveiled a new exhibit honoring Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 ad awarded nine Grammy Awards. The exhibit, located in the Main Hall of Terminal 2, features a guitar, performance clothing […]

Amelia the Avatar lands at Boston Logan International Airport

09/08/26

You may have encountered them at other airports and at healthcare, sports and entertainmnet venues. But now Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has installed a 9-member team of life-size AI avatar concierges to help passengers make their way through the airport. Created in partnership with Proto Hologram and Holomedia AI, and designed to enhance, not […]

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

09/08/26

Stuck at the Airport headquarters is in Seattle, so Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is our home base airport. And we love it. We love it, of course for the great adventures that start and end there. We also love it for the live music program, the wonderful and ever-expanding art collection, the Central Terminal, the […]

Fortune-tellling teacups, crystal balls & more on view now at San Francisco Int’l Airport

09/06/26

The newest exhibition from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is all about fortune-telling and the paranormal. On view post-security in Terminal 2, Gallery 2A through mid-April 2027, this exhibition showcases fortune-telling cards, games, and devices. On view are crystal balls, swinging pendulums, fortune-telling teacups, tarot cards and all manner of psychic […]

Gateside by TSA PreCheck lets non-ticketed guests into 13 airports

09/04/26

Stuck at the Airport is a big fan of the free gate pass programs that allow non-ticketed passengers to go to the secure side of the airport to walk friends and family to the gate, greet someone getting off the plane, or just hang out at the airport to shop, eat or watch planes come […]

Where to see Dolly, the cloned sheep named for Dolly Parton

09/03/26

After arriving in Edinburgh, Scotland, the StuckatTheAirport musueum team made a beeline for the National Museum of Scotland to find the Arthur’s Seat Coffins (see below). But before we could wend our way to the corner of the vast museum where the wee cofffins are displayed, we stopped to pay our respects to Dolly the […]