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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 […]

Harriet Baskas

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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

Cheap air fares to London: then what?

04/02/09

There are plenty of worthwhile things to spend money on in London, including theater tickets, fine meals, shopping and a ride on the London Eye or in an iconic black cab. But there are also loads of attractions, museums and special sights that are very inexpensive and many where admission doesn’t cost a penny. Two, […]

Fry-free food at DFW

04/02/09

Good to know: at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport the new healthy food outlets, UFood Grill and Urban Taco, are fry-free (except for the chips at Urban Taco). And, according to their Web site, the DFW Cereality Cereal Bar and Café is the company’s only cereal bar not co-located with a Cold Stone Creamery. Cereal and […]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Spring flowers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

04/01/09

For the next two weeks it will definitely be spring at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – thanks to an indoor flower garden filled with ten of thousands of lilacs and purple and white tulips in full bloom. The garden has a flower stall and picnic tables where travelers can sit and rest and take in the […]

Restless Mt. Redoubt nixes more flights

04/01/09

Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt just won’t settle down. Here’s a Twitter-ed update Alaska Airlines sent out Tuesday about the impact of volcano eruptions on flights: Nighttime flts in/out of ANC canceled due to Mt. Redoubt. Check flt status in a.m. b/4 leaving home… This is getting sort of old. Flights into and out of ANC has […]

Man opens airplane door: can ya’ blame him?

03/31/09

According to this article, Robert McDonald, a passenger on a Delta flight heading from JFK to Las Vegas on Sunday after arriving from Rome, is in big trouble after trying to open an emergency exit door while the airplane waited out a delay at JFK airport. Flight 149 pulled back from the gate just after […]

RED SOX FANS: SING TO WIN AT BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT

03/30/09

On Tuesday, April 7th, Red Sox fans willing to sing a version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Boston Logan Airport will have a chance to win prizes, impress other travelers, or simply make fools of themselves. You – and Wally the Green Monster – can help decide the winners. The contest is […]