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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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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

Stuck at Schiphol: Café Chocolat now open at Amsterdam Airport

03/29/09

Here’s just one more reason why Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one of my favorite places in the world: in addition to a great airport-wide art collection, a wedding service program, a casino, great kids’ play areas, and the on-site Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol (and museum shop), the airport now has the Netherlands’ first Café Chocolat, serving […]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Stuck at Heathrow Airport? Check in and chill out.

03/29/09

A rare working week in London is bracketed by two very different, but equally impressive at/in Heathrow Airport hotel stays. 6 AM arrival: after a long, sleepless flight from the US west coast beside a fidgety, too-tall seatmate, I can’t face heading to town and trying to stay awake until hotel check-in time. Instead I […]

Alaska volcano brings strange planes to Seattle

03/27/09

It’s not just passengers who are having their flight plans disrupted by the repeat eruptions of Mt. Redoubt. Many cargo freighters heading to Anchorage for refueling are instead diverting to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). According to airport officials, so far SEA is getting at least three times the normal arrivals of international cargo planes: 45 […]

And you think your feet hurt…

03/27/09

A new exhibit at Toronto Pearson International Airport offers a glimpse inside the world of ballet. Behind the Scenes brings together photos, costumes and other items from The National Ballet of Canada’s current productions as well as historical items from the archives of the National Ballet. Look for it pre-security in Terminal 1’s Malton Airport […]

Mt. Redoubt, tornadoes, snow nix flights

03/26/09

Due to a mid-morning eruption (re-eruption?) of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights into and out of Anchorage, at least until early Friday morning. Volcano ash is serious stuff; it can limit visibility and ruin engines. So the airline is taking no chances: 45 flights were canceled earlier this week due to previous […]

Good day for dogs at Sea-Tac Airport

03/26/09

Here’s a good news story for dogs in Seattle, courtesy of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The folks at SEA-TAC Airport needed to test out a luggage x-ray system and followed the manufacturer’s advice to use big bags of dog food and jars of peanut butter to see how the system performed. The dog food was […]