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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

When pigs fly: porker at PHL

03/14/09

Here kitty, kitty…. A 150-pound stray pig was picked up near the Philadelphia International Airport. The pig was running with a pack of stray cats and now an animal rescue shelter has put “Runway” up for adoption. Here’s a link to the story.

SXSW and live music at Austin airport

03/13/09

Going to Austin for SXSW? The fun – and free stuff – starts at the airport. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has three live-music venues (all post-security) that together offer up at least seven free concerts each week. And since Austin is chock-full of top-notch musicians and the concert organizer, Nancy Coplin, is plugged into the scene, […]

Tulip field at Amsterdam Airport

03/13/09

Heading to or through Amsterdam Schiphol Airport during the first two weeks of April? You could happily spend your whole vacation at the airport, what with the massage spa, the snooze chairs, the casino, the kids play area, the museum, and all the great shops, restaurants and artwork. They even have a YOTEL there, where […]

Exit-row etiquette: should you have a license to sit there?

03/12/09

Who doesn’t enjoy being seated in the exit row? The seats assure cramped passengers extra inches of legroom and are an airplane’s most coveted feature. How do get one of those seats? They’re usually assigned to top-tier frequent fliers, passengers who have paid an extra fee, those who ask nicely or folks who are simply […]

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What’s near: Stewart International Airport?

03/12/09

This seems handy: Stewart International Airport (SWF) in New York’s Hudson Valley is close to a good many historic and cultural sites you can now find out about from an interactive map on the Web site of the Port Authority of NY & NJ, which now runs this airport. The airport portion of the map […]

Stewart International Airport

Travel tidbits: Free/green stuff from Southwest; trophy display at PHL

03/11/09

St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17th, but Southwest Airlines is celebrating almost a full week early. Tomorrow, March 12 (Thursday), three “very sprightly, very green, very enthusiastic leprechauns” will be flying to and from a variety of cities leading in-flight trivia games and passing out prizes in departure gates. Look for them in Dallas, […]