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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

Whale of a baggage mix-up in Philadelphia

03/11/09

MSNBC.com (and probably every other media outlet) picked up this story from Philadelphia about a pet store that went to pick up a delivery of fish from the airport and were given a box containing a dead body instead.

Philadelphia International Airport

Headache at the airport? Don’t pay through the nose.

03/11/09

Massage bars, wine bars, museum-quality artwork, and shops selling everything from fine jewelry and gourmet chocolate to suits, fancy scarves and indestructible suitcases. You won’t have too much of a problem finding these services and products at most North American airports these days. But it’s a different story if you go looking for a bottle […]

I want these chairs at the airport!

03/11/09

The Wall Street Journal picked up a story about some cool new airline seats, Thompson Solution’s Cozy Suite, that look downright cozy, and they say Delta Air Lines has hired the chair designers to create an economy-class version of the chair. That sounds great. But wouldn’t it be great it there were banks of seats […]

Beer here: where to get all hopped up at the airport

03/10/09

A toast to Claire Walter at Travel Babel for pointing us to the in-depth Beer Lover’s Airport Guide by Jerome Greer Chandler over at CheapFlights.com. By all means print it out and tuck this guide into your carry-on. That way, if you’re stuck at the airport in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver […]

Exit row test? Vote now.

03/09/09

My Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com this coming Thursday will be about “Exit Row Etiquette.” So we’re running an on-line vote to see what folks think about having to take a test or maybe performing in some American Idol-like contest in order to snag the extra legroom. Go here to cast your vote.

exit rows

Happy Birthday Barbie!

03/09/09

Yesterday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day and today, March 9th, is Barbie’s 50th birthday: the now, iconic hourglass-shaped doll was first introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York City on this day in 1959. International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Some say […]