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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

Museums

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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

Tidbits for travelers: danger at Mexico City airport; blue mustang at Denver airport

03/03/09

According to an Associated Press story, Mexico City is beefing up security at Mexico City International Airport ((International Airport Benito Juárez/MEX) after a series of armed robberies against travelers who exchanged money at the airport. 350 police officers have been added since December; now an additional 460 police officers will be assigned to patrol the […]

Miss Electricity: free theater performance at San Diego Int’l Airport

03/02/09

Travelers passing through San Diego International Airport on Tuesday, March 3, between 11 am and 2 pm, can enjoy a free theater performance. The La Jolla Playhouse’s Performance Outreach Program Tour will be performing Miss Electricity in the Terminal 2 West Baggage claim area (pre-security). It’s billed as “a delightful story of a young girl […]

When you’re stuck at the airport think: What would Dr. Seuss do?

03/02/09

Photo courtesy the Springfield Museum Today, March 2nd, is the birthday of Theodor Geisel, the author and illustrator better known to all of us as Dr. Seuss. In addition to classics such as “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” he wrote the life/travel advice poem titled “Oh! The Places you’ll go!,” […]

Dr. Seuss

New art exhibit at Nashville Int’l Airport

03/02/09

The spring installment of the Flying Solo Series showcase at Nashville International Airport (BNA) opens on March 8 and features work by Justin Simcik, Gregor Turk, Lain York, the Lost Boys of Sudan and Shannon Stoney, whose work includes this really great photograph.

Nashville International Airport

Wild animals – and a dummy – at San Diego Int’l Airport

03/01/09

The recent edition of the San Diego International Airport (SAN) newsletter highlights some of the new exhibits that will be on view through July 2009, including: In the Commuter Terminal, the Birch Aquarium’s “Feeling The Heat” exhibit includes giant triton sea shells, staghorn coral, and then-and-now snowcap photographs from Alaska, New Zealand and the North […]

San Diego International Airport

Customer Appreciation Week at DFW

03/01/09

If you’re at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport (DFW) this week, don’t be too alarmed if an airport employee comes up to you and shakes your hand. It’s all part of customer appreciation week at the airport and to celebrate they’ll be handing out discounted coupons for parking (the valet parking coupon also offers food and […]