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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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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

Sculpture exhibit at Portland International Airport (PDX)

02/03/09

Work by a dozen artists associated with Pacific Northwest Sculptors (PNWS) is on view at Portland International Airport (PDX) through mid-June. Look for the show in Concourse E (post-security). The sculptures feature a wide variety of media – cast and fabricated metals, ceramic, stone, mixed media – and represent a broad spectrum of sculptural styles […]

Prize patrol: Yapta’s Caribbean Cosmopolitan Sweepstakes

02/03/09

Doesn’t a free trip to the Caribbean sound good right about now? Yapta, the online travel shopping service that monitors airline ticket pricing and award seat availability for travelers and helps you get a refund if the price goes down, is sponsoring a “Caribbean Cosmopolitan Sweepstakes” where you can win one of 15 prizes, including […]

Airport art: new exhibit at Nashville Int’l Airport

02/03/09

An exhibition titled The Art of the Lost Boys of Sudan is opening next week (February 10th) at Nashville International Airport (BNA). Who are the lost boys of Sudan? According the Lost Boys Foundation of Nashville, In 1987, a civil war drove an estimated 20,000 young boys from their families and villages in South Sudan. […]

Lost Boys of Sudan

Using math to catch a terrorist

02/02/09

A few weeks back my Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com was about ethnic profiling at airports. A great many people (328 last time I checked) posted comments in response to that column and most of those folks seem to believe that ethnic profiling is a good and useful way to thwart terrorism. But according to […]

Flying with King Cakes and Rubber-tipped spears?

02/02/09

It’s Mardi Gras season and the folks at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) have some intriguing travel advice posted on the Web site: What to do when traveling with a King Cake: King cakes, filled and plain, can be brought through the security checkpoint. But, please be advised that king cakes are subject […]

Book arts exhibit at Philadelphia Int’l Airport

02/02/09

Seen any good books lately? Yes: seen. A new exhibition celebrating books is on view at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), between Terminals A and B, through the end of June. Defining Books: Multiple Perspectives includes the work of four artists – Carol Barton, Hedi Kyle, Tom Leonard and Mary Phelan. Each is a local artist […]