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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

Stuck at the airport? Play a game or watch baggage go round

01/25/09

Need ideas for what to do when you’re stuck at the airport? The folks at CreativeApplications.net are inspired and impressed by Jetset – a game about airports that you can play on your iPhone or iPod touch. According to the game’s creators, “Security is there to make you feel safe and get you to your […]

Sweet Baby James to the rescue at JFK

01/24/09

I love this story and now I love James Taylor (even more). According to this story, officers (and I bet they’ll turn out to be fake officers – or soon-to-be unemployed officers) at JFK airport convinced a tourist to give her $140 iPod to a cab driver in lieu of payment for the $49 fare […]

Jay Leno on US Airways flight 1549 again..

01/24/09

Jay Leno is getting a lot of mileage out of US Airways Flight 1549. The latest: last night- Friday, Jan. 23. Once again, Terry Maxon at the Airline Biz Blog stayed up late enough to watch and take notes: My favorite: “I tell you, Kevin, the economy is bad, the economy is bad. People are […]

New Orleans airport and Southwest Airlines celebrate with prizes and karaoke

01/23/09

Southwest Airlines is celebrating 30 years of service at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) today with a 1979-infused party that includes a DJ spinning “records” from ’79, decorations and costumes from the 70s, a karaoke machine, and games and prizes throughout the day, including a “Money Cube” where customers can grab prizes. There […]

Love the layover: Gladstone’s coming to LAX

01/23/09

Seafood lovers passing through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will be glad to know that Gladstone’s, a popular Malibu Beach restaurant will be opening their first airport outpost next Thursday in Terminal 3. Clams anyone?

Would you fly if you had to take a “tush-test?”

01/22/09

Here’s the text of my Well-Mannered Traveler column that appears this week on MSNBC.com. There’s a spirited (and somewhat disappointing) Newsvine discussion about the topic there as well. (Air Canada’s form instructs doctors on how to measure a traveler’s butt.) After fighting it for nearly a year, Canada’s major airlines finally unveiled procedures they claim […]