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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

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

MLK exhibit at Atlanta Airport

01/19/09

Today is the U.S. holiday marking the birthday of the late civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and travelers passing through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) might want to spend a few minutes with the airport’s art exhibit honoring the slain civil rights leader. The display is on Concourse E and has been […]

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Tools for travelers: Airport Wi-Fi guides

01/18/09

Someday, when I’m president, there will be free, reliable, secure Wi-Fi everywhere. Especially in all airports and, now that the technology has caught up, in all airplanes. In the meantime, travelers sometimes need to hunt and peck to find out what service is available where. One site trying to help: airportwifiguide.com. I like the map […]

Ok, I’m in. Stuck at the Airport tweets arriving soon

01/17/09

As one of my social media (and life) idols, Benet Wilson, explains in this blog entry, “If you weren’t using some form of social media … when US Airways Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River, you were late getting news of the event.” ‘ (JKrums’ already iconic image) Wilson heard about the crash just […]

Ethnic profiling at airports

01/16/09

Here is the text of my Well-Mannered Traveler column that posted on MSNBC.com on January 15, 2009. It’s gotten an incredible amount of feedback. Much of it shocking – and signed. Recent incidents raise questions about TSA and airline policies One thing is for sure: You will be detained and arrested if you pull a […]

Jay Leno’s take on US Airways flight 1549

01/16/09

(Trying again…) The fact that everyone got out of the US Airways plane that landed in the Hudson River opened the door for Jay Leno to make jokes about the event. The Airline Biz blog in the Dallas Morning News was kind enough to post those jokes. Here’s the link.

US Airways Flight 1549

Birds – and other animals – at the airport

01/16/09

The US Airways jet that made an emergency landing on the Hudson River yesterday may be have been taken down by birds. So today you’ll see a lot of news stories about what airports do to try to keep birds out of flight paths. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the final destination of yesterday’s diverted flight, is […]