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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

Airport art; so Luxe

01/01/09

First it was cushy coach seats. Then great places to eat. Now the folks at LUXAHOLICS are sharing my tips about airports with great art exhibits. (Beechies Circus Wagon on display at the Albany International Airport, courtesy New York State Museum)

Albany International Airport

Stuck – and ripped off – at Nashville Int’l Airport?

12/31/08

If you’ve traveled through Nashville International Airport (BNA) in the past few months, hopefully you had a chance to check out the great art and hear some of the free music concerts, which include a noontime performance today by David Anderson. But if you’ve stopped to get something to eat at the airport recently, be […]

Nashville International Airport

How about an anti-wake up call?

12/31/08

We say we want Wi-Fi everywhere – in the airport, on the airplane, and in our hotel rooms. And some folks keep a BlackBerry by the bedside in case an important message arrives in the middle of night. But according to research put together by the folks Crowne Plaza hotels: “Checking emails just before hitting […]

Play nice at the airport

12/30/08

Jason Barger wants folks to be nicer to each other at the airport – and everywhere else – and he’s written a book that he hopes will convince people to turn off their personal auto-pilots and start paying attention to what’s going on around them. In the self-published Step Back from the Baggage Claim, Barger […]

Stept Back from the Baggage Claim

Bathrooms at Honolulu International Airport

12/30/08

When I heard there was a power outage on Oahu last week and that thousands of people were stuck overnight at Honolulu International Airport, all I could think about was the bathrooms. (Photo courtesy Flickr user bsktcase) Yes, the bathrooms. I was in Honolulu back in October, 2006 when an earthquake knocked out power to […]

Honolulu International Airport

Skate-and-fly in NYC at The Pond at Bryant Park

12/29/08

If you’re planning on being in New York City anytime before January 25th, you can go ice-skating for free at The Pond at Bryant Park. (Lockers are free as well, but there is a charge to rent locks and ice-skates, if you don’t have those with you.) (Courtesy The Pond at Bryant Park) Tomorrow morning […]