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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

Wondering what to wear to the airport?

12/22/08

Try not to dress like this clown.

Sweet treats for travelers at O’Hare

12/22/08

Lots of folks have been spending a lot of time stuck at the airport over the past few days. Me too. But lucky for me I wasn’t too far from chocolate…. Just in time for holiday travel, luxury chocolate maker Vosges Haut-Chocolat has opened a lovely and oh-so-tempting chocolate boutique at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. […]

Vosges Haut Chocolat

DFW gets a jackal-headed god

12/22/08

In some parts of the country the buzz at the airport has been all about the forecast of snow. But at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport they were on the lookout for a giant jackal-headed god. (Anubis and friends photo courtesy DFW’s Brian Murnahan) They weren’t disappointed. DFW International Airport welcomed the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god […]

Cushy in coach

12/19/08

The folks at Luxaholics are fretting a lot about air travel these days. At Thanksgiving they shared some of my tips for stress-free travel. This week, they wanted to know how I’d “lux up” a coach seat. They didn’t have room for all my tips, so in addition to the amenities kit from Flight 001 […]

Greetings from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int’l Airport (ATL)

12/18/08

Worried about getting stuck at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this holiday season? An ATL elf sent along a long list of helpful “insider tips.” Some highlights: You can get exercise and see some great artwork if you stroll along the transportation mall. The carpeted, mile and a half long corridor has a stunning collection of […]

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

You better watch out for Santa… and Anubis

12/18/08

While the folks at NORAD are busy tracking the whereabouts of a roly-poly guy named Santa, folks heading to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport should be on the lookout for a ten-ton, 26-foot-tall statue of Anubis, the ancient god of mummification and the dead. Airport officials say the statue, complete with a giant candy cane […]