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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

Time travel: Delta and Northwest merger

10/31/08

Lots of news stories out this week about the official merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. And that gave Marie Force, Delta’s Archives Manager, an excuse to poke around the Northwest Airlines site for her regular Friday entry on the Delta blog. She discovered that ‘Northwest’s many contributions range from the first closed-cabin […]

Free museum tours in 28 cities this weekend

10/31/08

Traveling this weekend? (Photo: courtesy Adam Blanchette) Whatever city you’re in, there’s probably a museum offering free admission as part of Bank of America’s Museums on Us program. During the first full weekend of each month, Bank of America ATM, credit and check cardholders get free access to 70 museums and cultural institutions in 28 […]

Spooky, kooky and unpredictable flight stories

10/31/08

Halloween is here and hopefully you have a bowl of candy at the ready for the Trick-or-Treaters. Before they start banging on the door, grab some of those mini Snickers bars and read some of the scary travel stories folks sent me for this week’s Well Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com. Gregg Rottler, curator of […]

Big bunny due in at Sacramento International Airport

10/30/08

Heads up for rabbits. OK, one big rabbit. One big, red rabbit. According to the Mercury News, Sacramento county officials have just approved $767,000 to have artist Lawrence Argent make a 56 foot-long fiberglass rabbit for the new terminal at Sacramento International Airport. “The rabbit, to be painted fire engine red, will look as if […]

What can we learn from Choochy’s travails?

10/29/08

The story about Choochy has been going around. She’s the poodle that caused chaos and flight delays at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Saturday after escaping from her travel kennel while being unloaded from a flight. The story had a happy ending: after police, firefighters, and other airport personnel chased her around airport grounds, Choochy […]

Terminal 2 at RDU now open for business

10/28/08

Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s new Terminal 2 has officially opened for business. The terminal’s art and architecture reflects North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region and includes 26 restaurants and shops, including 2nd Edition Book Sellers, änders Natural Soap Co., 42nd St. Oyster Bar, Carolina Ale House and Brookwood Farms BBQ, and Taste! A Southern Season. Here’s a […]