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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

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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

Skip the airport hotel: try a hostel or couchsurfing

09/04/08

Airfares are up, so lots of travelers are trying to find less expensive places to stay once they’re on the ground. Two options – clearly not for everyone – are hostels and couch surfing. I explore both options in my Well-Mannered Traveler column posted today on MSNBC.com. (Photo from MSNBC.com column; from AP file) The […]

DFW make-out site gets make-over

09/04/08

The folks at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) are having a party to celebrate the grand reopening of Founders Plaza, an airport landmark and a great airplane viewing spot the Dallas Morning News once called the city’s “Best Place to Make Out.” The “new and improved” Founders Plaza covers twice the space of the former […]

Airport sleepover: 747 plane to become Jumbo Hostel

09/03/08

Move over Yotel. According to this Wired Autopia report by Dave Demerjian, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport will soon welcome the Jumbo Hostel – a 25-room hotel located inside a decommissioned 747 and parked just outside airport property. If it’s true, I’m making my reservation now. (Courtesy: Jumbo Hostel) According to the Jumbo Hostel Web site, travelers […]

United Airlines: Yes, for now, on meals for Europe-bound passengers

09/03/08

Hold the mayo! Yesterday, United Airlines sent out a “never mind” notice about its plan to begin charging for economy-class meals on flights to Europe from Dulles International Airport. That’s good news for folks trying to figure out how they were going to pack a meal (or two) into their already-full carry-on bags. Meanwhile, over […]

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Seating show (part 2) at San Francisco International Airport

09/02/08

Keeping with the SFO and the chair theme for one more day… There’s another exhibition at San Francisco International Airport that features a few cool chairs. Scandinavian Modernism: In Pursuit of Function and Beauty includes more than 50 examples of furniture, ceramics, glass and lighting designed by prominent Scandinavian Modernists from the 1920’s through the […]

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Seating show at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

09/01/08

Designers might call it a “sitting machine” but to you, it’s probably just Seat 22B. Either way, that airplane seat has come a long way from the days when it was probably made of wicker and bent wood. (Airline single passenger seat c. 1928) Curious about what else airplane seats have been made of? There’s […]