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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

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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

Jerry Lewis, guns, and deer

07/30/08

Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis was on his way to Detroit last Friday when he got nabbed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas for having a gun in his carry-on baggage. Maybe he was really on his way to Flint. According to the Flint Journal, at Flint’s Bishop International Airport recently a “wayward shot” […]

Sea-Tac Airport: “Pay no attention to the dead people on the runway”

07/30/08

The Federal Aviation Administration requires airports to test their airfield disaster preparedness and response at least once every three years. That’s probably a good thing. But airport runways are busy places, so it’s sort of hard to go all out and have a “true to life” test of what it would be like if there […]

Bikes and free tickets at Portland International Airport

07/29/08

At Oregon’s Portland International Airport, (PDX) travelers can enter a contest to win a pair of round-trip tickets from Portland to any Southwest Airlines destination. The contest is part of the airport’s Summer Splash celebration and runs until Labor Day. You can enter the contest in person at the airport or on-line here. If you […]

Birdwatching at San Diego International Airport

07/28/08

The folks at San Diego International Airport are keeping busy this summer. There are all sorts of new art and history exhibits going up, (including one about surfing; stay tuned) and a full schedule of “Terminals to Tarmac” tours. In addition to showing off the airport’s great collection of public art, the rest areas for […]

Those magnificent folks in their flying machines

07/27/08

Not sure if this is really an “airshow,” but if you can’t afford to fly to anywhere this summer you might enjoy attending – or even competing in – the Red Bull Flugtag. Taking its name from the German for “flying day,” and touching down riverside in various cities around the world since 1991, the […]

Red Bull Flugtag

Afro-Cuban Art at John Wayne Airport

07/25/08

From now through the end of August, paintings by Cuban-born artist Viredo (just “Viredo”) are on display at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal. Viredo’s paintings are inspired by the complex Afro-Cuban culture of his childhood in Regla, Cuba. Here’s a sample: (Carmen 1998 – Courtesy Viredo and John Wayne Airport) […]