If you’re waiting for friends or family to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), or have a long layover and have already popped over to the Theme Building and taken the elevator up to the Encounter Restaurant, then make your way to the arrivals area at the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) and catch […]
When you’re standing in line waiting to go through the security checkpoint at the airport, aren’t you just a little bit curious about what the TSA folks are seeing on those x-ray screens as everyone’s carry-on bag passes by? Los Angeles artist Juanita Meneses must have wondered, because she created a series of paintings, Strangers’ […]
If you’re going to be out and about in airports this week, here are some things to look for: At Los Angeles International Airport, there are more than 25 paintings in Op Collage, a new exhibition of abstract forms by artist Yong Sin made from acrylic, masking tape, paper and wood. Look for them in […]
For my At the Airport column on USAToday.com this month, Airport wars escalate with attack ads aimed at rivals, I wrote about a new YouTube video about San Francisco International Airport, that features cameo appearances by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Marion & Vivian Brown, the kooky 83-year-old identical twins who have become beloved San […]
(courtesy: Jorge Sierra / WWF-Spain) Attention travelers and aliens assigned to monitor our planet from outer space: you may notice major landmarks, tourist attractions, and large areas of many cities and towns around the world going dark for an hour on March 27. Do not be alarmed. It’s just Earth Hour, a rolling, global black-out […]
If you’re traveling to or from New Zealand or Australia, you’ll have a make a connection in California at either LAX or SFO. San Francisco would like you to make your connection through San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and has kicked off the “I Wanna Go Through SFO” campaign to urge folks to consciously make […]
If you’re waiting for friends or family to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), or have a long layover and have already popped over to the Theme Building and taken the elevator up to the Encounter Restaurant, then make your way to the arrivals area at the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) and catch […]
When you’re standing in line waiting to go through the security checkpoint at the airport, aren’t you just a little bit curious about what the TSA folks are seeing on those x-ray screens as everyone’s carry-on bag passes by? Los Angeles artist Juanita Meneses must have wondered, because she created a series of paintings, Strangers’ […]
If you’re going to be out and about in airports this week, here are some things to look for: At Los Angeles International Airport, there are more than 25 paintings in Op Collage, a new exhibition of abstract forms by artist Yong Sin made from acrylic, masking tape, paper and wood. Look for them in […]
For my At the Airport column on USAToday.com this month, Airport wars escalate with attack ads aimed at rivals, I wrote about a new YouTube video about San Francisco International Airport, that features cameo appearances by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Marion & Vivian Brown, the kooky 83-year-old identical twins who have become beloved San […]
(courtesy: Jorge Sierra / WWF-Spain) Attention travelers and aliens assigned to monitor our planet from outer space: you may notice major landmarks, tourist attractions, and large areas of many cities and towns around the world going dark for an hour on March 27. Do not be alarmed. It’s just Earth Hour, a rolling, global black-out […]
If you’re traveling to or from New Zealand or Australia, you’ll have a make a connection in California at either LAX or SFO. San Francisco would like you to make your connection through San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and has kicked off the “I Wanna Go Through SFO” campaign to urge folks to consciously make […]
Google’s “Free WiFi for the Holidays” program – the one that made wireless Internet access free at a boatload of airports – ends on January 15th. But don’t fret. Too much. Plenty of airports had free Wi-Fi before the promotion and continue to offer it. And once the Google airport promotion ends, you’ll find a […]
The vaccine for the H1N1 vaccine isn’t available quite yet, but there are plenty of regular, seasonal flu shots around. And this year there are also plenty of airports where you can get a flu shot on the fly. I tracked down the details for my At the Airport column on USAToday.com: Airports ready for […]
Good news for frozen yogurt fans: Pinkberry is having its grand opening in Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport this Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 2 pm. No need to wait, though, it seems they’ve been unofficially swirling there since September 1st. And while we’re at LAX: a few weeks back it looked like […]