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At airports: a giant flamingo, doodles, & Disney salute

09/28/21

Some birds are welcome at airports Their giant flamingo public artwork won’t arrive until 2022, but the folks at Tampa International Airport (TPA) are clearly very excited. We can’t blame them. This bird looks like it will be a stunner. PDX offering prizes for doodles There’s a lot of construction going on at Portland International […]

Travel Tidbits

07/20/21

Here are some of the attractions and news announcements we’re reading about this week. A Masterpiece Moment in a Museum During the pandemic, we discovered Bank of America’s Masterpiece Moment digital series. The videos celebrate great works of art from museums across the United States. Each video, hosted by a leading museum director, shares insights […]

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PDX Airport’s Construction Comic

06/08/21

Here’s a great idea. There’s a lot of construction going on at Portland International Airport (PDX) right now. And lots of detours in the terminal for travelers. So the airport with its own movie theater is getting arty and using a comic to spread the word about what’s going on. Oregon-based artist Aki Ruiz teamed up […]

What’s up at Portland International Airport?

05/16/21

Our first post-pandemic road trip takes us to Oregon, starting at – where else – Portland International Airport (PDX). The airport is getting a new main terminal and we stopped in to get an “in-progress” view and to learn about what it will take to make the project happen. Here are some snaps of what […]

Airport Terminals

Airports celebrate mittens, Peeps, new terminals, and the Super Bowl match-up

01/24/21

We spent the weekend gathering up as many social media postings we could find that featured airport-themed images of Bernie Sanders and his mittens. If you missed that, or want to see what we can up with, find the Stuck at the Airport #BernieMittens meme archive here. You may have also missed our Airport Amenity […]

Airport Terminals

LEGO masterpiece lands at PDX Airport

08/15/20

A new creation by Portland LEGO artist Erik Mattson is on display at Oregon’s Portland International Airport (PDX). Mattson’s scale replica of Portland’s St. John’s Bridge is made with about 120,000 LEGO pieces and is 4-feet-tall, 2-feet-wide, and 32-feet-long. It is built to scale with one LEGO “Stud” equaling 1 foot. The only part that […]

Powell’s Books out at PDX Airport

07/27/20

Here’s yet another reason to curse COVID-19. Powell’s Books has permanently closed both the store and the kiosk it operates at Portland International Airport. Book lovers know Portland’s Powell’s Book as the iconic store that has been selling new and used books since 1971. The company’s flagship location, Powell’s City of Books, in downtown Portland […]

Books

Travel Tidbits from an airport near you

07/20/20

Wouldn’t it be nice right now to be making your way to an airport and getting ready to visit a new city or an old favorite? That time will come. For now, here are some tidbits from airports around the country. Pay respects to civil rights icon John Lewis at ATL Airport In April 2019, […]

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Fresh airport art in Portland, Orlando & San Francisco

07/14/20

We may be staying home but airports are open. And so are their art programs. Here is some of the fresh art on view now at Portland International Airport (PDX), Orlando International Airport (MCO) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) New concourse; new art at Portland International Airport On July 15 Southwest Airlines is moving […]

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