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Classic games of chance at SFO International Airport

12/02/09

If Lady Luck is on your side, then your next plane trip will include a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Thanks to the San Francisco Airport Museums program, SFO always has about two dozen temporary and permanent exhibitions on display to keep travelers entertained. Two of the current shows are thematically linked →

Great spots for plane-spotting

11/11/09

I recently put together a USATODAY.com column highlighting some of the observation decks at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI), and other North American airports. Today I’ve got a column about plane-spotting sites outside airport terminals. The sites listed range from Millbrae, California’s Bayfront Park, which offers great views of →

Ancient Greek pots found at SFO airport

10/23/09

Stuck at SFO? Don’t forget that San Francisco International Airport is home to an accredited museum program and has more than 20 exhibits on view at any one time. So don’t just sit there: get some culture. Right now, there’s a new exhibition that includes 40 ceramic vessels from Ancient Greece and its colonies, as →

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Next time you’re stuck at the airport, don’t get bored: get vaccinated.

09/17/09

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 →

Dwell well at San Francisco Int’l and Singapore’s Changi Airport

05/18/09

Dwell magazine’s June 2009 issue picks San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal as the Best Airport in the United States and Singapore’s Changi Airport as the Best International Airport. Writer Tom Downs says SFO’s International Terminal “elevates expectations with its sweeping, wing like roof and custom lettering oozing cosmopolitan style… Waylaid travelers can busy themselves →

Design

Souvenir Sunday: San Francisco Int’l Airport

05/03/09

Happy Souvenir Sunday! When I’m stuck at the airport, I poke around for fun “of that city” souvenirs. My rules: 1. No shot glasses or t-shirts. 2. Cost: less than $10. 3. Nothing generic or simply stamped with the city name. (See rule 1). So while these Alcatraz shot-glasses with the escaping prisoner were sort →

Souvenirs

SFO Museum explores history of airline branding

04/20/09

1950’s Pan Am World Airways flight bag; photo courtesy San Francisco Int’l Airport) If you’ve got a layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) be sure to check out the exhibition of more than 125 vintage and present-day items from 45 airlines, including flight attendant uniforms, airline signage, flight bags, in-flight service items, luggage labels, →

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Greetings from SFO…or maybe outer space

02/18/09

Sometimes three hours for a layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) isn’t quite enough. Especially when there are exhibits like Out of this World! The Twentieth-Century Space Invasion of American Pop Culture On display are more than 300 space-themed objects from the 1930s through the 1980s, from toys such as flying saucers, space guns, →

A lounge within a lounge at SFO

02/17/09

Sunday mornings at SFO can be fairly quiet. Unless it’s a holiday weekend and rain and fog are causing flight delays. United’s Red Carpet Club on Sunday morning? Quiet as well. Not the usual zillion folks making cold calls, excuses, or dates from the cubicles in the business center. And plenty of bagels and bananas →

Lounges

Better connections in SFO and PHL

01/02/09

Both San Francisco International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport have added connectors that make it easier to get around. At SFO, there’s a new connector bridge linking United’s Terminal 3 to the international terminal. That’s great news not only because passengers connecting from domestic to international flights no longer need to exit the domestic terminal →

Delays

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