I’m going to be honest–I don’t care about the methods the TSA uses. And furthermore, I think the people that are so very excited seem to be men worried about someone touching their weens, and the people who retweet them. Which is why I find this Saturday Night Live sketch so very funny, because at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'airports'
Fail ‘o’ the Day: Body Scanner Freakouts!
November 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day, Wary of the advice of others
Circumventing TSA Irritations
July 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blog posts by Betty, Fail 'o' the Day
Over the holidays I was going through security in Madison, Wisconsin on my way back to Seattle. My hometown is certainly not a hotbed of terrorism, but the way TSA went through my luggage I might as well have been in Tel Aviv. I was carrying powdered soap and a scented candle someone had given me as [...]
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I Heart Great Airport Design
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Good design, Transportation bliss
Travel + Leisure’s May issue has a decent slideshow of the Best Airport Hot Spots. I was most struck by the amazing image of the Best New Terminal in Montevideo in Uruguay. T + L’s description is as follows: Inspired by the region’s characteristic cuchillas, or low hills, this terminal from New York–based, Uruguay-born architect [...]
Tags:airports·Kuala Lumpur·Uruguay
Coffee–and the Executive Lounge–Is for Closers
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Transportation bliss
A few weeks ago, I tried US Airway’s Club at the Philadelphia Airport. I want to report that it was a waste of money; that the people on the other side of those slidey-glass double doors are no more or less happy than we hoi polloi are; that there’s no discernible difference. I wanted to [...]
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Quiet, Massages, and Butterflies
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Novelty, Transportation bliss
While I don’t totally agree with the winners of this year’s World Airport Awards, I was thrilled to see that Singapore’s Changi Airport was on the list. When I was recently there, three things stood out for me: 1. It’s pretty much carpeted throughout, making it quiet and pleasant. One of my pet peeves about [...]
