Have Wheels, Will Travel

Zach Anner talks about his web celebrity, his axed travel show, and the new project that got him back on the road

"...video celebrity before he made his pitch for a "travel show for people who never thought they could travel"..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Additional Air Emissions

"...the local coverage of the expansion of the Austin airport (AUS), including your article this week [“Can the Airport..."

April 26, 2022 Postmarks

Wages up in the Air

Will ABIA vendors get away with another 10 years of paying less than living wages?

"...Changes are afoot at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Beginning last year and extending through 2017, the city..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Panel Recap: Urban Air Mobility: What's Next?

Like winter, personal air transport is coming. But for who?

"...At SXSW’s “Urban Air Mobility” presentation from Eve Air Mobility and their corporate..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mom's Travel Advisories

Guerrillas, drug lords, landmines, limb loss, organ malfunction … According to my mother, these are just a few of the terrors that await me when I arrive in South America.

"...doesn't matter that for the past 10 years I've traveled to and returned safely from dubious destinations such as..."

June 15, 2001 Features Feature by Karla Zimmerman

Will Travel for Food

Austin cultural historian Claudia Alarcón, a native of Mexico City, on her annual quest for chiles en nogada.

"...from the unforgiving Austin summer into the cool mountain air and afternoon rains of Mexico City is an incredibly..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Day Trips & Beyond: November Travel Roundup

Port A's Harvey recovery, Millican's pecan pie, and fall travel news

"...a great time to get out and enjoy fresh air at the beach, on a hike, or picking up..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Travel Updates

Go the social distance

"...sites this summer. The two-story Victorian house on the prairie was built in 1887, and served as Goodnight’s ranch..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin's on the Air!

Popular TV hosts showcase Austin culinary attractions

"...are definitely a tantalizing attraction for various food and travel television programs these days. Tune in this week to..."

June 11, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Bedside Manner: Mogwai's Travel Reading

What Savlov's dog is napping on these days

"...to an illness in the family, I've become Southwest Airlines' best customer, shuttling between Austin and Reno on an..."

Nov. 30, 2010 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Manor Expressway: Oh, the Vehicle Miles You'll Travel!

Cash and criticism for the $623 million toll road

"...effective long-term strategy to reduce the region's vehicle miles traveled (VMT) – and thereby reduce Central Texans' cost of..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The City of Angels, Air-Kissing Austin

Dispatch from the Los Angeles Film Festival

"...PJ and Jay's flick.) Parsons' premiere was a sold-out affair Saturday night, with the ladies swooning over his two..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

Anger Fills the Air(waves) at FCC Hearing

Activists from the left and right challenge corporate media in Clear Channel's own back yard

"...requirement – that broadcasters must use the publicly owned airwaves to serve the communities in which they operate, or..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Non-Stop

Liam Neeson plays a flawed lawman once again, this time tasked with finding the terrorist on a plane.

"...by: Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong’o, Omar..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Airport Gets First Modernized Tower Simulation System in America

After near misses, congressman calls it a “modest” step

"...The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has received the nation’s first modernized Tower Simulation System,..."

Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Naina Srivastava

Aviation Staffing Crisis Increasing Near-Collisions at Austin Airport

New York Times investigation finds close calls more likely

"...Air travel remains one of the safest modes of transportation,..."

Oct. 11, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...On Thursday, June 23, travelers to and from our city were delayed at Austin-Bergstrom..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?

Explosive growth and understaffing lead to long lines and near-misses

"...of new residents and businesses decided to flex its travel budget, and passenger traffic at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Letters at 3AM

With two storms, nature has increased the speed of America's decline by several years. This series of columns sketches what we're in for (for good as well as for ill). The focus of this column is air travel and the tourist industries.

"...rail system, Europe is far less dependent (internally) upon air travel. That is tonight's subject. More than pump prices,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Near Misses at Austin Airport Stem From Nationwide Issues

Controller scheduling and staffing shortages have led to trouble at AUS

"...preponderance of near misses not just at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport but at airports around the country, due to a..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Hightower Report

Representing the Real America; and Unfriendly Skies

"...Travel in some primitive parts of the world is a..."

July 27, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips

The American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum flies through the history of commercial air travel in the U.S.

"...The American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum flies through the history of commercial..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...frames here and starburst patterns there. Even Austin-Bergstrom International Air­port is getting in on the act: Midcentury modern has..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Enchanted April

"...break from their husbands and dear old London and travel to exotic Italy for a vacation of “just women.”..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Common Law

Do I need a passport to travel to Mexico?

"...Starting on Jan. 23, all persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

The Hightower Report

No escape from cell phones, even in the skies; and, don't give up your biometrics!

"...bolstered by government laws and money. Everything from your travel to your purchases are tracked by massive networks of..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Enjoy fall foliage, festivals, and fairs

"...smell of kettle corn and autumn are in the air; it must be time for a day trip...."

Oct. 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Galveston Island State Park

Enjoy the air show at Galveston Island SP

"...Across the road from the air show, six flat-billed florescent pink roseate spoonbills slowly patroled..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

The final(?) nail in this action horror franchise

"...a bell, well, you’re halfway there as Alice must travel to the latter to find the last known antidote..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Sound of Thunder

Abandoning any pretense of respect for the Ray Bradbury source material, this film manhandles the author’s delicacies into a lumbering and bewildered mess of grade-Z sci-fi clichés.

"...but that doesn’t mean his fluid prose gets a fair shake at the box office. Like fellow fantasist Stephen..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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