A Bikini Bottom airport welcome

Some people go for romantic airport pickups with flowers. In Richmond, you get SpongeBob SquarePants.

Zoom in: A reader sent in this pic after arriving at Richmond International Airport earlier this month. 

• She told Axios it seemed that the person dressed head-to-toe as Patrick Star's BFF seemed to be waiting for someone near baggage claim. 
• And luckily for everyone going down the escalators around then, it was among the first things they saw after getting off a plane.

📣 If this was you, we're begging you to reply to this email and share the story behind this. For the good of Richmond-kind.