Let’s just say that I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new Blackwing Pearl from Palomino since I saw the announcement posts over on Timberlines. The Pearl is described as a pencil that is between the “firm and smooth” of the Palomino Blackwing 602 and the “soft and smooth” of the original Palomino Blackwing…
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Podcast Follow-Up: Notebooks for Fountain Pens
Yesterday, on The Pen Addict podcast, we talked a bit about notebooks for fountain pens and I wanted to follow-up and include a few other books that didn’t get mentioned. This is what I’ve currently been using, from the bottom to the top (as they appear in the photo. I’m not ranking them): Miquelrius Grid…
The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 54 “The Chair at the Desk”
This week I had the honor of being a guest on the premier pen-and-paper geek podcast, The Pen Addict, hosted by Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley. They were super nice to let me come on the show and talk about all kinds of geeky pen stuff. If you haven’t heard the show before, you can…
Tunes for the workaday
Sometimes all you need to get you through the day is a new song. ISO50 has built sixteen playlists filled with new songs and old favorites. Plug in your headphones and jam out. (via ISO50)
Urban Outfitters Offices
While researching for the Free People office post the other day, I also found images of the neighboring Urban Outfitters office space and thought it would be fun to share this space as well. This is part of the old Philadelphia shipbuilding yard, a series of massive old buildings with some…
Free People Offices
The offices of Free People are in Philadelphia in the navy yard alongside the office for Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters. There is a bohemian bazaar feeling to the Free People space that mirrors the fashions that they sell. I like that they covered the Eames Aluminum Group Chairs with ethnic print fabrics in…
Yummy Wallpaper for Mobile Devices
Thanks to the great folks on App.net (you can find me @Ana), I found a great assortment of wallpapers for iPhone and iPad (and any other mobile device I’m sure) by an artist named Simon C Page. Go download them now and make your day. If you download a few, click the donate button on…