With just a few days left before I leave on my 3-week adventure, I needed all the packing advice I could find. So, here’s a series of links filled with packing advice: Packing light (via EF College Break) 10 tips for Traveling Well, Air Travel (via Delightfully Tacky) Taking the Problems Out of Packing (via…
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Photography Apps for your iPhone
The newest issue of Wired (June 2012, AKA 20.06) arrived in the mail this weekend and I immediately scoured the “Our Guide to Photography in the Instagram Age” article (this content is so fresh, its not even up on the Wired web site yet but I’ll link to the article as soon as it does).…
The Forgetful Gentleman Correspondence Sets
Packed into a wooden cigar box, the Forgetful Gentleman Correspondence System is a set of understated, classy notecards for the dignified man. The box contains 12 letterpress cards with envelopes including birthday, thank you, congratulations, love and blank to cover a full year’s worth of sending situations. There is even a booklet included to help…
Lamy Studio Brushed Stainless Steel with 1.1mm nib
I have been wanting to try a Lamy pen without the plastic grip guides for “proper holding” for sometime. All of the low-end Lamys (Safari, Al-Star, Joy, Vista and ABC) feature this grip which helps a lot of people but as a left-hander who overwrites, it is a pain to use. So, I decided to…
I know I’m supposed to be admiring the ironic log wallpaper but I cannot get past the gorgeous mid-century blonde wood desk and turquoise typewriter. The tea set is also fantastic as is the owl vase. Dream desk for writing letters… for me, anyway. (via LONDON DESIGN GUIDE)
Happy Thanksgiving! I thought I’d celebrate by sharing with you this quirky, whimsical “squirreled away” tape dispenser. Hope you’all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and get to buy lots of great office goodies for your friends and family on Black Friday. Don’t go overboard though because next week, we’ll be having our Holiday Gift Guide…
During the heyday of calling cards, using a business card for a social purpose was considered bad manners.
During the heyday of calling cards, using a business card for a social purpose was considered bad manners. The Gentleman’s Guide to the Calling Card is a great primer for the modern use of calling cards for men AND for women. Even in the current environment of Facebook, Twitter, email and texting, sometimes you want…
