I recently came across a 2005 post from Orange Crate Art, where he recognizes a description of a familiar notebook in a New Yorker article: From a New Yorker piece on Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm: Like many comedians, Larry David carries a pocket notebook for writing down ideas. “You’re in a parking garage, and Larry’s wallet … Continue reading Larry David’s notebook
This week’s addict is someone I found on Pinterest, who uploaded this photo: I love the tidy organization and uniformity of these notebooks, as well as the labeling! Hiro’s Pinterest account is in Japanese, so I can’t tell you much more, but there is lots of notebooky good stuff to look at in this board!
Baron Fig notebooks have been around for a while, and they’ve won lots of fans ever since making a splashy Kickstarter debut in 2013. I’d never tried one of their notebooks until now, thanks to the company kindly providing me with a sample. Does it live up to all the hype? Let’s take a look! … Continue reading Review: Baron Fig Confidant
The Moleskine I just finished had a rather odd problem. One day I was using it and realized this was showing: It’s like the notebook equivalent of having your underwear fall down because the elastic breaks. I ended up peering down the spine to see what was going on, and then just pulled the whole … Continue reading Peek-a-boo! What’s That??
One of my biggest pet peeves about trying to shop for notebooks online is that sellers sometimes don’t include the size. eBay is the worst– if you’re buying a notebook from a known, clearly identified brand it’s not always a big deal, but sometimes sellers list a notebook without giving you any information or photographic … Continue reading Size Matters: When A6 Isn’t A6
This week’s addict is a Reddit user who goes by tasdomas. Man, this is what happens when you’re searching for a perfect notebook… tasdomas notes that they have Moleskines, Kokuyo, Leuchtturm, Midori and Field Notes and that everything show here except one Moleskine is blank so far… Read more at Too many notebooks
A while back, I got this tip from a reader named Dom: I’m not sure if Notebook Stories ever covered this before, but here in the Philippines (and other Asian countries I believe) Starbucks does a special promotion every Christmas season where they release a limited-edition Starbucks planner. It is so popular here that it has … Continue reading Starbucks Planners
This week’s addict, the founder of the excellent site The Gadgeteer, has been featured once before. She’s addicted to gadgets, but as this photo shows, she’s still addicted to notebooks too! (Even though the post it’s from is about going back to keeping a digital to-do list.) I have been using a very simple Bullet … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week (Again): Julie the Gadgeteer
Last week, I tried to mystify you all with a teaser about my favorite new notebook. I thought I might have to give some more hints, but someone did guess the brand. As a reminder, here’s the clues I gave: It has a clothbound hard cover, in a light blue color. The corners are rounded. … Continue reading My New Notebook Crush Revealed! (And Reviewed)
Another Instagram notebook addict! She has a lot more photos of notebooks, take a look!