This is something I’ve thought about doing for a while: keeping all your favorite recipes easily indexed in an address book: If you’ve been cooking for awhile, you probably have an arsenal of go-to recipes, dishes you can whip up from memory, but sometimes — especially when it comes to baking — you need to … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: An Address Book for Recipes→
Here’s an oldie but goodie, which is one of the earliest notebooks I ever used. I wrote the addresses of my friends and family on some pages, but also just used it for notes and doodles, and as a repository for some awesome Star Wars stickers! Many of my notebooks from this time show an … Continue reading Small Address Book, mid-1970s→
Have you ever fantasized about a cool notebook from the past that’s no longer available, wishing that someone saved a stash of them and then put them up for sale again? Well, that fantasy might come true today! Back in 2003, Moleskine branched out from their standard hardcover notebooks for the first time, introducing the … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Original Volant Notebooks Giveaway!→
The Kolo Essex Travel Book is an interesting hybrid of a Moleskine-type notebook and a Filofax. From the outside, it looks a lot like a Moleskine, but with some important differences. The binding is cloth, with a window in which you can insert your own image. An elastic band holds it shut. On the back, … Continue reading Review: Kolo Essex Travel Book→
I’m not sure if these are only available in the UK, but at SimplyMoleskine.com, they’re offering Volant notebooks in two new colors, and Volant Address Books: New in February 2009: Volant Address Books in 3 sizes and 4 colours. The new Volant Address Books have ruled pages with laminated alphabetical tabs, created to be light … Continue reading More New Moleskine Products for Spring 2009→
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