I thought I’d share what has become my ritual for setting up a new notebook. My new notebooks don’t always coincide with the New Year, but this year, I started a new daily journal just a few days before January 1, so close enough! For a new daily journal, which is usually a pocket-size hardcover … Continue reading New Year, New Notebook Set-up
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
This review makes me sad! I’m going to cut to the chase and say this is a GREAT notebook, but it seems that SiS Original, the online store that sent me this sample has just gone out of business! Now I feel very bad that I wasn’t able to catch up and write the review … Continue reading Review: Conceptum Notebook
Nuuna is a new brand of notebooks made in Germany by Brandbook. (I’ve reviewed some of Brandbook’s products designed for custom promotional uses, but this is their entry into products for the retail market.) The kind folks at Notebook Maniac (who have a great selection of other notebooks too) sent me a couple of samples … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Nuuna Notebooks
I bought this notebook almost 3 years ago and only just recently got around to unwrapping it. I almost didn’t buy it– though I immediately coveted it when I saw it at A.I. Friedman in NYC, it was priced at $17.60, discounted from an even more ridiculous $22! It’s just a pretty standard pocket size … Continue reading Review: Miquelrius “Boarding” Notebook
I was with a friend who was shopping for a new bag at the Tumi store in SoHo, and look what I saw:
A while back, I wrote a post mentioning Ecosystem notebooks. Someone at Ecosystem actually noticed, and even though I more or less trashed their whole brand identity, they were kind enough to send me a sample so I could actually review the quality of the product. (Now that’s good marketing.) So, let’s take a look… … Continue reading Review: Ecosystem Notebook
Today I’m reviewing yet another variant on the basic black notebook that has become so ubiquitous. This time, it’s the Scribe Plain Notebook. An initial impression of this notebook might suggest that it’s just like a Moleskine, but I actually found it more similar to the Pen & Ink notebook I reviewed here, or some … Continue reading Review: Scribe Notebook
Nrepose of Unposted tipped me off to this rather nice-looking variation on the classic moleskine-ish notebook: the Little Blue Book, from a website called The Forgetful Gentleman. (They also sell a few styles of cards, which will please all who advocate the preservation of handwritten correspondence.) This may be another case of over-the-top marketing for … Continue reading The Little Blue Book