Hey everyone! Contrary to popular belief, we’re still alive. The past couple months have been pretty crazy – for various reasons, I’ve been on trips to Spain, Italy, Chicago, New Mexico, and Cape Cod, and the only disappointing thing about seeing the world is that I didn’t find a single new black notebook. I figured [...]
Travels and Old Notebooks Revisited
September 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · black book
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The Rhodia Webnotebook: Bad Name, Great Journal
May 19th, 2008 · 45 Comments · black book
I imagine that the vast majority of you who read this site are familiar with Rhodia products. Decked out in a distinctive shade of orange, they bring a level of style, quality, and most importantly, brilliant simplicity to all of their products, from fliptop pads to staple-bound notebooks. Rhodia products hail from France, where the [...]
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The Perfect Moleskine (And you can’t have it)
May 7th, 2007 · 18 Comments · black book
According to legend, when famed travel writer Bruce Chatwin learned that his favorite notebook, a moleskine manufactured by a small company in Paris, was being discontinued, he immediately went to the shop and bought every last one they had in stock. At least he had the forewarning. I’ve found the perfect little black notebook; in [...]
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