This weekend, with it being May the Fourth be with You, we also mourned the passing of Peter Mayhew, the actor who portrayed Chewbacca in the original Star Wars films. Laura spent the weekend being my personal Chewbacca, keeping me entertained and full of snacks as we drove back and forth from Chicago, avoiding any…
As you are reading this, Laura and I are ensconced enrobed (?) in boxes and nestled into the fine interior of my beloved 10-year-old MINI Cooper on our way to the Chicago Pen Show. Ms. Jesi Coles will be joining us via United Airlines on Thursday. You will find Laura behind the Vanness Pen Shop…
The clock is ticking down to the Chicago Pen Show for us here at The Well-Appointed Desk. In the rest of the world, attention is focused on the launch of Helvetica Now and Public Sans. Well, at least in the typographical world. Nick Stewart continues to work his way through the Sailor Studio ink colors…
This week has sunny yellow inks, flashbacks to the Atlanta Pen Show and some unusual pen reviews like the Omas Tokyo, the Faber-Castell Neo Slim and a Wing Sung 5502. If you saw this week’s Fashionable Friday you may have noticed a peek at some nail polish that will be available on Friday so I…
Pens: Old but New to Me: 1970s Montblanc 149 (via The Pen Addict) Flex Nibs Part 2: Vintage Flex Nibs (via Pen Thoughts) ASA Pens “Nauka” Fountain Pen Review (via edjelley) Zebra Sarasa Gel Pens (via Gourmet Pens) The Case of Naginata. V. Results (via Crónicas Estilográficas) Italix Parson’s Essential (via dapprman) Ink: The Best…
Tomorrow, I hop a plane to the
This week, there’s a bit of follow-up on the F+W Media bankruptcy from an artist directly affected by it. Lamy Bronze and Sailor Studio inks are the hot topics in ink right now. There are the first sightings of the Blackwing 811 and as the weather warms up in the US, thoughts of baseball season…
