From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Holiday Gift For: The Literary Design Snob

November 6, 2009

spines3-4Hmmm, and who might that be?  Ahem.

Anyway, onto the matter at hand.  Has your intended recipient read these books before?  If they are over 13 and mildly literate, then yes, they have.  But have they ever seen or felt such sumptuous hard cover designs? Doubtful!  Which makes a set of these the perfect gift for the Reader with Persnickety Aesthetics.  Best part: no ugly jackets to discard.

Designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, they were only available in the UK until recently. Now Amazon carries 8 for $13.60 each.
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Tagged as: books, gift, holiday, penguin classics

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Target's Engineer Boots: What Say Ye?

November 5, 2009 Fashion

Target has made a convincing knock-off of Frye’s Harness Boot at a much comfier price point.  $49.99 to be exact. The blogosphere is abuzz with rave reviews. I tried them on yesterday.  They run a tad small; I take 8 1/2 to 9 usually and definitely needed the 9.  If I were buying them I’d [...]

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Book Art

November 3, 2009 Feathering the Nest

Here’s my take on books: I like them. I like to tear the covers off (sorry, jacket designers), arrange them by color and generally heap them on every available surface. There’s a good chance I’ll turn into one of those people who goes built-in bookshelf crazy. From any spot in the house, close your eyes, [...]

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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Bacon: Adventures in Flavor Doctoring

November 2, 2009 Food

Butternut squash has never been my favorite autumnal vegetable.  It’s simply too sweet and mushy and requires much too much doctoring.  The great (or terrifying, depending on your point of view) thing about a weekly CSA box is that your personal produce preferences aren’t given any credence.  So after glaring at two obstinate butternut squashes [...]

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