I am a Philadelphia Phillies fan. That means I love the Mets (I mean I love how much in shambles they are), love October, and love having the best 5-man rotation in the baseball. Yes, that’s right; I said 5-man rotation, not 4. With all the hoopla and hype surrounding our big 4, I [...]
Well, it’s finally happening. The biggest restroom in Center City Borders downstairs is closing. And, unless you really really need 800 copies of “Wuthering Bites” at 40% off (it’s exactly what you think it is), this is a sad day. Nowhere will I be able to get books AND paper airplane kits in the same [...]
After getting injured a few times and not being able to snowboard anymore Curt Morgan, then snowboarder now director and producer, moved on combining his passion with a new pursuit, filming action sports. In 2008, together with Red Bull and Quiksilver, his production house Brain Farm produced “That’s it. That’s all.”, a 60 minute snowboard [...]
Tibor Kalman was undoubtedly one of the greatest designers of all time. I was looking through my bookmarks today and came across this old interview that really inspired me when I was in school. It was conducted by Charlie Rose one year before Tibor’s death in 99 to cancer. Everyone should definitely check it out [...]
On a recent weekend trip to Baltimore, a friend introduced me to my new favorite place in the entire city —The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 6pm, The Book Thing is a space you can visit to pick up used books. For free! From the F.A.Q. section on [...]
Currently, there’s an A to Z blogging challenge underway — post about a letter of the alphabet every day in April except Sundays; beginning with ‘A’ on the April Fool’s Day and ending with ‘Z’ on the 30th. You don’t need to be Nostradamus to foresee an avalanche of x-ray and xylophone-related posts on April [...]
