As my hotel was right down the street, one of the first shops I hit in Boston was Black Ink. I go everytime I’m in town because their mix is always changing and I always find something. This time, it was greeting cards. I had to pick up the Paper + Cup “thank you” – show me a label and I’m there. The lettuce/tractor card is from Dee & Lala. Just loved the green/red curvy/angular combos. And finally, to fill my pessimist/sarcasm card needs, I got two from Fomato. I love Fomato’s wry humor. I think they read my mind to write the “School of Dissatisfaction” card. Optimist I may appear; it’s due to my pessimism and then being pleasantly suprised each day that the worst, in fact, did not happen. Click here to read the front of the dissatisfaction card.
Check out Black Ink’s web site here, but better yet is a bricks-and-mortar visit.
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isn’t this amazing?
I need this book: photo from University Press of New England
I’m not going to lie: most of my two days in Boston was spent eating and shopping. But on Friday morning, I walked over to the Boston Athenaeum for a peek inside. Visitors are permitted to tour the first floor, which allows you to view the current exhibit, currently “Always Delightfully Cool”, but I was quite fortunate that the computers were down, as a graduate student who was manning the checkout desk offered to escort me to the fifth floor (pictured on the cover of the book above). I was in heaven. The space was filled with light, and was, well, stunning. I tried to look very carefully, and let it all sink in, and I’m still trying to justify membership, just so I could sit on the fifth floor and dream. Or maybe go to a tea. The Athenaeum is now on my list of Boston “must sees”, and it’s very close to the top. If you’d like a more detailed tour, make a reservation for one of the Art and Architecture tours given on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A book about the athenaeum is on my amazon wishlist now – here’s hoping that Christmas is good to me.
biz ladies legal break out session
I’m back from Boston, and had an even better than expected time. The Biz Ladies meetup was lots of fun. The evening started with food + mingling, and a table full of cool business cards. So glad I had mine to hand out. :) Next followed a rotation through four break-out groups that met to discuss PR, website setup, legal issues, and the fourth, moderated by Urban Living Studio, which I did not make it to. (I got caught up in conversations.) I did manage to meet Grace, who is as nice, composed and uber-organized in person as she is via email. If the D*S tour hits your hometown, be sure to go. Or, work ahead by downloading notes from prior meetups at Design Sponge’s Biz Ladies site.
Also, during the website break-out, I mentioned that the Wall Street Journal published an article on how to create your own site on the cheap. It was published last Monday (August 11) in its Small Business section. And hooray! You can read it at wsj.com.
More Boston news later.
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When I saw the cover of today’s Arts & Leisure section, I was giddy with excitement, and then proceeded to read the article out loud to my husband, because handing over the section just wasn’t going to happen. Read all about my favorite news anchor/tv boyfriend at nytimes.com.
Enjoy your Sunday.
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