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The Moleskine (and why we’re still looking)
OK, let’s get it out of the way: The Moleskine. The current reigning king of the little black book. What every notebook we review on this blog will be compared to. What could we possibly have against...
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The Miquelrius: The flexible Moleskine?
Miquelrius is a company located in Spain (near Barcelona) that has been in the stationary business for over 150 years. I happened to find their Moleskine-esque softcover notebook ($9) in a New York...
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Xonex Ru: The (Very) Soft Cover Black Book
Today, we’re reviewing the Xonex Ru journal ($5.95). Check it out: Let’s get the obvious out of the way: we know it’s not black. However, it’s the best we could do under short notice. Someone had sent...
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The Softcover Moleskine: We don’t hate you, Moleskine!
[Update! Several readers have written in to say the durability of these notebooks is pretty shoddy – see below] Let’s get one thing straight: we don’t hate the Moleskine. Yes, this website is...
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Travels and Old Notebooks Revisited
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,...
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The Moleskine Knock-Off: The Markings Notebook
Today’s R.L. Gibson Markings Notebook bookends a set of three moleskine-style notebook reviews we’ve done, following some fierce competition from the Piccadilly and the Guildhall. Both the Piccaddilly...
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