Month: October 2010

Mnemosyne’s “Today’s Act” lets you live one tick box at a time.

Maruman’s Mnemosyne line takes its muse very seriously. “Today’s Act” is a simple list and to-do notebook. It is slightly bigger than the small Moleskine, with a stiff plastic cover and double spiral binding. In the don’t-leave-anything-to-chance spirit of the Japanese (remember, my Enveloop pen case came with a diagram), there is a bright yellow …

Dapitan Arcade: kitsch-all-you-can.

Polkadot piggy banks, recycled bottle chandeliers, faux patent croc jewelry boxes, sparkling skeletons, bamboo torches, brass trees, sequin-encrusted kiddie costumes, resin Santas skydiving with their resin parachutes, fairy lights twinkling in shoppers’ glassy eyes. Welcome to Dapitan Arcade. At the corner of Dapitan and Kanlaon streets in the maze of Quezon City, it’s a welcome …