Nibs, barrels, grips, and feeds. Today is National Fountain Pen Day. Here’s a write-on memory.
My broad-nib Montblanc Meisterstück 149 died a few years ago. On a cross-country trip, it was frozen in my luggage …
history
The non-linear, video chapters of an iconic business are beautifully illustrated in L’Odyssée de Cartier.
Cartier. The Maison. By taking over his master’s workshop, Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in 1847. Since then, the iconic brand …
Cuban-born American artist Carmen Herrera, “I never met a straight line I did not like.”
At age 104. Carmen Herrera says, “I waited for my bus for 94 years.” She’s referring to the saying, “if …
An early ’70s working trip to Florida introduced me to an engineering marvel—The Polaroid SX-70.
I’d been a 35mm film photographer—one who knew his way around darkrooms—for quite a few years before my first SX-70 …
“Fake News” ruled the airwaves on the night of October 30, 1938. Here’s a recording of the broadcast.
The War of the Worlds, the 17th episode of the radio drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, was performed …
Iris Apfel. Wisdom aged like a fine wine.
I’ve written about Iris on BrockelPress before. Jacob and I are totally on board with her thoughts on style, design, and making …
The one about a phone call from NASA, holding Aerogel, and my name on a space probe.
I’ve always been a science and space geek so I’m looking forward to July 14th and New Horizons’ close encounter …
Join us this Saturday. Help celebrate the Historic Charles Street Association’s 100th Birthday.
Here’s the scoop from Baltimore’s HCSA: 100? It’s true! HCSA turns 100 years old this year… and we’re celebrating!! From …
Yet another bucket list item checked off
The art scene in the midwest throughout the 50s and 60s was a sad state of affairs. I went to “the” art …
New York Social Diary writes about an important Baltimore restoration
Via CivicWorks.com: The Clifton Mansion was originally built as a two-story Federal style farmhouse, between 1790 and 1801, by Baltimore …
Belmont Stakes, 10 things to know about the August Belmont Trophy
The August Belmont Trophy is awarded annually to the owner of the winning horse in the Belmont Stakes . The race has …
We’re leaving Baltimore
“And it’s about time that you do,” my mother said last evening—with just a touch of sternness in her voice. …
There was a happy time when people were self assured, fine with their physical being
IN A WORLD OF THEIR OWN: CONEY ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHS BY AARON ROSE MAY 9 – AUG 3, 2014 This is …
MST3K, the definitive oral history is a fun read
Released in 1966, Manos: The Hands of Fate is a D-minus of a B movie: Its plot, about desert-dwelling pagans, …
10 MInutes with Will Rogers, 1931
Will Rogers. Comedy and delivery—as relevant today as it was in the early 20th Century. I wish a new comedian would adopt …
The Jews of Baltimore, a 1910 reference
Some time ago I put a digital copy of Groeninger’s New Baltimore online as a free download and happily a whole lot …
