Archive for June 2005

The Anne Frank Memorial Attic    (2005.06.28)

…of the Beaches Library. Should the label really be located there and in that orientation, and aren’t we in serious need of an en dash?

Yellow Karmann Ghia    (2005.06.28)

I now seem to have a ritual of photographing Karmann Ghia nameplates whenever encountered in the wild.

Go away, leaf bag    (2005.06.28)

You’ve got the surface area of a typical Hollywood leading man to play with and all you give us is scrunched Times Roman and an excess of bangs.

Another reason not to use Handel Gothic    (2005.06.28)

Scan this sentence and tell me if you really read it right the first time.

Don’t you think l and I should be a wee bit different? Plus: Got enough copies of the word “Mills” at the ends of lines?

The Hand Has decorated Some Biscuits    (2005.06.28)

44    (2005.06.28)

Yet another of the seemingly innumerable gems right downtown.

CNR overpass as yet undestroyed    (2005.06.28)

If Eastern Ave. ever ceases to be an official “traffic sewer,” you can bet some arsehole in an SUV is gonna agitate to have this sign obliterated or regularized into a peppy local slogan typeset in Arial Narrow.

…Where Our Welding Is as Good as Our Calligraphy    (2005.06.28)

What do you think the original phone number was, and how nice do you think the numerals looked?