
This week's links. Enjoy.
100th Anniversary of the RVAutoblog has a fun slideshow featuring recreational vehicles from the last 100 years. I'm rather partial to the Hunt Housecar from 1937 — it looks exactly like a spaceship on wheels. Via
things magazine.
Hauntings I and Hauntings IIGuy Maddin has an interesting art exhibit on right now, commissioned as part of
Essential Cinema for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) —
Hauntings I and
Hauntings II are a series of short film installations that are "
... meant to invoke and appease the ghosts of cinema. Starting from the premise that every filmmaker has an unrealized project, a half-finished or abandoned film doomed to oblivion or left on the cutting-room floor, Maddin presents a series of shorts that explore the lost history of cinema." This sounds amazing. Times and locations
here. Via
clusterflock.
Printable BookplatesBrighten up your personal library — download this set of four (free!) cute and colourful bookplates by Pilgrim Lee of draw! pilgrim. Via
how about orange.
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious ObjectsDeirdre Foley-Mendelssohn of the New Yorker has a fun review of
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects, the intriguingly titled new book by John Tingey about eccentric Englishman W. Reginald Bray (1879-1939) who, after reading the entire British Post Office Guide, decided to take the rules as challenges. Foley-Mendelssohn writes that "
... Bray tried posting an unimaginable array of things, to see whether the post office would deliver them. Apparently, at the time, the smallest item that could be posted was a bee, and the largest an elephant. Bray seems to have tried most things in between." I definitely have to get this.
Size Matters: Small Towns with Big ThingsIntriguing essay by Keith Eggener about the human fascination for going big. It focuses mainly on smalltown USA, but there's plenty to be found here in smalltown Canada, too — in Ontario alone I can think of Sudbury's giant nickel, Wawa's giant Canada goose, and I seem to recall seeing a towering wedge of cheese and an enormous orange somewhere on the road, too. Via
Design Observer.
dwellinggawkerI've just recently discovered the addictive dwellinggawker, which, like NOTCOT, Tastespotting and other such sites gathers together related links — but focuses on interiors. A wonderful reference, with loads of great stuff.
17 Strange and Interesting BedsDesignCrave has rounded up 17 offbeat beds, ranging from a classically-inspired swan to a
Claes Oldenburg-like giant hamburger. Entertaining — especially for interiors geeks.
Ginger Pear Upside-Down CakeSaveur is breaking out the fall recipes, and
this one, taken from the
Macrina Bakery & Café Cookbook, sounds both warming and delicious — a perfect way to end supper on a crisp autumnal evening. Recipe is
here.
(photo via the beautiful soup)