by David | Mar 10, 2013 | reading & writing, urbanism
Last week, I spent an engaging hour at True Grounds with the estimable YobYot (or is that yoByoT?) who wrote an embarrassingly nice post about that day on his own blog. It’s shameful that I only just noticed. I won’t bore you with the details of two guys...
by David | Sep 2, 2012 | urbanism
Has it really been three years since I repaired a Scrabble set? Such slacking, I’m appalled at myself. The other day I met up with trademarkable JeffCuter(TM) at Diesel Cafe and later had a nice game of Scrabble with the estimable J, who beat me by three points...
by David | Apr 8, 2012 | design
I like Scrabble, I like the Oxford comma, and I like typography. So why does the a new Scrabble set for Typographers (or at least people who like type) have me so out of sorts? For those not hep enough to know, Typographer’s Scrabble is a redesigned Scrabble...
by David | Jul 1, 2009 | reading & writing, urbanism
I’ve been repairing cafe scrabble sets for over a year now, but this is the first time I’ve gone back to a set that I previously topped up. Last March I fixed up the set at Bloc 11 cafe in Union Square. When I checked the board again in late June, I...
by David | May 25, 2008 | eating, urbanism
Ever since I topped off the scrabble set at Bloc 11 Cafe in Union square, I’ve been on the lookout for other public scrabble sets in need of repair. After all, what am I going to do with 96 extra letters? Earlier this week, I checked 1369 coffeehouse in Inman...
