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May the force (oops fourth) be with you!!

by Danielle
May 04, 2012

Hey there Star Wars fans! Today is Star Wars Day. Perfect opportunity to showcase some of our awesome Star Wars books/products!

 

Darth Vader and Son

This light hearted book is perfect for any Dad—Star Wars fan or not. A comic about the life of Darth Vader and his difficulties raising a son, Jeffrey Brown explores a different side of the Star Wars world—one I am sure that everyone wishes to see more of.  An ideal book to share with your own Dad or child, this is a book that both celebrates Star Wars Day and one that will have a permanent place on your bookshelf.

Wookiee Pies, Clone Scones, and Other Galactic Goodies

What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with these awesome, fun recipes? It really is a win-win situation: show your love of Star Wars with these adorable cookie cutters AND get a rewarding (and delicious) treat at the end. A perfect activity for both kids and adults to show their Star Wars appreciation, it really doesn’t get any better than this!

How to Speak Wookiee

Today is probably the only day you can get away with speaking in Wookiee without people shooting you strange looks. If you always wished to learn another language and the real ones just aren’t cutting it (or if you are me they are just too difficult for you) this book provides the perfect opportunity to hone those language skills of yours and put them to good use.  Also, the language will come in handy for interpretation purposes during those Star Wars movie marathons, or if you want that added authenticity for your Chewbacca Halloween costume.

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The Art and Making of Star Wars

If you don’t have the attention span to sit through 4+ hours of Star Wars movies to celebrate Star Wars Day, perhaps you will instead pull out your “Star Wars: The Old Republic” video game and celebrate this culturally produced holiday with your own presence in the Star Wars world.  Want to see how it was created? This book delves into the process and provides an inside look into one of our culture’s most beloved franchises.  A must buy for any self-professed (or in the closet) Star Wars fan. 

Star Wars Moleskine Planners

 If you’re like me, planners just make everything better.  Especially these Star Wars-themed ones! Get your life organized and indulge in your favourite series with these fantastic day planners.
 

HUGE thanks to Melissa our new awesome intern for this blog post! It's her first and certainly not her last!!

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Moleskine Star Wars

by Siobhan
Gift & Stationery / September 30, 2011

Moleskine.

Star Wars.

Two of your favourite things, am I right?

Well, now they have joined forces...

Read more details about Moleskine's Star Wars limited editions on Moleskine.com.

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New Passions

by Siobhan
Gift & Stationery / March 02, 2011

It's not quite the first day of Spring yet, but I'm tired of grey winter weather (and what's this about hurricanes predicted for BC today?!). I am ready for Springtime.

Spring is all about reawakening from our winter slumber, shaking off our grey-sky blues and reigniting our passions. So I was quite pleased to see that Moleskine has created a whole line of videos to showcase their new Passions Journals. Moleskine has added several new topics to their popular set of Passions Journals this season: Style, Travel, Gardening, Dog, Cat, and Baby.

Here are some videos that I hope will get you all fired up about your passion, whatever it may be.

Moleskine Passions Style Journal

 

Moleskine Passions Travel Journal

 

Moleskine Passions Gardening Journal

 

Moleskine Passions Dog Journal

 

Moleskine Passions Cat Journal

 

Moleskine Passions Baby Journal

You can also sample and download some of the interior pages from the Moleskine Passions Journals on Moleskine MSK.

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Favourite Books 2010: Chelsea Theriault

by Dan
Food & Drink + Kids + News / December 13, 2010

How to Cook Like a Top Chef
Chronicle Books ISBN 978-0-8118-7486-1
$34.95

Top Chef is the pick of the litter when it comes to reality TV. This colourful cookbook helps you to recreate and taste some of the show's most memorable dishes, and is a crash-course in techniques, ingredients, and the art of cooking on the fly.

It also includes recipes from some of the renowned chefs who competed on Top Chef: Masters, such as Hubert Keller and Rick Bayless. Bayless' Chile-Garlic shrimp is a winner!

 

Bear in Underwear
Todd Goldman
Blue Apple ISBN 9781609050160
$14.99

Not sure what it says about my maturity level, but this book makes me smile. Bear and his adorable forest friends (I have a soft spot for Porcupine and Big Foot) discover a bag full of underwear and try them on for size. Bear's undies on the cover are made of real fabric, which is guaranteed to get a laugh out of the target audience...and maybe those who fall outside of it, too.

 

Passions Book Journal
Moleskine ISBN 9788862933193
$26.00

It's the perfect marriage: Moleskine journals and literary obsessions. I love having a place to store my ever-growing lists of "What to read next," and "Books____ would like," as well having a journal tailored to collecting favourite quotes and documenting the lasting impressions that good books bring.

 

Chelsea Theriault is the Sales and Marketing Assistant at Raincoast, and can't imagine a life where she is not surrounded by books and pugs. Her secret weapon is colour-coded spreadsheets.

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The Boho Index for Big Cities and Small

by Jamie
Design & Typography + Gift & Stationery / June 11, 2010

As the Canadian distributor for Moleskine, we are always looking out for information on people who love Moleskine. It is truism is that if you do creative work in your life you are probably a fan of Moleskine.

Richard Florida, theorist of the Creative Class, has a good post over at The Atlantic Monthly that discusses a recent study on the Boho Index for major North American cities (with populations over a million). Florida cites work from the Bohemian Index from the Martin Prosperity Institute that tracks cities with the highest percentage of working artists, musicians, writers, designers, and entertainers. Turns out that Canada is a Boho Haven.There are three Canadian cities in the Top 10; Vancouver is # 2, Toronto # 4 and Montreal rounds out the top ten. While flattering, none of this is hugely surprising.

But one of the major knocks against Creative Class theory is how can creative people actually afford to live in Creative Class cities? Most artists can't afford a fair-trade, organic, shade-friendly coffee at 49th Parallel in Kits let alone buy a house, condo or rent a single room apartment in Vancouver. This is what is cool about this index--it ranks smaller cities too, and here, Canada does very well: Halifax, Victoria, Peterborough, and Guelph all who have Boho Index values above the norm.

Lesson from all this? Grab your Moleskine Notebook and move to Peterborough, you will be very happy.

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Passionate about food? Win a Moleskine Passions Recipe Journal from Foodista.com!

by Siobhan
Contests + Food & Drink + Gift & Stationery / March 11, 2010

What was your favourite thing your grandma baked for you as a child? Does your dad make brilliant BBQ? Does your best friend make a mean guacamole?

Moleskine and Foodista.com want you to share your favourite recipes passed down from friends and family. In the spirit of sharing, they're giving away a set of Moleskine notebooks, including the new Moleskine Passions Recipe Journal.

For all the details and to enter the contest, visit Foodista.com

 

P.S. Also be sure to check out the other titles in the Moleskine Passions series - and watch the fun video trailers for each book!

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Yay Vancouver!

by Dan
Travel + Vancouver / March 01, 2010

Woo-hoo! 14 Gold medals and a sweet win against the US in OT! Congratulations to all our athletes: You did us proud!

Yay Canada! Yay Vancouver!

Thanks again to everyone to contributed to our 5 Things Vancouver posts during the Winter Olympics. They were all fantastic and it was great to get tips from people who really know and love the city. 

Just in case you missed any of the entries here's a complete list of the 30+ contributors:

• Anne Lee, Indigo Online
• Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit + Madeleine, YoYo Mama
• Bob Kronbauer, Vancouver is Awesome
• Bronwyn Logan, Blush Magazine
• Chris Wood, author
• Crystal Allen, Raincoast
• Craig Riggs, Turner-Riggs Workspace
• Danielle Johnson, Raincoast
• Darren Barefoot, Capulet Communications
• Erick Villagomez, Re:Place Magazine
• James Sherrett, AdHack
• Jamie Broadhurst, Raincoast
• Janice Beley, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Jesse Finkelstein, Douglas & McIntyre
• Jill Amery, Urban Mommies
• John Lekich, author
• Kate Trgovac, LintBucket Media
• kc dyer, author
• Kelly McInnon, Vancouver KidsBooks
• Kim Werker, crafter, writer, photographer, blogger
• Maria + Stefani, Dandelion KIDS
• Monica Lippingwell, reader, and uber-twitterer
• Monique Trottier, Boxcar Marketing
• Nick Bouton, Protagonize
• Peter Darbyshire, author
• Robin McConnell, Inkstuds
• Sean Cranbury, Books on the Radio
• Selina Rajani, Vancouver Opera
• Siobhan Long, Raincoast
• Spilt Milk Moms
  
• Thomas Wong, The Sunday Best

Thanks all, and if anyone still needs some advice on where to go in Vancouver, please check out Lonely Planet's Vancouver Encounter and City Guide, and Chronicle Books City Walks: Vancouver.

And don't forget to write down all your new discoveries in a Moleskine Vancouver City Notebook!

Photograph courtesy of 5 Things Vancouver contributor KP Werker

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Introducing Moleskine Passions

by Siobhan
Art & Photography + Design & Typography + Film + Food & Drink + Gift & Stationery + Health & Wellness + Music / February 23, 2010

What's your passion?

Music? Film? Books? Food? Wine? Health? ...Moleskine?

Proving you just can't have too much of a good thing, Moleskine has just introduced an beautiful new series, specially designed for your life passions.

There are 6 journals in the Moleskine Passions collection:

• Recipe Journal
  
• Wine Journal
  
• Book Journal
  
• Film Journal
  
• Music Journal
  
• Wellness Journal
  

Each Passions journal is specially designed to help you collect and organize information, comments, memories, clippings and reviews concerning your very own Passions. Each journal has with a fully embossed cover with a themed illustration.

For instance, the Moleskine Passions Wine Journal includes 6 theme-based sections to fill in with Sparkling, White, Rosé, Red, Fortified/Sweet and Spirits, 6 tabbed sections to personalize, 10 blank pages for comments and notes, adhesive labels, coloured icons, 3 ribbon place markers and double expandable inner pocket. The black cover is fully embossed with sleek silhouettes of wine glasses and bottles.

Here's a lovely video to introduce you to the Moleskine Passions collection:

And, since we're indulge a little in our passions, here are some more videos -- each highlighting an individual Passion:

Wine Journal

Recipe Journal

Book Journal

Film Journal

Music Journal

Wellness Journal

 

What are YOU most passionate about?

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5 Things Vancouver

by Dan
Travel + Vancouver / February 05, 2010

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