Shinjuku, Tokyo Adding to the 1,400+ guest rooms are two new Hello Kitty-themed ones. The postcard above and the one below are from Sunny Beach, Bulgaria circa 1982. Development of the summer…
Dear Snail Mail Fans, At the end of Snail’s Postcard Post’s third year, I am once again in awe of how many places you all have checked in from, especially with the blog being…
Maurizio Cattelan Hollywood 2001 The fact that a temporary advertisement for a real estate development has become the most recognized symbol of a city like Los Angeles is a testament to the…
Here in the snail garden, we had the first overcast cool morning in a long time. I’m not much for this kind of weather, but when I started to think about…
I checked my post office box today, but, alas, there were no postcards waiting for me. But I went on to a thrift store nearby, where I found the manatee above, and…
Today I bring you a few finds from the salvaged furniture and curio shop Revival in Lincoln Heights, and Stories Books and Cafe in Echo Park (L.A.). This kind of…
Korphe Village, Karakoram mountains, northern PakistanThis portrait postcard, with Yiddish written on the back, might be of my step-great-great-aunt Rose and her daughter in Warsaw c. 1910. (The sister the…
Dear Snail Mail fans, I’ve been rather ritual-y about the end of this year–cleaning out and reorganizing my shell, looking back at the pages of my wall calendar, doing little…
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to share for a long time. In high school, I made a nature-focused art book out of an outdoors gear catalogue. In one section…
I’ve been working hard getting the word out about my cover design business (kickasscovers.carbonmade.com)–sending job query letters, and even setting up a companion blog jacketjustice.wordpress.com. It’s no wonder that, lately, I’ve…
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