I guess collecting is sort of the point with a lot of media tie-in packaging (well, that and cross-promotion, of course), but I really have to wonder how people typically collect food packages. I mean, do you keep the can unopened and hope it doesn’t leak? Do you drink it even though the can won’t be in mint condition anymore?
Oh no. I just had a horrible thought about those Minions-labeled bananas!
I stopped frequenting Barnes & Noble a while back because they were so determined to sell you a Nook and get you out of the store, never to return. (That, and for a while we had a great indie bookstore nearby.)
Now they’re selling vinyl records.
And holding events.
They’re doing Throwback Thursdays and a Fangirl Friday.
I don’t know if it’s a desperate attempt at relevance or a brilliant return to form.
I certainly know it’s not corporate-wide, though — or at least not evenly distributed — because a week later I went to another Barnes and Noble, one near a full-blown mall, and walked straight into the giant NOOK pavilion.
No sign of any events aside from a mention of filming during the Harper Lee book launch. Vinyl was being plugged in the music section in the back, but not right up front.
On the other hand, no one was staffing the NOOK pavilion, and half the tables were empty. So maybe it’s still being phased out?
I’ve gotten so used to this Round Table Pizza restaurant using movie quotes on this sign that it wasn’t until after I’d snapped a picture that I realized just how freaking appropriate this one is.
You might say it’s the Holy Grail of movie quotes for this particular chain…
I’m not sure this fence is entirely stable.
Update: Here’s another section of the fence that I don’t think I’d want to lean on!
Photo album on Flickr: Del Cerro Views
Originally posted on Instagram
Overheard at the park:
I’m 13, Grandma, I can’t be on this playground.
Why?
It says 5-12.
Sign in a parking structure. I suspect the font choice made it easier to miss the error.
Normally I don’t like these glossy coffee sleeves because they don’t insulate very well (plus the ads tend to be irrelevant to me), but I like the thought put into this one for Inside Out.
