This evening, I was introduced to the blue button at the bus stop.

After dinner with a couple of friends we decided to grab a bus up to the next station. We were trying to discern the timetable, badly illuminated by the orange street light, when one friend promptly stepped forward and pressed a blue button at the bottom of the timetable. This backlit the entire timetable making it very readable.

Two of us looked at him like he'd just invented fire. He promised us that it was quite a new innovation. Probably just to make us feel less like country bumpkins gawking at the blue button that illuminates timetables at bus stops.

I just got my order from Mojo London which includes a new large ruled Moleskine for work, and a pack of the new Moleskine Cahiers.

The classic large ruled Moleskine is what I expected. However, I was disappointed at the Cahiers. I thought these might be Volants with pockets in them. My boss took a look and went "These aren't Moleskine... They're cardboard!" And he's right.

The Volants had the cover like the standard Moleskines, stiched sets of pages which were then glued together. Cahiers are just a bunch of pages stitched together once (and showing on the spine) wrapped in cardboard. There is not even a "if lost, then return" page in the front. The so-called pocket is a cardboard corner.

If Moleskine think they are replacing the Volants with these, then they have taken a massive step back. I recommend that you do not buy these. Snap up any Volants remaining, but stay away from the Cahiers.

Venue: The Phoenix

Tonight was the last night they were showing Maria Full of Grace at the Phoenix.

Maria is a disillusioned girl from a small town in Columbia. Through a series of decisions she ends up as a drug mule headed for New York. The film shows her life in a matter of fact way, with no dramatic music or extreme photographic angles. Almost documentary like.

Catalina Sandino Moreno portrayed Maria wonderfully. I was a little surprised to find out that this was her acting debut. I'm sure much success is headed her way. Do not miss this film. The Phoenix is now my local cinema. Only about 5 minutes from my new flat, serving beer, selling Green & Black's, friendly staff, and showing excellent films. I'm very pleased and will likely be returning for the double bill matinee this Sunday: La Nina Santa and La Mala Educacion.