Ideas, some borrowed and some new

Paper lined bathroom walls This was brilliant. I saw it at Beanstreets Cafe in Asheville, NC. People had filled up the walls with writing. The discourse was above and beyond the usual “bj wanted” I see in rest areas and included spirited debate about the merits of Kerry and Bush campaigns.

Attraction oriented metro guides Washington D.C. wins hands down for easiest to use subway. It doesn’t have the flexibility of say Boston’s T or the simplicity of Toronto’s trains but they publish a three page pamphlet that tells you what attractions are at what stop. Someone should come up with their own versions of those guides and get them down in the train stations.

Showing Turner Classic Movie ads at repertory theater The Brattle Theater while not at the vaunted heights of prestige of NYC’s Film Forum it is no slouch. I caught the The Phantom Lady and was impressed by how they’d put together the trailers before the feature. They included one of TCM’s always excellently produced ads reminding folks it’s a month of musicals. (Those TCM ads are such high quality and a tad long they should bundle them together on a Shorts DVD) Shockingly they had like 30 people at the showing I went to.

Blogger hostelling Wouldn’t it be nice if you could announce to the world “Hey I’ve got room at my place if you’re in town.” Apparently someone else was five years ahead of me on this one. Thanks to James for pointing out Couch Surfing.