Post regularity, airlines seats and Covers Unlimited (a ramble to be sure)

My apologies for posting so infrequently this past week. Some have suggested that I post anything – a photo, a link or a line or two – just to maintain my daily schedule. But I know myself too well, and if I let myself get away with that, it wouldn’t be too long before that’s all I’d be doing. While I’m not suggesting my work has any lasting importance, I believe that readers deserve more than a crappy piece that was clearly ‘phoned in’, so if I can’t muster a post because too much is going on, I’d rather let the ones in my head percolate.

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It’s too bad I can’t think a post (although it’s only a matter of time before technology enables such a thing), because some of my best writing occurs while I’m out seeing new places and taking photos. I’m actually writing this piece while en route from Rome to Chicago on Alitalia, but there’s no WIFI, so I’ll finish and post later.* As it turns out, the airplane seat is quite a comfortable place to work (or it was until just this very second when, as if on cue, the person in front of me reclined their seat as far back as possible, shoving my Powerbook into my stomach)(oh well), so perhaps I’ll buy an airline seat for my house. Which reminds me: did you see the Newsweek piece about the airline suites now being offered by upscale carriers? The idea of replacing my bedroom with a little pod, which offers a flat screen TV, WIFI, a comfy fold-out bed and a seat with tray sounds surprisingly blissful. What do you think?

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In any event, whether I buy and refurbish an old airline seat or build a pod-like suite of my own, I’ll upholster the seats with the vintage American Airlines fabric by Covers Unlimited, which I discovered last year while visiting the ultra-cool Chicago showroom Post 27. If vintage airline fabric’s not your thing, Covers Unlimited offers a wide variety of fabrics. Check them out.

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Photo: Newsweek

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* Much later as it turns out. I’ve been home a few days.