For one of our first Christmases we had as a staff, Jon and I got everyone matching name cups. Shortly after that, Brendan joined our team, and he was the only one without his own cup. He wasn’t terribly bothered by this, but then one day at Value Village I found this beautiful almost Brendan … [Read more…]
I must admit I’m a bit jealous of all of you who are putting this time to good use getting through a chunk of your reading list, and seeing some of your book piles. Imagine, coming out of all of this madness having crossed off a solid number of excellent reads! The library in Toronto … [Read more…]
A small silver lining to the shops being closed: our non-shop dog Super now comes with us to the main shop. He trots around sniffing the plants, trying to find a sunny spot. Many, many, many moons ago, at our shop at 906 Dundas West, we tried to bring our then 4 year old shop … [Read more…]
A lot of us who are fountain pen nerds are also just general stationery nerds. With our brick and mortar shops closed, the fun of coming in to try out the rainbow of different gel or ballpoint or fibre-tip pens is now sadly unavailable. And so we are introducing our Mystery Pen Surprise! With the … [Read more…]
These are unprecedented times, and while everything is unprecedented for kids (woah! School is starting! A vacation! Wow! A bike!) this is really a wild time, and it’s been a nice break from all of the craziness to see Caleb’s perspective on our days. With school out, you may also be in various stages of … [Read more…]