We are racking up all my proclivities here today on Yelp. If I am not eating pizza, or reading books, or drinking Earl Gray Tea at the bookstore, I am over at Staples, my second favorite store in the entire world. Why? Because I am obsessed with writing implements, which they have an extremely large collection of at the store. They've got some lovely uniball pens which I love and also gel pens. The other thing I like about Staples is that you can buy products in bulk at very low prices which is really important for me as a writer. For instance, I can get enough paper to keep me going for months in one of the enormous boxes of paper they have on sale. I love the large cartons of toilet paper, paper towels, and bottles of water, the enormous cartons of keurig coffee and teas, the oversized bags of candy, the cleaning products; it's all there for your delight. They have all different kinds of sizes and colors of subject notebooks, binders of all sizes and colors--anything you can put your mind to for a presentation, they've got the materials available for you to purchase. Literally, you could spend all day walking around the store and imagining what you could do with their products. I will say the part of the store I use the most has always been the copy shop. They do some of the most difficult and challenging work that I need done for my work and the staff there always maintain their courtesy and calm, even when I am outrageous in my demands--like do this major job right now in ten minutes I have a deadline oh my god!!! I do remember at the beginning of my writing career how the copy center made ten copies of a book I'd written which didn't have page numbers. Don't ask me how that happened, but it did. They got lost, found themselves, got lost again, but kept on going and did the whole job properly. I give them credit, because if I'd been doing it, I never would have finished it properly. And just in case you were wondering, I have had Staples make me really great, inexpensive business cards and stationary for my business, and I really appreciate that. So for those of you who have a business and run up against a wall and need office supplies, definitely go to Staples. They always have what you need, and if they don't they can order it online, and they are only too pleased to be of assistance. They are great people. I love their "easy does it" button and the whole red decor thing. read more