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4.4 (14 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
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Tiffany L.

I'm kinda obsessed with this place because I'm kinda obsessed with pens. When I was a young child I collected pencils and erasers, like the Lisa Frank ones, the scratch-n-sniff ones, and anything cute and colorful. I may or may not have been known to steal pencils from our local Venture (anyone remember the days before Target, and going to good old Venture??). I still have a box of all these cool pencils (unsharpened of course) somewhere in my mom's basement. As I matured, as did my writing utensil obsession. I moved on to cute Sanrio, then finally Japanese pens and pencils (hi Uniball Signo!). I had a high school English teacher who began noticing every time I had a cool new pen and he would comment on it every time (it as a lot of times). Anyway, I really love pens and pencils. And Topdrawer sells all sorts of stuff catered toward geeks like me. They have all sorts of Japanese notebooks (plain, ruled, grid), in all sorts of sizes. They have pens that range from $1 to $100 (I tried writing with one of these $100 pens it's pretty amazing, perfectly weighted and so smooth). As far as pencils they do have some mechanical choices but nothing by Lisa Frank. In addition to writing stuff, they also sell bento boxes, reading glasses, umbrellas, handmade greeting cards, house slippers, and portable travel stuff. It's a fun store and definitely worth a stop if you're in the neighborhood!

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Daniel, Thank you for the kind review

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Thank you for the kind review. Drop in whenever you like.

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Amy, Thank you for the lovely review. We love the Wormhole too!

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We're so happy you enjoyed your visit. We look forward to the next one

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Thank you Jimmy! Say hi next time you're in the city

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“The writing utensils are diverse and abundant - you can find any color, any thickness, any flow, any medium.”

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