The Regional Assembly of Text

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This little store was one of the most magical things about Vancouver. It’s a gift store devoted to the love of text. They’ve collected many local zine-type publications, and there’s a couch at the front where you can type a letter on an old school typewriter if you buy stationery there. Best of all, on the first Thursday of every month, they host a letter writing club complete with tea, cookies, and typewriters. These are my people.

Also, I’m in love with the wall of file cabinets at the register. I’d love to make a faux wall out of old cabinets. It would be a great way to block off a cozy office in a large space, and an even better way to store my ever growing collection of magazine tear outs.

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63 thoughts on “The Regional Assembly of Text”

  2. my favorite thing for magazine tear outs? page protectors in binders. i have loose organization by things like “knitting patterns”, “bath and beauty”, “yoga”, fashion”, and “home” amongst others, and i can just grab them off the shelf and flip through them any time!

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  3. OMG I would love to be part of letter writers club. I wonder if I could make a meet-up and if other people would join.
    I might have to add this to my list.

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  6. waaaaaaah! i was in vancouver this march and i had no idea this existed! 😦

    between this store and tojo’s—i know where my next vaca will be.

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  10. That sounds so wonderfully quixotic! I love that someone would start a store like that. I’m sure it does fine, but there is something so impractical-sounding about it, it makes me happy that someone would even try it as a business.

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  11. ohhhh! this is one of the shops I miss most since leaving vancouver. Thanks for the reminder. You did well to find this hole-in-the-wall on your first foray into vancouver(& canada)…I always thought it was a hidden gem – but then, I guess finding the coolest of the cool is kinda what you do, huh?

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  15. This is fantastic. Thanks so much for posting about it. Much to my regret I left Vancouver five years ago. The silver lining is that the grandparents are still up there, babysitting and a vacation!

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  16. What a great place! I like the idea of letter writing sessions. It really is a lost art. I just started a blog and incorporated a letter writing section into it. Haven’t written any letters yet (maybe I’ll write one to you!), but I did use your 100 Words idea. I’m having so much fun with it. Thanks!

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  19. This is just one of the many cool places I have yet to check out in my neighbourhood. I walk past it but I wouldn’t try to get my twin stroller through the door. Glad to see that you got to explore my neighbourhood!

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  24. Ooh! I have been pining to go to that shop since I saw some amazing letter my sis got as a gift….Soon I will take a break from my three boys, hop in the car and coast all the way down to Vancouver for a “me” day. Shopping in Whistler is rather sad…I have almost given up. http://www.snickerdoodles.typepad.com p.s. We did a great Eco post regarding TED last week…Cradle to Cradle…

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