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| - As far as I know this is the only place in Ontario or Quebec that carries Whitelines notebooks (http://www.whitelines.se), which I've been obsessed with for the past year. When I discovered this via the distribution page, I promptly planned a trip to Montreal to stock up on these fine notebooks. OK fine - I wasn't *that* impulsive, but I did incorporate my burning yen for pale-lined graph paper notebooks into my trip plan.
Montreal already has Essence Du Papier, which carries many, many brands of journals, agendas and fountain pens by reputable brands like Clairefontaine and Moleskine, but Nota Bene has so much more.
First of all, the store is pristine and everything is wonderfully organized. There are so many goddman notebooks to choose from you won't be able to settle on just one. I was in such a tizzy over the availability of the notebooks that the owner could hardly contain her giggles. She was incredibly friendly and accommodating, and even alerted me to the fact that the store has an online shop and delivers to Toronto. The upstairs was being used as an art space when I visited. Cool idea.
I ended up leaving with some Danish and German graph paper notebooks that were on sale for only $4 each, as well as some ink refills for my Lamy fountain pen and of course, the aforementioned Whitelines notebooks. I pretty much bought out the store. Trust me when I say these books are the BEST. The paper quality is unparalleled and it's such a treat to write on graph paper, without the distracting and harsh dark lines. The paper also photocopies or scans blank, meaning the lines disappear, giving the illusion of plain white paper.
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