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I'm on a short break back in Southern Maryland, and decided to stop by Bertram's Inkwell in White Flint Mall in Bethesda. I'm not going to claim to be a completely disinterested observer; I consider Bert a friend and I want his business to do well.

 

So, I went in there, and I was really blown away today with all of the inks, notebooks, and general pen accessories that he has in the shop. The store is packed. I bought a bottle of Diamine ink, a small Whitelines notebook (the first place I've seen it in) and some refills for my wife's pen. That took incredible willpower as his store is just loaded right now.

 

Obviously, I started out immediately at the 50% off case - a Pelikan Mathematics really stood out there. Bert also has a custom version of the Delta Dreidel made for Bertram's.

 

If this seems like a shameless plug for a friend... well, I'll let you decide

 

Marc

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Too bad I won't be back near White Flint for a while as I am out in New Mexico now. But I do miss browsing through Bertram's after having saved up for something special. They were very understanding of the oddball kid who practically grew up in their store as his mother bounced from sale to sale in the rest of the mall. Every time I'm back in the area I have to stop in there and ask more questions, and now that I am older and have more money in my pocket I'll even buy something.

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