Wednesday evening I was driving in the taxi down Quadra street when I spotted a tiny typewriter shop tucked-in behind San Remo market. I made a mental note to take the Hermes in to be cleaned and oiled.
The lady behind the counter was effusive. There was a gleam in her eye as she lovingly inspected the machine. She showed me a clipping on the wall from the Globe & Mail, a photo of the shop owner with an identical Hermes Baby. "Every machine that comes through the door has it's own personality."
"You should blog them," I quipped.
She cooed over the Baby as if it were flesh and blood. Carefully she hand wrote the make and serial number on a carbon copy claim slip. She joked that she was going to take the Baby home with her. "Just be sure to give me that claim slip," I said.
In the front window of the shop was a refurbished Brother Charger (like the car). Now that's a sweet machine.
Type'N Write Shop
2713 Quadra st
250-3814514
-- Post From Taxi
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