I'm not sure what I expect when I went to Pennysmi...

I'm not sure what I expect when I went to Pennysmith's Paper but it didn't really end up being whatever that was. I suppose I went there wanting to browse for high quality papers suitable for fountain pens and possibly scope out some pens as well. They have some of that stuff but there wasn't enough to quite tickle my fancy. That doesn't mean this place doesn't fit well in it's actual niche - which I would say is probably more aimed at the wedding crowd or people who are decorating for parties, etc.

The store has a very feminine air and I suppose I felt somewhat uncomfortable looking around. They did carry some Clairefontaine and Rhodia notepads and a few fountain pens but not really enough variety to keep me interested.

The staff attempted to be friendly and kindly tried to search out things I might be interested in but there really just wasn't much in store that I would have purchased and if I did, it would have been cheaper online or at another store.

I don't want to portray this place negatively because I think there is definitely a different crowd that would love it but it simply wasn't my kind of store.