Tag: Favourite Stores

What: General Tao, west-end gift shop Where: 853 Bloor Street West, Toronto When: Thurs-Sat 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sun 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Currently closed M-W due to construction. Still a youngin’, General Tao makes a great addition to the Bickford Park area of Bloor West, an area that is area is slowly…

What: Kid Icarus is a paper & gifts store and screen-printing studio Where: 205 Augusta Avenue (Kensington Market) and soon-to-open second location in Parkdale  / Toronto Hours: Monday – Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kid Icarus is a pride of Toronto’s creative community. It was first started by couple Michael Viglione…

I am so sorry for the delay in posts, guys! I went on vacation and my mind’s taken some time to catch up since. One of my highlights of my vacation to Vancouver, Seattle and Portland were all of the amazing stationery stores I got to go to (although it might not have been my…

What: Mr. Pen is a store for kawaii stationery & home goodies Where: 683 Bloor Street West (Korea Town; Between Manning and Clinton) / Toronto Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mr. Pen is just over a year old! I recently visited to reap the benefits of their 15%-off sale (goes until June 20!) in…

When I was visiting Chicago in March for the fabulous Chicago Zine Fest, I made sure to spend a good chunk of my trip scouting out all the paper goodies the city had to offer. I definitely didn’t make it to everything, including the beloved Paper Source, but I really liked what I found! Obviously…