It's not stealing.
on my 30th birthday. After bagels, lox, and a halva sundae, the bill arrived with two hard coffee candies , a postcard, and a pen. In place of the generic stic precision ballpoint pens that came with nearly every bill in the days before the Square app, a sleek two-toned pen appeared. It was dark sky blue on the top half and white on the bottom with the Russ & Daughters name and motto “Appetizing Since 1914” running up its side. It felt like a birthday present.
that reminded me of a much needed solo drink in the restaurant’s lush backyard garden. An ad hoc collection had accumulated.Over the coming months, I added a midnight blue pen from a lunch at Cafe Habana that was just a hair darker than the blue seats in the crowded canteen with curly white cursive writing.
in New York City and Strangers and Saints in Provincetown. “It feels considered.” And they often are, as pens are increasingly included in restaurant design packages.The majority of my collection are the Bic Clic pen, easy to whip out to take an order with or jot down a note. With its sleek vintage design, it wouldn’t have been out of place in the mid-20th century.
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