I had some friends over for dinner last night and I showed them your beautiful handwriting, and the gorgeous piece of art you sent me. They were blown away.

I love watercolor. Wondering if that is your medium. I will keep it in my writing box, but wanted to make sure it was set in case it were to get any water near it.

Here is a link to “Masquerade” - the best show I have tickets to see soon.

https://masqueradenyc.com

A part of the show is performed outside. There are pictures floating around the internet with a birds-eye view of the show from above by apartment dwellers.

Here is the pen I wrote you with. It’s an Aurora “Hastil”. From what I’ve read, they were designed by a famous Italian architect named Marco Zanuso in the late 1960’s, and was exhibited at the MoMA here in NYC where it has remained part of their collection ever since.

I took these pictures at the hotel before I had a chance to give it a nice shine with a polishing cloth.

The DC pen show is huge, and can be overwhelming if you are not sure what you want. I had looked at so many tables and hadn’t got that feeling until I saw this pen, and I knew this was the one I wanted.

Ended up picking it up for $185. Aurora converters are difficult to come buy so he charged me $25 if I wanted to keep the Trik-Trak converter inside. He ended up giving it to me for $200. It was a birthday gift to myself. I purchased the pen and a new Rober Oster ink - “Motor Oil” - which I have been eyeing and got the hell out of there.

i love all of their inks. The colors are so unique and beautiful. This is also the ink I used to write you.

The “Holy Grail” Pen…

I love Mabie Todd. I am very proud of my collection of MT eyedroppers. Although I haven’t ever purchased any, I am very interested in early Onotos. The English made really beautiful pens. They are not easy to come by here in the US, so most I’ve gotten from England.

Hi Laura

Michael

Hi Michael