Tales from the Trade Show: Hammertown Barn

When we met Joan from Hammertown Barn of Pine Plains, NY, at the New York International Gift Fair this week, we bonded immediately over a shared love of our Moleskine notebooks. Joan told us an amazing story about losing her notebook (full of three days' worth of gift fair notes) in a taxi the previous evening only to have it returned a few hours later by a kind stranger. It's one of those perfect New York stories and it's what makes the city such a special place. Joan was grateful to have her notebook back and we were thrilled that Joan's notes led her back to us. It must be fate – Whigby cards will be on Hammertown's shelves in a couple of weeks.