I REALLY wanted the Bal forum to be open today, because I have to tell this story, which I will tell to you anyway here, because I just have to...
So, I went to the Northbrook NM (Chicago area) yesterday, and they don't carry bbags there, but they had a handful of returns. I asked the SA to bring them out just in case there was something I liked, and they had a black 07 City. On closer inspection, it was a FAKE black 07 City!! It was totally a mess and had pewter hardware and unnotched rivets and the whole works! I explained this to the SA, and she looked at me like I was crazy, like who was I to tell her that this bag was fake! So I guess this is just a warning to be really careful when buying bbags at stores that don't normally carry them. I did buy a Twiggy that I know was authentic, so it all worked out. Crazy!!