muggles, I'm at least an hour out from the JC Boutique in Boston, although, with all the Big Dig crap going on, I'm sure it must be more like at least an hour and a half or two. I'm about 1.5-2 hours out from Neiman Marcus and
Nordstrom in Natick, MA, both of which carry JC, Chloe, Valentino, Chanel, etc. Having come from a single-person/car culture in Los Angeles, I absolutely loathe and detest driving, and have really adopted my state motto about driving...if it takes more than 10 minutes to get there, fuhget uhbowt it!!!
Bichon Lover, ugh, the Boston JC boutique needs some serious lessons about how to pack. My platunum Mahala was in its dustbag, in a huge box, with a few crumpled/torn pieces of paper...it surely wasn't enough to secure the bag from getting all tossed about within its crappy box...good thing it was next day delivery from them to me, although it wasn't worth the time, gas cost, or wear/tear on my car to pick it up in person either.
The Chicago JC boutique ~ they know how to pack, and they ship UPS 3-day select!!! In the future, I'm not even going to bother with any of the other JC boutiques ~ I'm sticking with Roger at the Chicago boutique and will save myself the grief I experienced from the other boutiques and department stores.