Last Minute Errands
We have been running around like crazy trying to finish our last minute errands; getting our clothes washed and dry cleaned, buying last minute presents and Argentine items that are hard to find in the states, developing some of the many pictures I have taken for friends here and the best thing of all - getting our clothes altered!Getting our clothes altered has been one of the biggest perks since we have been down here. We have been taking our clothes to this wonderful woman named Ana who lives around the corner from us. Alterations are expensive in NY and Seth and I never bothered to get them done before. Ana has literally created a "new" wardrobe for us. She has shortened pants that are too long for us, mended holes, taken in jackets and pants, and even created linings for me for jackets that did not have them before. Not only does she do a great job, her prices are very reasonable - about $.75 - $1.00 US to shorten pants, $5 US to add a lining to a jacket and $4 US to take in the waist of a pair of pants. Seth and I have gone a little crazy and have been taking her everything that we can, cause the cost of these services in NY are way higher. She works out of a store that was formerly a kiosko (like a bodega in NY - a mom and pop shop that sells candy and convenience foods) with her husband. I think they may live in the space connected to the storefront.
posted by Kathy T @ 7:09 AM
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