Zitomer - New York City, New York, 2009

You would not believe how fast Mlle Bagatelle had to run to catch up with the woman who was walking down Madison Avenue with this bag to see where it was from (why is it always the over-60 society set I have trouble catching up with? Seriously, those girls can walk!).

Anyway, I did and the minute I realized where it was from I had a good laugh. Zitomer is to drug stores what Cartier is to jewelry. A New York institution if ever there was one, this is a good, old-fashioned, stocked-to-the-gills pharmacy where you're just as likely to find Miss Dior as you are to find nail polish remover. (In fact, when you Google it, it comes up as a "department store.") A favorite of the Upper East Side set for over 50 years, it's a place MB could spend hour after hour.