{"id":1346,"date":"2010-03-25T14:44:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T21:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2010-03-25T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T21:44:24","slug":"i-heart-my-hermes-scarf-part-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/i-heart-my-hermes-scarf-part-deux\/","title":{"rendered":"I Heart My Herm\u00e8s Scarf, Part Deux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well folks, I just picked up\u00a0Brazil<\/a> from the Herm\u00e8s store on Madison Avenue. \u00a0Here she is from a distance:<\/p>\n

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She looks ok, right? \u00a0Well that’s what I thought. \u00a0But then I looked closely and I admit it, tears sprung up in my eyes. \u00a0I realize that the folks at Hallak<\/a> tried to fix her, I just don’t love the fix. \u00a0There were two holes in the scarf and apparently they were along the same fold line (honestly, I don’t really recall if there were on the same fold line on not, but based on the way she’s been repaired that’s all I can surmise). \u00a0Here’s a close-up:<\/p>\n

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See the black line down the middle? \u00a0That’s the fix. \u00a0Now you get the tears. \u00a0The saleswoman was lovely, I’ve worked with her before. Before I could speak, I could tell by her expression that she understood my frustration. \u00a0I calmly told her, “I’m not happy with the way this turned out. \u00a0I know I signed a release form, but I’m not happy with this.” \u00a0She felt my pain, said what were meant to be placating words and then went to have a talk with the manager. \u00a0While there I learned that I’m not the first person who’s loved her scarf to death and unfortunately, this is the “fix”. \u00a0They can’t weave the twill fibers back together. \u00a0However, all agreed that the fix does look somewhat like a band-aid upon further inspection. \u00a0Only this is a band-aid that can’t be peeled off when the boo-boo is healed. \u00a0Herm\u00e8s agreed not to charge me for the band-aid. \u00a0Lesson learned? \u00a0Take better care of my scarves. \u00a0Carry them in my bag in a protective case (Ziploc<\/a> bags are perfect for just such a thing) and store them in the flat square boxes they come in.<\/p>\n

I’m sad, Brazil is still my favorite. \u00a0But, there are people in Haiti trying to figure out how to survive and service men and women in Afghanistan hoping to come home alive. \u00a0If my only disappointment is the repair of my Herm\u00e8s scarf, I should count myself lucky and I do. \u00a0It’s easy to become tethered by earthly goods; my goal for 2010 is to loosen those ties, soar beyond them and be thankful for the wonderful family and friends I hold dear. \u00a0Because really, when it comes down to the come down, they’re what count most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well folks, I just picked up\u00a0Brazil from the Herm\u00e8s store on Madison Avenue. \u00a0Here she is from a distance: She looks ok, right? \u00a0Well that’s what I thought. \u00a0But then I looked closely and I admit it, tears sprung up in my eyes. \u00a0I realize that the folks at Hallak tried to fix her, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[94,263,276],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}