Below, you’ll find accounts of an eight-month odyssey to track down a bottle of whiskey, making mood boards of clients’ feet, and trucking in two tons of snow to transform a Bel-Air cul-de-sac into a winter wonderland
,” Edie, a stylist’s assistant, typically begins shopping for gifts in March. One client mentioned that he hadn’t been able to buy the previous year’s limited-edition bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, so the stylist asked Edie to track down the new version.
After reaching out to 80 stores in Manhattan, Edie found one in midtown that put her down as No. 9 or 10 on the wait list. She then called weekly asking for updates, to the point, she says, that “the poor salesman was like, ‘Please don’t harass me. I’ll let you know when it comes.” Finally, right after Thanksgiving, the salesman called to say the shipment had arrived and he would set a bottle aside for her.
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