Cut-Rate Retro

The secret sale rack at a high-end designer boutique

ari poses a dilemma. On the one hand, it’s an old-lady boutique. Old-lady stores are great because, without intending it, they make you feel skinny, they carry merchandise that no one under 30 could usually find, and they have cool retro-style stuff. On the other hand, they can be expensive. (We’re talking designer old-lady clothes.) The sale rack hidden away in Jari's basement solves this conundrum. Same cool clothes, much more reasonable prices. And yes, the running water you hear is from a fountain. Old-lady stores have fountains. Horton

Shhhh! Laura Thresher Johnson, a Boston nurse,
was the oldest person to receive a master’s degree from Sam Houston State University. She was 90.

Shhhh! The Fountain writer and director
Darren Aronofsky is a Harvard grad.

Shhhh! There's also a new consignment
corner rich with barely worn cocktail dresses,
dinner suits, costume jewelry, and evening
bags. If Jari buys your old clothes, you'll get
60 percent of the selling price as a store credit.

Shhh who knew

Clarendon Street is named for the Earl of Clarendon, a 17th-century British chancellor of the exchequer who fell out of favor with King Charles II and was forced into exile—though not to Boston. His grandson later became a colonial governor of New York.