Here it is...

The embassy in Boston is a woman who owns a restaurant. She gets the visa apps, processes them in the same day, then mails them back - all in less than a week. Washington, NY and Los Angeles, on the other hand, take 3-5 weeks to process, when they don't lose your stuff, and when they actually accept you. I highly advise Boston.
That was it. The last timing, preparation, getting ready to go "thing" we had to get done. One month and counting.