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© NANTUCKET;. Massachusetts ~ — 1 can’t believe we. just -

‘T suppose I should have seen it
coming. We had lunch that. day...
here on Nantucket, "an ‘an n island 50"

. spent a third of a thousand dollars on ... a bread basket.

fered accommodation at $27 a

might: (linen and -one-ply toilet -
“paper included; bring. your own -
; , blankets, coat hangers and soap).

We ‘stayed at a student resi-

ae dence, in a fourth-floor, top-of-

were , escorting’ :son"Matt_ io. the

start of his. first: ‘year_at college in .

Lee ‘> juggiers,: : fo

tory style ‘“‘suite’’ overlooking a.

= grassy. quadrangle. (Whenever. you
-travel and want economical ac-

commodation, check colleges and
-universities

to’ ask if. space is ‘available before

: or after:a.school year, even if you
aren’t related to the'student.)
* “My ‘budget’ and “I continued to
‘smile. when we discovered pay
phones ix the Boston area still cost
only a dime. Street entertainers —

ing- a player. piano.

- evening of inexpensive. diversions. -

-Mandy. and I then flew here to

“iwe’d been saving, U felt-we could

*“janage ‘a sraalt splurge. Little ‘did -

“+ inow what lay ahead:*°

Cambridge, a suburb of Boston.

I worried a little when’ I found
that changing planes in Chicago

“meant we were on the ground in- .
stead of the:air at lunch time, But
.aftes we took off, United Airlines
“carae- through with a: “snack’?.

which, |-in, ‘true: American style, ©

“ turned- out:to.be a sandwich with -
+>. all the trimmings; it easily: passed: :
on for lunch. Bu AS :
- <n ‘Cambridge, 7a hotel room: for
. thé ‘three of:us ‘would have cost-
-$100-$250-2 night (all ‘prices “in

Canadian dollars). But‘ the univer-..

‘sity’s international office had of-:* :

|Anew
law firm!

Suite 300, 233 West 1st Street,

North Vancouver, B.C.
v7

fisst restaurant. ‘We could go for

lunch —- ‘the prices. are probably _
half what they'd be for dinner,”” I

said to Mandy.

I thanked my pennypinching in-
stincts. when, two hours and a
superb meal later, the bill. arrived
— for $102. ;

Still, cur visit had included a
(free) tour .of the testaurant’s
.20,000-bottle wine. cellar (arguably
one of the test. in the world),
which turned on: to be two
nondescript but climate-controiled
Sheds: out back (one for the red
wine; one for the white), both
- guarded by dogs.

Our’ guide was chef-owner
_ Jean-Charles Berrust, who came to
“the U.S.. from France to be the
* private chef of Earle MacAusland,
- founder.and publisher of Gourmet
Magazine, and stayed to open

- Donald Jabour, BA LLB,

has practised law tor 30 years, 11 of those

* on the North Shore. He was the first lawyer
in Canada to advertise and to pioneer the
use of legal clinics ta make legal services
tore affordable and accessible to the
consumer. He is active in musicat theatre

*. and has been a director of the West

. Vancouver Youth Band.

Dan M. Sudeyko, BA BSW LLB
Former Canadian National Soccer Team
member and current member of the
Vancouver 86ers Soccer Team, Dan has

- worked as a parote officer with Corrections

Canada anu as a social worker with the
Ministry ‘of Human Resources.

Janine M. Stawarl, BA LLB,

was called tn the bar of 8 C.in 1985. Born |
_ and raised in Vancouver, Janine has been a

. North Stiore resident for 20 years. -

lksingers :a man play- .

Chanticleer almost 20 years ago. -
“Still, .$102 for Tuncit... I tried to
make: amends by stopping in at a

“My budeet and I
continued to smile when
we discovered pay phones
‘in. the Boston area stilt
cost only a dime. Street
entertainers ~ jugglers,
Solk singers, a man

playing a player piano - _
provided an evening of

inexpensive diversions....°
after all the money we'd —
been saving, I felt we
could manage a small

splurge, Little did I know
- what lay ahead.’?:.

Nantucket: ‘After all the- money .- ot - peer

. supermarket to buy some
marked-down grapes (79 cents in- |

' stead. of $1.29 a pound). It was the

.. The Chanticleer _ was ‘recom- . ;

:- ‘mended to‘ us as Nantucket’s fan-.

. When: it comes to retirement
counselling, many financial institutions
will flip you a couple of brochures and

say, “Pick a plan...”

wrong g thing to do. .

In the supermarket, many of the
women shoppers carried the
Lightship handbag/basket unique
to Nantucket. Originally made by
sailors during their long months
off shore aboard the Nantucket
Lightships, these baskets now cost
between $85 and $2,500.

. Mandy had heard of Karl and
Susan Ottison, who continue to
make the baskets today. ‘‘Let’s
stop by — it'll be interesting to sve
how they are made and hear more
about them,’’ Mandy said. |
' The Ottisons. showed .us how
they form .and weave the baskets
out of. cane, with cherrywood

bases and. covers topped by scrim: .

shaw (carved ivory).

“| don’t. think . the handbag

basket is for me,” said Mandy. I

’ sighed with relief. ‘““But lock, they

also make bread bask :
Reliving what ‘came next: is pain-
ful, so. Pl cut it short? we walked
out of:there. with a bread basket
for which we paid’ $340. ‘‘That’s

‘your..Christmas present for the

next three years,’? I muttered, but

* Mandy was too busy admiring her

serious subject.

bread basket to hear.

““Why don’t we eat in tonight?””
She said as we. returned to. our
bed-and-breakfast guest house. 1

thought that. was a singularly

sound suggestion. ~

We had the 79-cent grapes, add-
ed some meat and cheese for $1.35

ane four rolls ($1.26) to put into -
the bread basket —- $3.40 for the ©
stomach and $340 for the eye. But
I’m afraid it will be a long time
before .I can see eye-to-eye with
that basket — after all ¢ the bread it ©
cost us. -

ene

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writes a money column which ap-

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Canada. Although he also works
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viser, Mike will respond to readers’

questions and story ideas through
“the

le paper. ..
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