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OW THAT the ski

season is over, |

thought I'd doa
round-up, of sorts, on
Whistler ‘92-’93.

Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS

Spent too much time there this
year. From now on, it’s one
weekend per season.

Not only has it fost its cachet,
but it’s impossible to work there,
there's a limit to the amount of
beer one can consume, and, as
my skiing abilities decline with the
advance of my years, | find flying
down Blackcomb on my face
rather tedious.

| will now concentrate on
cross-country skiing on the North
Shore mountains. It’s much more
practical, and a whole lot cheaper
— | don’t think a cappuccino costs
$5 at Grouse.

Finances played a part in
demographic changes at Whistler
this year and, I’m told, the future
could look brighter.

Ofticially, no one admits it, but a
Whistler businessman told me that
he believes that single women and
middle-income families can no
longer afford to ski there.

| guess the thing to remember is
that every gravy train has a
caboose.

Socially, not-a lot changes from
year to year.

I noted that Blackcomb staff
members are more polite than
they used to be. Presumably, their
employer had them take a course
of some kind.

Unless you're a Whistler resi-
dent, the Longhorn is no longer
the place to be seen apres ski — it
has been usurped by the deck at
Monk McQueen’s.

Monk's wins the Lamenosity
Award for worst slogans — it’s not
even grammatically correct.

Servers wear T-shirts reading
“Just because I slept with you,
doesn’t mean I'll ski with you.”
Please. . .

There were lots of corporate

NORTH VAN'S Nancy Greene,
sporting a T-shirt designed by
Ken Westman.

Early Bird
Specials

PATS A f

RESTAURANT

races this year — } went to
Featherstone & Co.’s 11th Annual
Mouton Cadet Spring Festival,
which was a huge success, raising
$2,000 for the Dave Murray
Foundation and $5,000 for the
Canadian National Ski Team.

The festival started with a food
and wine tasting at the Delta, for
which 300 people showed.

| spoke with North Van’s Nancy
Greene, who was sporting a T-shirt

’ designed by artist Ken Westman,

who'd donated the design to help
taise money for the Whistler and
Blackcomb Ski Club.

Featherstone also hosted the
Mouton Cadet Restaurant Race, in
which 77 teams participated.

Rock-101 CFMI won the media
division race, Umberto’s II
Caminetto won the Whistler divi-
sion race and North Van's Earl's
Tin Palace, consisting of Kim
Taylor, Chris Rollet and Kevin
Wallace, won the Vancouver divi-
sion race (they each won $250
and a slew of promotional ites).

Other North Shorites spotted
over the season included unofficial
Whistler social directors Brian
Petherbridge and Don Wood, of
North Van's Coastal Mountain
Water; the Avalon’s Ken Hut-
chinson with BCTV’s Pamela

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BRIAN PETHERBRIDGE (left) and Don Woed of North Van-
couver’s Coastal Mountain Water, unofficial social directors at

Whistler.

Introducing
Cameron Miller
to Dundarave

Martin; and North Van's Anna
Kovecses, who had just completed
her tenure as a seasonal
Blackcomb employee and is now
looking for something new,

The hottest gossip from Whistler
this year comes from an executive
tied to the Richard Gere film In-
tersection, now shooting here.

He reports that Harry Moll’s
Whistler cabin has been fully used
in recent weeks — by Vancouver
stock broker/playboy Frank
Anderson and, of all people, ac-
tress Sharon Stone.

The two met one evening when
Anderson drove up to II Giardino
in his Ferrari at the same time that
Stone arrived in her limo.

She made a fuss over his car, he
lent it to her for the weekend, and
then he offered to take her skiing.

What a guy.

Yo, Frank — wise up. Stone’s
engaged to/living with Bill Mac-
Donald, the producer of her just-
released film Sliver, (Frank will
never work in Hollywood again.)

Worse, she kisses and tells —
gives details, in fact. We all know
that she'd prefer a dirt sandwich to
Dwight Yoakam, but Frank,
remember that another ex, actor
Hart Bochner, refers to her as
“the anti-Christ.”

Cameron comes to our salon from Toronto. Over the last
thirteen years Cameron has travelled across Canada,
developing his own technique in cutting and styling
using studio, photo and fashion show venues. When you
pay the regular price of $48.00 for a hair cut and style
with Cameron you receive a free perm (value
98.00).This offer limited to 1st time clients, and will be
effective from now, until June 30, '93. There are 100
appointments available for this special.

Appointments Sunday to Wednesday 10am-5pm
2457 Marine Drive, West Vancouver B.C.

photos Loutss Aird .
THE HOSTS of the Mouton Cadet Spring Festival, Dick Doorman
(left) and Chris Dickson of Featherstone & Co.

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