Courtships Weirder Than Ours

February, 1989

So you take this real zonzy young otter to the Four Cirques by cab ($5.50). Dinner avec wine ($185.85). Tip the maître d' ($10), even though he interrupted your most amusing anecdote with "Is everything all right, sir?" Cab to Phantom of the Chorus Line ($6.50), tickets ($100). Cab to some funkadelic disco in a converted reform synagogue ($7). Cover ($40), tip ($20) for the bouncer so both ear lobes won't have to be amputated from standing outside in 15-degree cold. Drink charge inside...