Hard times

Although the economy had forced Claudette to frequent all-you-can-eat establishments, she refused to be confused with "those people." "My palette had grown accustomed to the Lobster Shack, but the ambiance was so unrefined," she recalls. This Victorian bib was just what was needed to class-up the meal. "I may be forced to eat like a Barbarian, but I refuse to look like one!"