Day 172 - June 29: Quotable Material

Maps of Antiquity is a great little store in our Chatham neighborhood.  An extremely knowledgeable and equally flamboyant fellow runs the place.  He scours the world for beautiful antique maps and nautical charts and people come from miles around to buy and sell, recognizing that he is the expert.  A few years ago, the four of us stopped in on a rainy day to browse.  While we were there, a woman came in and asked for a very specific map.  She described exactly what she was looking for, including the area depicted in the map, the dimensions, the colors, the age and the condition.  The proprietor was stumped - in all his travels, he had not come across such a map.  After giving it all a great deal of consideration, he asked with all seriousness, "Is this something you've seen, or seen in your head?".  I can't even remember her response - all I know is that the four Whitlas began to giggle, and we've used that line many times since that day.