How we stash cash and where we blow it
Sunday, August 6, 2006
CARTER RABASA, 28,
Founder and president, D.C. Kickball, Adams Morgan
>Save:
"Half-price burger nights at various bars. Angles in Adams Morgan shares a kitchen with Little Fountain Cafe, so their bar food is particularly good."
>>YIELD: $10
a week, just about. Angles offers two burgers for $9.95, the usual price of one, from Tuesday through Sunday; Rabasa splits the deal with a friend about twice a week.
>>Splurge:
"I'm a total homer for Apple products. When a new line of laptops came out
recently I was on the pre-order list. It's a MacBook Pro with Intel chip. It's great. I also have my iPod plus all the accessories."
>>cost: $3,800
since last year, including the purchase of a Mac mini, a 15-inch MacBook Pro and an iPod.
Interview by Kate Ghiloni
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