December 1, 1977 – Thursday - Alternative Considerations of ...

Went to work part of today. Patti Vasil gave a luncheon for the administrative staff at thePoodle Dog. We had Mai-Tais and wine. I ordered a martini and sautéed sweetbreads.I checked the Economic Benefits of a ___ ___ advice on my ___ ___ ___ and Dor cameto the office and met various people.We went home ___ ___ ___ ___ we went to Stacey’s ____ ___ looked for book for Loras a gift for Christmas. I decided to buy The Book of Lists.I went to the Temple to eat. I learned later that Dor and Eddie ate at ___ ___ across thestreet from our ___ house ___ because it was raining and they enjoyed it.I ___ ___ went to hear Anita ___ ___ which is on Polk a few blocks up. She is a singerof another era who has “come back” ___ ___ we were late ___ ___ ___ ___ ___At intermission we went downstairs and saw Bob O’Neill, who had told us he wascoming tonight with some of his friends. We joked with them for a while.I had Eddie and Dor take a taxi home.December 23, 1977 – FridayToday was a Bechtel holiday.I shopped at Safeway for chuck steak and broccoli. I had invited Laurie Efrein, GinaSeverns and Patti Chastain to lunch, thinking that Dor and Eddie would enjoy meetingthem and learning of their backgrounds.When my sisters came, we prepared lunch. They helped with salad. I intended to broilthe meat but the broiler didn’t get hot enough so I had to put it on top of the stove. Laurieand Gina arrived; Patti called that she couldn’t come, as she had to make posters for aTemple march tomorrow.The food was enjoyed but Dor was especially unpleasant with the guests. When I tried todraw Gina out about her experiences and she told of coming to the Temple, Dor thoughtshe was being propagandized and started to tell about her association with Veterans forPeace. Laurie was very shy about revealing anything unusual about her past. Neither ofmy sisters were impressed with Gina or Laurie, though with Patti, they are three of thebest friends I have at the Temple. Perhaps their youth and inexperience withsophisticated older was a handicap to them.In the afternoon, Eddie, Dor and I went to the Haight on a shopping expedition. Westopped at the old Haight Community Food store on Hayes Street which is now a generalcoop store. I had read they had some Indian material. I bought a piece for a bedspreadfor my bed in Jonestown. Then we went to Haight Street. I bought some groceries at the