Friday, December 21, 1979—New York—Vail, Colorado
We got to Denver at 5:30. Catherine and I got drunk on the plane and had fun with a lady who collects big jewelry who used to live in the Ritz Towers. She lost a silver ring on the plane but she didn’t care about it because it was just silver. She was on her way to Taos. There was a kind of van waiting to take us to Vail. A beautiful Redcap girl carried our heavy bags (tip $10). Got to Jed’s house at 7:40. The altitude really got to me, I got terrible chest pains. I think it’s because of when I was shot. It wasn’t bad in Denver because Denver’s lower, and when I was in Mexico City once I felt it but not this bad. The whole house looks like a big sauna. This is the house Jed bought with Peter and Sandy Brant. It’s by Venturi. It’s all wood and simple and clean. The second floor is bedrooms. The kitchen is on the third floor, the living room on the fourth. The furniture is all Stickley.
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