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46 No, Vina married without knowing what awaited her. But they were both architects, and they were able to establish an architecture practice in Bombay. Vina had had a shop on north side of campus selling supplies to architecture students, as a part-time thing, so shop-keeping was a natural for her. I think she established a shop in Bombay for native arts. Well, after Pilu passed away, she came back here, and, rather than re- settling in Oakland, she went to Nebraska, or one of those states – she said she couldn't afford to live in the Bay Area. And somebody explained to me that she wouldn't be allowed, by the Indian government, to inherit any of Pilu's wealth. Yes, she gave up quite a bit. She gave up America to live in India, and then gave up that wonderful life she was living in India...that may explain also Randy's coming back to San Diego, to live in Escondido, when she did. Probably she couldn't inherit anything from Stan. There were some mixed couples who stayed in America – or who left and came back. As far as I know, most of the Norwegians and Swedes did go back – one of my best friends was Sig[vaard] Kihlgren. On my return after the war, right after registration, I was trudging up the hill, and I noticed this young man ahead of me talking to a couple of other people, and I thought, "I so like his manner; I better get to know this guy..." He has come back to visit. Nancy and I, in our travels, have had a chance to visit him. Sig's father was Swedish Consul General in Genoa, so we had the chance of seeing Sig in Sweden, and then he came over to Denmark when we were in Denmark. And then we visited him again when we were in Italy. His parents have one of the picture postcard houses as their getaway house, in Porto Fino. No, he married somebody back there...I've had some correspondence with his daughter – she was going to come and visit. Yes, I have kept in touch with many people around the world – I-House is great for that, and Rotary is great for that. Yes, Elliott Castello was one of my best friends in those Golden Years days – along with Gene Lee and Doug Powell....Doug's father was a Rotarian in Stockton. Part of Doug's job was to measure the snow pack every winter. We were going to get Doug to come and speak to our Rotarian club, but it never happened. Some of the people I've stayed in touch with? First of all, all the Berkeley Golden Years people. You are aware of the Wednesday Group? Quack [Mary Ann Quackenbush] Fisher and her late husband Galen [Fisher] started it when they were graduate students and had an apartment near the campus, knowing that some of the Golden Age people would like an "at home" on Wednesday evening. It's always been a joke: "We drank cheap sherry together!" So that's what we do – we gather at Quack's house at 7:30, and after an hour of drinking either cheap sherry or white wine, we send out either for Mexican food or hamburger-type food. Quack's been doing it every Wednesday since I-House.... Who comes? Jim and M.D. Baker, and Marion Ross, and the Horwitzes – Gene Horwitz was another person who was wonderful in those first years at I-House. Wednesday