November 25, 2006

Article about my grandmother from Friday's Washington Post (11/24/06) -- Bryce Blair

Paree Bakhtiar Blair; Beloved by Hippies
By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post: Paree Bakhtiar Blair, who fed the hippies "loveburgers" in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in the late 1960s, died of sepsis Oct. 31 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. She was 74. Dubbed "Love" and "the Mother of Haight" by the community, the flamboyant, flame-haired Ms. Blair was famous for her 25-cent burgers and "lovedogs," which she gave away if she thought someone really needed it >>> Full text

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