It Takes a Real Capitalist to Put the Glitz in Glasnost

--The godfather of glasnost , Mikhail S. Gorbachev, will get a taste of Gotham glitz when multimillionaire developer Donald Trump gives him a tour of his 5th Avenue mall. The Soviet leader and his wife, Raisa, will be in New York this week to meet with President Reagan and President-elect George Bush. A spokesman for Trump, Dan Klores, said the Gorbachevs might only browse through the first floor of Trump Tower because of security arrangements, but they should get to see stores such as Cartier Jewelers and Bonwit Teller in their half-hour visit to the upscale shopping center. Trump, who lives on the top three floors of the tower, invited him for the visit when he learned Gorbachev would be visiting the United States. The two men met earlier this year at a White House dinner, Klores said. Gorbachev’s tentative schedule also includes a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and stops are possible at the World Trade Center, Central Park, theater district and New York Stock Exchange.

--Former President Jimmy Carter talks about sports and conservation and shoots a few quail in a 28-minute film produced by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Carter, a Democrat, paid half the cost of the $24,000 film, “Prince of Game Birds: The Bobwhite Quail,” and makes no jokes about Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle, the vice president-to-be. The former chief executive says that what he enjoys most about the hunting is training the dogs.

--Plenty of shopping days are left until Christmas, 1989, but time is running out for anyone seeking a seat at a sumptuous traditional feast in Yosemite National Park’s Ahwahnee Hotel. Only 350 people, chosen by lottery, are allowed into each of five seatings every year for the $100 seven-course Bracebridge Dinner, a four-hour pageant that photographer Ansel Adams helped to establish in 1927. Applications for the 1989 formal to semi-formal event must be in by Jan. 15. Squire Bracebridge’s Yorkshire Christmas celebration is adapted from a story by Washington Irving of Christmas in the late 1700s in Bracebridge Hall, a fictional English country estate. The Andrea Fulton Chorale and a cast of San Francisco-area actors, in period costumes, provide the entertainment, with each course of the meal presented to the squire in song. Those who want to attend are notified by letter if they beat the odds against getting in, which are said to be more than 10 to 1. Ahwahnee general manager Bill Wymore says cameras are banned from the dining hall to preserve the period atmosphere.