... that an early incarnation of Bimbo's 365 Club (pictured) in San Francisco included Dolfina, a nude woman who appeared to swim inside a large aquarium over the bar?
... that the Council on Religion and the Homosexual once held a fundraiser dance despite intimidation from San Francisco police?
... that William C. McInnes, one of the first Jesuits to study business administration, simultaneously served as the president of both Fairfield University and the University of San Francisco for four months?
... that eclectic and non-traditional Quartet San Francisco has been nominated five times for Grammy Awards, most recently for QSF Plays Brubeck, the first all-Dave Brubeck string quartet recording?
... that the Bolinas, California-based unconventional winemaker Sean Thackrey was previously an art dealer?

January - March - 2010