“Post-war San Francisco was a party. People worked hard all day long, just to party hard all night. The building boom gave young ex-GI architects a chance to build new houses for parties. Developer Henry Doelger covered the waves of white sands dunes just above the Pacific with waves of white Doelger Homes. Barges and ferryboats were converted to homes and offices. Businessmen commissioned skyscrapers topped with cocktail bars. Artists painted huge canvases for socialites to party in front of. Women painted their toenails. Each invitation was a mandate. Each party, a performance.”
(Officially obsessed with Barbara Stauffacher Solomon.)
