August 6, 2006
Swells By The Numbers
Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 51. (Tony Blair and Ben Fong-Torres both pictured, and thus counted, twice).
Number of people in pictures whose names we recognize: 10. (Tony Blair, both Shultzes, Gavin the Newsom, Stanlee Gatti, Joanne Hayes-White, Heather Fong, Milton Friedman, Ben Fong-Torres, Sydney Kohara.) After some deliberation, we did not count Ray Dolby (founder of Dolby Labs) or anyone from Jefferson Airplane.
Number of people from Jefferson Airplane: 3. (counting their manager).
Minority count: 5. (10%). All Asian-American.
Getty v. Traina: 4-0. (3/4 Newsoms.)
Number of hats: 2 (1 tiara).
Stanlee Gatti count: 2.
Number of bands mentioned: 5. (Jefferson Airplane and Starship counted as two separate bands; Tony Blair's college band Ugly Rumours included.)
Number of sausages on sticks: 13.

