Swells By The Numbers

Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 56.

Total number of people pictured whom we recognize: 11.

Minority count: 4 (7%).

Hats, capes, tiaras:13, 0, 1. Hat count includes three wimples; tiara count does not include the festive plumage shooting out behind Elvis's head.

Getty v. Traina: 2-0.

The day next month's W magazine appears on newsstands, with an article exposing the SF social scene: 12/22. We're so excited!

This week's anniversary count: 50th (San Francisco Film Society) and 30th (Tom Sweeney's tenure as the head doorman at the St. Francis).

Number of residents cared for at St. Anne's Home For The Elderly, the beneficiary of the Red Tie Gala event (where, as you may remember, Gavin debuted newest date Jennifer Siebel): 19.

Amount of money the Red Tie Gala raised: $760,000.

The "Unholy Trinity" at Edna O'Brien's reading at the Holy Grail: Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner, "mayormaker" Jack Davis, and reporter Warren Hinkle.

Number of girdles Jack Davis claimed Warren Hinkle had gone through for his Dame Edna outfit: 3.

For some reason, there's no Swells pictures online today -- so we're swapping in the color version of the b/w Drew Altizer picture we would have used, which features Gavin Newsom with Jack Davis, Carmen Policy, and Angelo Sangiacomo. Nice that the blue tie is not cut off by the PROOF watermark!