Week Around The -Ists...

Revel in it Bay Area NBA fans: this year the Western Conference playoffs mean something, because for the first time in 13 years, the hometown Warriors are part of the party.

So let's take a quick drive down the lane and see what the Warriors are going to have to deal with as they knife their way to the Finals. (Yeah, we know, but just roll with the sentiment. It's been 13 years and there's an abundance of pent-up enthusiasm to be dissipated.)

Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 58. Number of people pictured whom we recognize: 12. (There's a big party for the Legion of Honor's "Masterpieces of French Jewelry" show with all the Swells A names, along with Ross Mirkarimi and a bunch of Asian-Americans at a party for Norm Mineta.) Minority count: 24.1% (14). Getty v. Traina: 3-4 (not counting multiple mentions. Counting every mention, it's 11-8, with Dede and......