Simon Doonan, Barneys New York creative ambassador at large and author has known the Ospitals since the 1980s. 
“We would sit in the store and just chat for hours,” Doonan says of the first MAC boutique on Post St., which he also did windows for. “Then at some point they’d zip to Chinatown and get custard cremes for everyone. We’d go to North Beach to the old clubs like the Condor to see Carole Doda. They had a friend that imitated Patsy Cline and we’d go see him. My generation associated San Francisco with things that were unconventional and counter-culture and Ben and Chris always know everything interesting going on. They’re the keys to the city.” Photo: Ben Gabbe, Getty Images For Barneys New Yor