Downtown Sausalito
Waterfront town district of Victorian-era storefronts, marinas, and bay views along a historic promenade.
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This guide to downtown Sausalito follows Sally Stanford, San Francisco's most notorious Nob Hill madam, after the police finally shut her down in 1949 and she crossed the bay to open a waterfront restaurant called Valhalla. You'll hear about the celebrity regulars who filled the place, the barber's chair she kept by the register, and the reputation that followed her across the water. From there the guide turns to her next unlikely ambition: getting Sausalito's city council to take her seriously.
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