nuclear meltdown in America, Rainbow Valentine’s mom fled to San Francisco, landing  in Beatnik central of the early 60’s where she married a famous, mid-century modern jeweler with access to Stanford-made  LSD, became a bellydancing sidekick to a fire-eating Holocaust survivor, made bling for rock stars plus stories about Tijuana, Lenny Bruce, Dizzy Gillespie, the Coffee Gallery, the Committee comedy troupe, Janis Joplin, Mexican wrestlers, illegal gay bars, her third husband, TV actor, Howard Hesseman (of WKRP in Cincinnati)  and more.

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