The final Commanders Club Fall Gala of the 20th century was held in October of 1999. Through the largesse of an MI5 benefactor, the event was contained, if barely, in an empty mansion in San Francisco's tony Pacific Heights. Guests were provided with nothing more than cryptic directions to an intersection . . and told to look for something that seemed right. Once they spotted the "Universal Exports" brass plate on the door, they knew they had arrived, and the world of 007 awaited inside.
