The Most Secretive Club in America

There’s a great little kitschy dive bar in Lower Nob Hill in San Francisco called the Owl Tree. From the window seat, you can sip a dirty martini and look across the intersection of Post and Taylor at a looming ivy-clad, red-brick fortress. This is the city clubhouse of the highly exclusive men’s society, The Bohemian Club. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*Jl8HOXl0f9FbZUak.jpg" style="height:525px; width:700px" /> The Bohemian Club, San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons. Look closer, and you’ll see an etching of an owl staring right back. But it’s not just any owl, this one looks particularly startled and is surrounded by the words “Weaving Spiders Come Not Here.” This line, from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is the club motto and serves as a warning to leave all outside concerns at the door. <a href="https://thebolditalic.com/the-most-secretive-club-in-america-486c7607694b">Click Here</a>