Vino Vignettes:

"My wife Frances was running a rooming house on West 25th Street when we first ran into A.A. back in 1940," said Tony--the 'Mr.' half of this fabulous couple who are among the best known 'man-and-wife' A.A.s in Manhattan. "Frances was cleaning up a guy's room in our house when she saw the A.A. book on his dresser and took a gander at it. Then she spoke to this character and he told her the A.A. Clubhouse--the old one--was right around the corner on 24th Street and what A.A. was all about.