Everywhere else in their life, they may be living on deadline. The Bellevue Club, with its 12,000 members and families, has found the same thing, says general manager Beth Curtis. People are very health-minded now. They are working in the social aspect with the fitness. At the Spokane Club, the family angle has greatly enhanced the club's activities and facilities, says general manager Alan Arsenault.
Sports stars come by to assist with children's leagues.
Children are invited to learn to swim and sail with their parents. People still join to schmooze with potential business contacts, admits George Corcoran of the Rainier Club. To this end, the theater created by a private club rarely allows shorts and denim in its fanciest areas. But this may be a historical rite. After all, private clubs were designed as invitation-only social centers governed by the city's elite.