Okay, I see the what and where. S.F.? But not why.
Shreve, Crump & Lowe is a snooty, over-priced jewelry store with locations in a number of “important” cities. Only the finest people shop there. To indicate that you haven’t heard of “Shreve” is to mark oneself as a classless peasant. I assume that the lawyer thought I was “from a good family” and headed for a brilliant career after attending Harvard Law School. When I didn’t know “Shreve”, she realized that I was not in her social class.