Dinner Report - 5/21/07

* MANDARIN ORIENTAL *
(Columbus Circle)

various hors d'ouvres
- beef kabob
- tempura shrimp
- red pepper hummus
- spicy tuna
- mini egg roll
mixed green salad
filet mignon
strawberry torte
bourbon
wine

BMG Columbiahouse was a gold sponsor for this City of Hope benefit and I was lucky enough to be invited. It was a roast of Alan Grubman (old school music lawyer,) so there were a lot of industry people either ivolved or in the crowd including Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, John Mellencamp, and Bryant Gumbel. However, the most exciting celebrity I saw was the guest of honor's daughter... Lizzie Grubman (remember her?) She looked like a train wreck.

Star Sighting

!! ADAM YAUCH aka MCA !!



Ch-Check It Out - it finally happened... I met a Beastie Boy. After following them for 20 years, it was a definite shock & I couldn't really say much. Bruce and I were in a bar at his cousin-in-law's birthday party & MCA was there as well (his wife and the birthday girl are friends.) I talked to him for a couple minutes, then Bruce did, then Bruce got a picture with him, then we stood in a group of people for a little bit longer, then MCA and his wife left. It might have been 20 or 30 minutes total, and despite later thinking of a million things I could have said, it was cool.