Truly - there i was at the Tribeca Film Festival Opening Party at the Apple Store in Soho. The lights were down low. There was an open bar. The DJ was taking requests by borrowing people's IPODS...

a techno/film/ny night that could hardly be duplicated. Julianna Margulies was hanging out near the Genius Bar. The comedian known as RENO was holding court... sans dog, filmmaker Michael Soloman was there wearing a nifty jacket with the title "HOW TO EAT YOUR WATERMELON IN WHITE COMPANY (and enjoy it)" stitched on the back. A walking billboard for his film on Melvin Van Peebles.

Oh, but you're wondering about the Gates sighting?

Well, as god is my witness - on the big screen in the demo area - there they were... the Gates, in all they saffron glory. No sign of Christo & or Jeanne-Claude... but the Gates were there. I swear!

(btw - this was my second night in a row at the Apple Store, since last night was the monthly almost legendary NY Tech Meet-Up, hosted by Scott Heiferman. And despite the fact that the Apple folks had insisted that only apple products be demo'd - Jeremiah, 8-bit artist extraordinaire, had snuck a Nintendo Game system in for the nights musical entertainment. Devo sounding tunes, minus the red wedding cake plastic hats).