The Party with Palermo was a great success.  There were 29 people who made it for the geek dinner portion, and we had _tons_ of people show up at the bar and stay until past midnight.  Here are some of the people who made it (and wrote legibly on my notepad):

• Scott Bellware
• Rob Zelt
• John Lowthers
• Jeff Schoolcraft
• Mickey Gousset
• Laura E. Hunter
• Jean-Luc David
• Ivan Brightly
• Chris Dufour
• Darrell Norton
• Renee Rieser
• J. Michael Palermo IV
• Christian Weyer
• Amanda Murphy
• Shane Perran
• Scott Fremeau
• Matt Gillmore
• Melissa Demcsak
• DonXML Demcsak
• Frank La Vigne
• Don Smith
• John Bristowe
• Scott Hanselman
• Juval Lowey

We also had quite a turn-out at the bar later this evening.  Here are some of the people who made it to the bar:

• Carl Franklin
• Richard Campbell
• Brian Noyes
• Tim Huckaby
• Michele Leroux Bustamante
• Richard Hundhausen
• Matt Ranlett
• Ingo Rammer

We had a great time!  At the bar, I started out talking with Michael Palermo about our web content management systems.  Both of us have developed one from scratch, so we compared the approaches.  Around 1AM, Don Smith, Carl Franklin, and I went out for a bit of breakfast, and then we called it a night!  The Palermo After Party is already in the planning stages for Friday evening.  Stay tuned for the details.