We caught up with Mike D, whose doctor, Woodson Merrell, is in fact the founder of the Continuum Center. When asked about his Band of Outsiders suit, Diamond visibly perked up. "Scott [Sternberg] is the   man! 'Cause, you know, I'm a small man, and he is too, so it works out well for me." He said warmly of the designer, also giving due credit to his pocket squares: "Alexander Olch. Yeah. He's got the tie, pocket squares on lock, that guy."

During dinner, Elvis Costello gave a special intimate performance, featuring favorites like "Alison" and "Every Day I Write the Book." He's been hard at work creating new music (and played two new songs that evening), and hadn't really had time to listen to other things lately, but did admit to spending some time watching TV. "I was watching a very good documentary about Albert Kahn, the man who went to send the first color photographers around to photograph the world. I was watching that just last night.  It was fantastic." (Check out Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn)


As Costello ended with "(What's So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and  Understanding, our tablemate summed up the feelings in the room.

"Well, I feel zen now.  I can definitely die happy."