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It is never too late to cover an event, right? Even if it is half a month late?

The Laughing Squid party was definitely the geek event of the month of May - at least in San Francisco. It was a celebration of 13 years of Laughing Squid - a blog/list of all things art, culture and technology.

Needing dinner, I went to Blowfish Sushi a few doors down prior to attending. Unfortunately, some good conversation and slow service led to showing up rather late for the party. I missed a lot of the stuff that maybe Cianna can fill us in on. She arrived much earlier than I did.

The good news is that I can look through everything I missed. We hired super star photographer Andrei Z to cover the event. You can see the full archive of photography HERE

So, what did I not miss? I ran into lots of local SF icons that I’ve known over the past 10 years. People I haven’t seen in at least five of those past 10. So, it was a reunion of sorts. This was the same commentary I heard from a few other people. 1/3 of my life was in that room. Pretty interesting

There was a non-stop supply of grilled cheese sandwiches. They would appear randomly just when you needed one but didn’t know you did. A robot that served you beer, stilt walkers, Frank Chu, R2D2 and some spinning cool LED thingers.

I missed the Nerdcore rapper and the yoyo performer, but I got there just in time for swing dancing, a marching band and some zombie cheerleaders. I have loads of video from the zombie cheerleaders that I’ll upload to YouTube soon. They were fascinating. I almost missed the band, because I was saying goodbye to everyone, but then they came roaring out of the back hall and I was captivated for another hour.

Overall it was a fantastic event. Scott Beale knows how to throw a party.

Happy 13th birthday Laughing Squid and a late happy birthday to Scott.