I got a last second email from my editor at the Village Voice asking me to cover the WIRED Magazine Store opening.  They opened a new store in the Meat Packing district and they threw a big party with an open bar and free food.  The place was insanely packed and until it cleared out a little bit I could barely get any pictures. It was pretty crazy for a room full of tech geeks. Clearly they know how to party… I mean they got Moby to DJ…

Moby also designed an interactive mural in the store. Several other celebrities worked on the store design including a gaming area designed by Tony Hawk and a green area designed by Adrian Grenier. On top of Moby a number of celebs showed up. The biggest of them probably being Chris Noth from Sex In The City, and far more importantly, Law And Order: Criminal Intent which is one of my favorite shows.  When I saw him I meant to tap him lightly on the shoulder, but right as I went to tap him, he walked towards me and my tap became a shove. He looked at me like he wanted to punch  me, but I told him I was a big CI fan and he posed for some pictures.

Another favorite show of mine is 30 Rock and Scott Adsit who plays Pete on the show was there. I told him I had seen him at another event, but he was with his kid so I didn’t want to bother him.  He told me it was his nephew and thanked me for bothering him now. I thought that was pretty funny.

I also met musicians Gavin DeGraw and Nicole Atikins, but the one celeb everyone was most excited about was Vince Offer aka the ShamWow! guy. People were running up to him to get his picture and he made crazy face and gave thumbs up signs all night.  That guy is pretty epic. He also once punched a hooker. The really weird thing about meeting him was that the slap chop rap remix was in my head all day for some weird reason, and when I get to the party, there he is… “Hi, it’s Vince with the Slap Chop. Slap your troubles away…”

Yes indeed, slap your troubles away…

Check out all the pictures from the WIRED party here.

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