Years ago, when I had a proper office in downtown Palo Alto and Facebook was still operating as a much smaller company there, I would see Mark Zuckerberg fairly regularly. Not to meet him, of course, but just seeing him doing this or that with co-workers, or maybe on the Stanford campus. Sightings of high-tech celebrities are not uncommon here, and folks know pretty much to leave them alone, particularly since they probably have security watching over them.

Last night, however, I saw him for the first time in a very long time, and in a rather unlikely place. I didn’t recognize him at first, since he’s got the Cool New Zuck appearance going………