Dealmaker Media, best known for putting together the Under the Radar and Momentum conferences, held one of their periodic "Insider" parties last night at the Varnish gallery in SoMa. Dealmaker CEO Debbie Landa, the Sarah Jessica Parker lookalike pictured above with Yahoo executive Brad Horowitz, brought together a group of entrepreneurs from solid, growing companies, biz-devvers from the big boys, and the VCs who look to profit from both of them. Call it the anti-TechCrunch40. Sure, there was business-card swapping, but unlike every other Valley mixer, you could actually have a conversation with someone. Imagine that.

Like most of the blog chatter earlier this week, the conversations kept coming back to the TechCrunch40 conference held the day before. A fair number of the guests had attended the conference, and gossip about the event kept coming up. "It was a shit show," said one VC, even though he admitted a moment later that he was glad he went. The most scandalous revelation was one that every conference presenter should note and take to heart. Make sure the outfit you wear is neither see-through nor cut too short. Apparently the front few rows got an eyeful during one presentation, due to an unforeseen skirt-slit placement and an unfortunate choice of underwear. Oops.