Sundance is for catching up … with Mandy Moore?

As for the people we met. I knew Kim Salyer when we were both seniors at Frank W. Cox High School in 1964-65. He now owns a video-processing company in San Francisco , and we connected between two of the movies, catching up on our lives.

Equally strange was what my daughter had told me: Her former boyfriend, the singer-songwriter Kevin Devine , was in Park City and had been hired to perform at the Celsius with a number of other people (including Zooey Deschanel). After the Abu Ghraib movie, we went to the Celsius, stood in line and were just about to get in when Kevin walked out.

Hugs all around, and then we went off to drink some coffee and hear about Kevin’s career (four LPs, the latest for Capitol Records) and travels (throughout the U.S. eight months of the year, plus Europe). Then more hugs, plus promises to get together once again before we go home.

Earlier in the day, I had seen the guy with whom I almost got into a fistfight with several years ago. Strange. He never says hi.

Oh, and Mandy Moore? She slipped into the Celsius just before Kevin stepped out. And trust me, folks: She’s as cute in person as she is on the big screen.

Today is Saturday. The adventure continues.