Zenyatta's fans were excited about the opportunity to lunch together, meet Zenyatta's connections for autographs, buy memorabilia and basically relive their Zenyatta experiences.
Their lifestyle was highly desirable and didn't seem impossible: form a band, move into a ramshackle flat together, meet loads of girls.
Together, "Meet the Press" and its rival "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" provided an arresting tableau of the reversal of fortunes in the Democratic race.
Two people go out to dinner together, meet each other at shows, take vacations, and suddenly living across town from each other isn't such a big deal.
To overcome divisions, and to build a more shared understanding of what is going right and wrong in the world, the organisations that make up the sector, and the people who make up those organisations, need to redouble their efforts to work together, meet together and build a collective front.
What started out as an event intended for eight friends at home turned into over 80 people showing up at a church to eat together, meet people they wouldn't usually encounter on a Saturday night, and break down the wall between Islam and LGBT communities.
