Quick observations and notes about the TechCrunch Party in Hollywood last night:

• Ate at Roscoes Chicken and Waffles prior to the party, which was sooo good despite the odd combination of foods.  Not the healthiest meal but…
• The venue (The Vanguard on Hollywood Blvd) was Chic, as advertised.  Many geeks inside, as advertised.
• There was an open bar all night.  It’s a good thing the conversation was good, inhibiting me from pouring more alcohol down my throat, which would have lowered my inhibitons, which would have caused next day embarassment.  Too many cameras around to act a fool.
• Mike Arrington looks like he’s lost weight.
• Perry Ferrell of Jane’s Addiction fame was the DJ, I had no idea that it was him until Jeff Turner pointed it out via his Flickr account.  He’s really toned his look down (Perry that is, Jeff’s still flambouyant as ever).
• Lot’s of smart people with great ideas.  Lot’s of head scratching stuff too, not going to call anyone out here as I appreciate the entrepreneurial dream.

Hung out around ‘the couch area’ of the club which looked like VIP but was for anyone to sit and chill, with Dustin Luther, Jeff Turner, Justin and Robert from DiverseSolutions.com (plus all their lovely wives), ‘Jessie B’ (thats what everyone called him, not just Jessie) an enigmatic guy who has a striking resemblance to Dennis Miller both in looks and smarts.

Jessie B. has some interesting ideas, one of them called ReTrove an aggregator of the listing aggregators, for lack of better description.

It’s still in early beta (= a little slow and glitchy, but cut it some slack) yet the concept is clear: To become a singular starting portal for consumers looking to Search real estate related information, mainly listings.

As major players (Prudential, Realogy etc) submit their listings to the Zillows and/or Trulias and/or Roosts etc, I as a consumer must visit multiple sites to find all of the listings in a given area.  ReTrove is attempting to address this problem.

Type in your city and state, related links populate the page from many of the larger aggregators.

Searching Irvine, CA I received results back that included: Zillow, Realtor.com, Cyberhomes, Movoto, and Windemere (2873 links total).  The number of indexable pages the ReTrove is creating must be massive, thus creating some serious SEO juice as the site matures.  Looking forward to seeing how ReTrove evolves.  Jessie B says late July is his target for greater site refinement and a broader announcement to the world.

Finally, a big thanks to Loren Nason (FutureofRealEstateTechnology.com) for organizing the TC get together, it was a blast.