* While Société Générale's clients sipped fine wines and ABN AMRO's enjoyed the tones of Heather Small from M People on Tuesday night, less refined revelers got down and dirty with the nearly naked bartenders at United Capital Markets' Baja Beach Club party.
* Several parties were marred--or not--by strong downpours which punctuated the week. "It was like a wet T-shirt competition," said one banker returning from a catamaran trip around the Barcelona marina that got caught in the rain.
* Guns were the gift of choice this year, coming in all varieties: water pistols, soap-bubble machines and air-propelled sponge-balls all allowed conference attendees to vent some pent up aggression.