Scene Last Night: Clintons, Tony James at Elephants Gala

Tony James, after giving a bullish forecast for alternative assets at Blackstone Group’s investor day, joined Hillary and Bill Clinton for dinner in a tent last night at the Central Park Zoo.

The meal was sea bass, catered by Creative Edge Parties. The occasion, a gala for the Wildlife Conservation Society billed as a “celebration of gentle giants,” referring to the African elephant, not the honorees: Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and conservation philanthropist Diane Christensen, a WCS trustee.