Elaine asks Jerry to attend a dinner party with her. He does so begrudgingly, and ends up meeting a woman there. He doesn’t get her name or number, but remembers she works for a law firm, Simon, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. He and George stake out the lobby of the office building where the law firm is located, in the hopes that Jerry will accidentally run into her.
While waiting to run into the woman, George and Jerry get nervous she will ask what they are doing in the building. The come up with an excuse that they are waiting for another friend, Art Vandalay. The name Art Vandalay will become a reoccurring alias that George uses throughout the series.