We Like To Party: Paper Mag + Converse bring art and expression to Los Angeles.

Yesterday, Paper Magazine and Converse hosted the pub's annual 'We Love LA' bash, this time with an art twist. While the evening festivities at the Montalban Theatre in Hollywood promised live music, DJs and a livelier tone, I also sensed they'd be accompanied by a buttload of sweaty, young hipsters so I opted for the lower-key daytime fare. The lovely Ana Calderon DJed. Canvas tote bags were available for stenciling and creative expression thanks to Karen Kimmel's Art of Exchange. Costumes, photo opps, and murals were available for the children and daring adults over 20. And daylight didn't stop an open bar courtesy of Yours Truly's favorite vodka, Grey Goose.

[Image Credit: Jessie B. R. ]

The RSVP Line: Tonight! At Home Restaurant in Silverlake

Tonight! DJ Scott T. Sterling will join L.A. singer-songwriter Julianna Raye and the organic folk of Cydney Robinson for a low-key evening at HOME SILVERLAKE.

9 p - 2 a

HOME
2500 Riverside Dr.
Los Angeles, CA

HOME has both a full kitchen and a full bar so come early for dinner and stay for drinks!

For more information, CLICK HERE.

Hope to see you there. I mean, c'mon, it's the best idea you've heard all day.

xo * Jessie B. R.

The holiday hoopla circuit.

Holiday parties are like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you get one that's sweet. Sometimes you get one that's stale and chips your tooth. Despite this year's economic recession and the subsequent cutting of holiday parties from many companies' budgets, 2008 has still seen its fair share of personal, corporate and community holiday parties. A few highlights from this year's holiday festivities...

Alternative Apparel, Georgia's comfy, cotton answer to LA's American Apparel, hosted its holiday party at its pop up shop in Hollywood. Lukaas Haas [whom I know I know but can't tell you why] hosted and performed (pictured left)...

OK Go's lovely Tim Nordwind (pictured left) DJ'ed [because no Hollywood party is complete without an actor/bandmember-turned DJ]...

Akasha, Downtown Culver City's organic restauant, catered, providing the key elements to any good party: cupcakes and bubbly.

The Uncompany Collective celebrated the holidays last Sunday by gathering the city's unemployed, laid-off and still employed [but likely not for long] creatives at the Good Magazine space. Nothing makes job unstability more comforting than mimosas, muffins and other folks as unsure of the future as you are.

And then there were the friends' parties. There were the ones that were amazing, the ones that were awkward, and the ones where shoes were not allowed. Thank goodness for holiday slippers (pictured left).