Pete on Angeleno

I always think it's funny seeing your friends profiled in magazines, on TV, etc. Here's Pete Gurnz - founder of BOXeight, and soon to be the man of the hour - on the very back page of Angeleno.

Vogue's Wedding Gift Suggestions

The June issue of Vogue features bridal and wedding gifts. See a sample of them online.

BizBash Tonight

LA Event Industry peoples --- see you tonight?

Anthem Art Partay Tomorrow, Standard Downtown

Anthem magazine showcases Dutch artist Parra while spinning Stones Throw records at the Standard Downtown. rsvp here.

Portovert - 1st magazine for the eco-friendly bride & groom

In January, the first ever magazine for environmentally and socially conscious couples will be coming out online (to save paper!). The magazine will feature eco-chic ideas for engagement parties, bridal showers, weddings and other events.

www.portovert.com

Hot Damn! Saturday is bumping with art shows!

Unfortunately I've got this other holiday party to go to... but if you go out and take pictures, please send them to me! There's actually a LOT more stuff going on that this for art on Saturday, so if you want more info - either join the RSS feed or email us.

Create:Fixate, KCRW, & The Onion present

Alive in Los Angeles: 5 Year Anniversary
7pm - 2am : GALLERY PREVIEW 4-7pm
1530 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA *New Location*
$15 Admission : $5 and kids free before 7pm

THE LAB101 GALLERY presents
WINTER WONDERLAND
December 9 - December 22, 2006
40+ artists!!!
Opening Reception: 6 - 11pm
Free event and open to all ages

8530-B Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911

Art shown here will be on sale.
Created by Thylacine Graphics.





GALLERY CREWEST presents
SHOP HIP HOP
A Hip Hop Holiday Gift Affair:
Local Artwork, Fashion, Jewelry, Music & Books

Shop from 1 - 9pm

Too busy Saturday?
Shop Thursday, 12/14/06 from 4 - 9pm

Junc Gallery presents
Sean Cassidy and Zachary Rossman
Reception & Release Party for
Exit Strategy Magazine

7-10 p.m.

Anyone going to The Fader Mag party tonight?

The FADER Magazine & PUMA present GEN F LIVE

Featuring performances by
Kardinal Offishall & Professor Murder

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8th
Little Radio
1218 Long Beach Ave (near Olympic & Alameda)
Los Angeles, CA
Doors at 9pm
RSVP by Thursday, December 7th at 12pm EST to:
genflive@thefader.com

Or pick up your invite at the PUMA store
PUMA Century City
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Entry is on a first come basis so please arrive early!
Sponsored by Heineken
Must be 21 or older to attend

Send me some pics or video of Kardinall Offishall

Art Talk, Pizza & Anthem Magazine Tonight

Come listen to Kendell Carter talk about his recent work that is up now at the Hammer Museum. 6 p.m.

Eat the best pizza in LA at the newly opened Mozza. Yummmmmm....

Anthem Magazine celebrates their 25th with Paul Frank Industries. Open bar from 9 -10:30.

LA Weekly's Blank Blankly

LA WEEKLY is building its online community with BLANK BLANKLY. You upload a picture, put in two words of text and add it to their gallery. The above picture is our contribution. Feel free to make one and share with us in the comments below.

Special Events Magazine Article about Event Planners who Blog

So I just received my copy of the Special Events Magazine, and flipped through the pages and saw an article about special event planners who blog. It is very apparent that blogging is completely new to the special event planners' world and it should be interesting to see what new blogs suddenly pop up from someone reading this article.

I've had a few event planners tell me that they wanted to do a blog, but were too scared they'd say something wrong. I have actually owned a blog (under a different name) since blogger.com first opened, and maybe because I come from a generation that used forums to find their true loves, then Friendster to stay in touch with friends, then Myspace & Youtube to connect with the world around them, and next is Jumpcut to develop the average joe into a filmmaker, I love the fact that people are going to read my opinions and see my work, then either love me or hate me. Or at the very best, try to understand me and make a connection.

So, to all you event planners out there scared to let your hair down on the Internet, let me pave the way. Here's MY opinion about the blogs the Special Events magazine featured and their creators. Feel free to give me your opinions or show off your blog, if you have one.

The Party Goddess - LA Event Planner. This chick types too much. And definitely self-promotes too much. Has some outdated and or obvious resources...maybe because she's too busy out getting paid? Eh. NEXT.

Shackman Associates - NY Destination Mgmt & Event Planner. The blog is all about their picks for New York and is displayed neatly, with some nice pictures and links on where to go to New York. Their self-promotion is more savvy and less intrusive, with giveaways that you'd actually want and a few links to their website. BOOKMARK, no RSS feed.

Sue Pelletier / Face2Face - Editor of Associations Magazine. Sue posts everything that doesn't make it into the magazine here. Sometimes it's a little campy, but she usually has information about new trends in the industry that I find useful. BOOKMARK, no RSS feed.

Patti Shock - Professor at UNLV. She basically just takes what other people have written and throws it up as a digest on her blog. Kind of boring, but I'd RSS this to save myself time from hours of reading online, but she has it only set-up for bloglines. RSS - Oh wait. I can't.