A Random Night in LA

Steve and I have many random nights in LA, where we set out to do one thing and then find ourselves whisked into something that is far more glamorous than we ever expected (or should be allowed into...).

I was covering Honey, the awesome new restaurant located in the Avalon/Spider Club here in LA. You often hear about the club on entertainment shows and in magazines with young celebs congregating here. The whole space is a magnificent converted theater with Avalon being the main dance/performance venue while Spider Club is a smaller lounge/dance space upstairs. Just so's you know, the food at Honey is basic and brilliant. Steve's Kobe beef burger with Gruyere cheese was voluptuous while my salmon with crisp bacon was buttery goodness, and our three cosmopolitans (um, each) were honestly some of the best beverages we've had in LA and NOT overpriced.

Some random Goth band was playing at Avalon-- which Steve used to listen to when he was in high school and very dark-- and in Spider Club (pictured here) they had a fashion show for Cadillac Hammer, a new jewelry line. Hot models, great cocktails, and then we met Kenneth Brown from HGTV's show, reDesign . Such a great guy, we actually got to be gushing fans with him, and he was friends with Josh "Cadillac" Cappo, the designer.

Josh is a young, energetic guy with an eye for men's and women's jewelry. He should, his mom is designer Erica Courtney whom I've written about for Los Angeles Confidential. Here's a sample of Erica's work, and her client list includes Julia Roberts, Sheryl Crow and many, many more. But what's really cool about Josh is that he's really doing this on his own, taking advice from Mom but not simply riding her success.

After meeting Josh we ran into Jonathan Grahm of Compartes Chocolates in Brentwood. I wrote about the 21-year old chocolatier for Frontiers Newsmagazine and I'll be interviewing him again next week for Metrosource. You can read about him in the current issue of Out Magazine but I think he's also in the new issue of US Weekly and he was on Kathy Griffin's show for a second. He makes these things called "Love Nuts" that are truly decadent treats-- nuts covered in caramel, dashed with sea salt, covered in his wonderful chocolate and then dusted with cocoa. YUM! Anyway, I felt very popular.

No Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan sightings, but we did get gift bags, which is really all that matters. A Pacman video game, gift certificates (for Cadillac Hammer jewelry, no less), denim bag I can regift to my sisters, body products, etc. We need more of these nights, because while Steve and I are not really on the pulse, it's nice to be nearby.