Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:26 PM
BOOK PARTY OF THE MONTH
Amy Alkon, Emmanuelle Richard, Cathy Seipp and the L.A. Press Club invite you to:
WHO and WHAT: Celebrate former Reason editor Virginia Postrel’s terrific new book “The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Style is Remaking Commerce, Culture and Consciousness.”
WHEN: Monday, Sept. 29, from 7-10 p.m.
WHERE: The poolside bar at the W Hotel in Westwood, 930 Hilgard Ave., L.A.
90024 (310) 208-8765. (You’re welcome, Westsiders!)
WHY: Because Virginia’s first book, “The Future and Its Enemies: the Growing
Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise and Progress,” was a smart critique of the forces working against “dynamism,” to use her favorite buzzword…
Because she sees Starbucks as “to the age of aesthetics what McDonald’s was to the age of convenience or Ford was to the age of mass production…”
Because although she lives in Dallas, she loves L.A. and is here for her book tour…
Because she maintains a very popular blog…
Because she is a columnist for the New York Times and D magazine…
And because Camille Paglia has called her “one of the smartest women in America.”
RSVP: info@lapressclub.com
For more info on Virginia and her book, go to http://dynamist.com
For info on your co-hostesses, go to: http://www.advicegoddess.com,
http://emmanuelle.net, http://cathyseipp.journalspace.com
For info on the L.A. Press Club, go to: http://lapressclub.org
