WallflowerTonight, we head to Clark's house to ring in 2010 with a big dinner, a few movies, and watching the ball drop on TV. And I'm okay with that: I've known tonight's guests for at least 10 years each, and that familiarity allows me to drop my social wall for a time. We will gossip, talk trash and enjoy a wonderful evening together.I'm not always like that.Take Tuesday night, for example. We were invited to a cookies and champagne get-together at the home of some friends in Signal Hill. Other than the hosts and one or two other guests, neither ...

MORE | View our full coverage of Atlanta Pride A few hundred people toasted the start of the Atlanta Pride Festival on Friday during a VIP reception in Midtown that featured inspiring words from U.S. Rep. John Lewis (top photo). Lewis, adorned in scrubs to dress as a doctor for Halloween, urged party-goers to enjoy the weekend but remember that the festival wouldn’t take place without financial support. He presented organizers with a $1,000 check. “I wish for each and every one an unbelievably happy and delightful weekend this weekend,” Lewis told the crowd. “Last year, I walked, tried to ride a ...

When the lights went out Friday, some party-goers at “Carnevale After Dark” thought it was part of the spectacle. Unfortunately, it wasn’t and the fundraiser was forced to close early. Two power outages mixed with two fire alarms prompted the evacuation of the event space at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Midtown and pushed organizers to shut down early the posh and costumed fundraiser for Jerusalem House. “After we got evacuated the second time, we moved every over to the after party location at Pacci at the Hotel Palomar,” says Alex Wan, development director at Jerusalem House. “We found out today it ...