Bryan John Appleby is playing our Christmas Party - 12/10, King's Books 7 p.m.

My favorite event of the year is our annual Beautiful Angle Christmas Party and Poster Sale, held this year at King's Books in Tacoma at 7 p.m. I first saw BJA with his band at a Warehouse show in Tacoma with Cobirds Unite. We went to see Cobirds, who were great, but we had never seen BJA before. He pretty much blew us away. An amazing lyricist, a pure voice, and just the right touch on a guitar.

At our party, he'll be playing solo, but will be bringing a special guest, The Living, who will be playing a few songs as well.

The rest of the party will be great, too. We're buying the food, beer and wine. We're selling Beautiful Angle posters at fire sale prices. And all the proceeds of our poster sales go to l'Arche Tacoma, one of our favorite charities in the world. Why? Because they help developmentally disabled adults and they make handmade paper. The setting is one of our happy places--Kings Books, where sweet pea leads the Tacoma lit scene and sells books. If you come, please buy books and support this amazing store.

But the main reason we love this night is because you'll be there. We love hanging out with our favorite people. On December 10, a whole bunch of them will be in one room, eating, drinking, talking, and listening together. If you see one, give them a hug for us.

Here's a link to the evite: http://tinyurl.com/7vd564e