What better way to show the L.A. assistant community some much-deserved love than by co-hosting our recent Assistant Appreciation in Los Angeles party with Hollywood Momentum. The Spanish Kitchen generously provided free appetizers to the City of Angels' most overworked, underappreciated, and dangerously ambitious -- i.e. the assistants who comprise Hollywood Momentum's primary readership. The weekly online magazine features stories, columns, advice, and of course, the popular 'Screamer of the Week' section. Fortunately, our guests were too busy snacking and imbibing to do any screaming of their own.

At The Spanish Kitchen, September 19, 2006

Photos by Marisa Callaghan

The Dr. Phil Show publicity assistant Kimberly Kirven, film and television coordinator Sara Torvlo, Maloof Productions creative/administrative executive W. Jay Moore and mb's Taffy Brodesser-Akner

mediabistro.com events coordinator Marisa Callaghan and Varien design director Ben Blumenfeld

Suntaur Entertainment executive assistant Matt Aldrich, Simon West Productions executive assistant Kevin Hurley and Suntaur Entertainment developing assistant Zac Sanford

celebrityassistants.org executive personal assistant Gary Potter and Hollow Men Productions assistant Loren Elkins

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The mediabistro.com crowd

Trillion Entertainment developing assistant Ashley Bradley, Trillion Entertainment executive assistant Mailys Suncic, Matt Aldrich and second assistant director Marcy Patterson

Creative Channel Services graphic designer Andre Yancey and Comedy Central executive assistants Peter Szilagyi and Jack Redstone

Abrams Artist Agency agent-in-training Brandy Oswald, Abrams Artist Agency assistant agent Erinn Selkis and Ben Blumenfeld

CBA Media Marketing executive assistant Patsy Regan, Warner Bros. Television assistant to producer Natalia Lusinski, Los Angeles Magazine editorial intern Randy Clemens and Fox Broadcasting executive assistant Sunny Fuller

Touchstone writing and development assistant Matt Varosky, Eleven Eleven Films assistant to producer Jenny Napier and ABC publicity manager Kris White

Yahoo! Media Group receptionist Shelley Andagan, Endgame Entertainment production assistant Bryan Okamoto and Playboy scheduler Travis Ball

Paradigm agent assistant Lisa Lenner, Paradigm assistant Ryan Spencer and Trigger Street assistant Greg Barto

Kris White and ARD/Degeto/Telepool acquisitions assistant Angela W-Gilbert

Metropolitan executive assistant Shian Brisbois, Metropolitan assistant Megan Robertson, ONC Entertainment executive assistant Devin Arbiter and NBC mini-series and movies coordinator Kency Ragsdale