We told you last week that GalleyCat is planning a pre-BookExpo party, with special guest Dana Vachon on hand to greet as many booksellers and publishing industry professionals as we can fit in one bar. We're still a week or so away from the official announcement, but I can tell you this much: you'll want to keep the early evening of Thursday, May 31 open, and get ready to hail a cab to the Lower East Side...

In the meantime, we hear that Vachon has been having just as much fun partying in Los Angeles as he did in New York. FishbowlLA's Kate Coe dishes all the dirt from Vachon's recent Bar Marmont reception, with cameo appearances by an Oscar-winning director and Gore Vidal's name, casually dropped in conversation...