PETaPOTTY.COM Blog

October 06, 2009, 10:1AM MT
By Ted Brewer, Best Friends staff writer
This year’s Best Friends Lint Roller Party was one befitting the 25 years of saving lives, and the 25 more years to come.

Back in 1991, Francis and Silva Battista would sit at a card table in front of a market in West Hollywood and ask people to donate to an organization the couple had helped found, an organization that ran a no-kill animal sanctuary in southern Utah.

The mission of that organization — to save as many animals as it could from having to enter shelters and face euthanasia — is still very much the same, but the size and scope of its impact have come a long ways, to say the least, in the 25 years Best Friends has been in business.

Just how far the organization has come since those card table days was made rather evident at the 16th annual Lint Roller Party, held Saturday night, Oct. 3, at the iconic Hollywood Palladium to benefit the work of Best Friends’ Los Angeles Programs.

Live and silent auctions, an award ceremony, video presentations, vegetarian buffet catered by Wolfgang Puck, psychic readings, a wheel of fortune, caricature drawings, a rocking live performance by the Bangles and a bevy of other attractions and fundraising events drew a sweeping array of supporters, members, and benefactors from all over the country to the party. Approximately 600 people attended the event.

“We are celebrating 25 years of saving lives,” said Best Friends co-founder and interim CEO Gregory Castle in his opening remarks to the evening’s presentations. “With your help, we’re saving lives all over the country…. It wouldn’t have been possible without the support you’ve given us.”

Among those in the audience were a host of celebrities, including Lisa Edelstein from the television series “House.” Edelstein delivered the anniversary toast.

“A million thanks to all the founders of Best Friends,” Edelstein said. “We love you and appreciate you, and we’re so happy to be here.”

Other celebrities to walk the red carpet and pay tribute to Best Friends included Phyllis Smith from “The Office,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle, Amy Smart from the film “Mirrors,” Rachelle Lefevre from the film “Twilight,” Anna Faris from the “Scary Movie” series, M.A.S.H.’s Loretta Swit, film and television legend Robert Culp, as well as veteran actor and newly elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, Ken Howard.

Also there to pay tribute to Best Friends, especially to our work in Los Angeles, was the city’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa.

The anniversary celebration wasn’t just about looking backwards, but also of looking forward in anticipation of what the next 25 years will bring,” she says. “I think people [at the party] were inspired not just about the work we’ve done, but about the work we’ll continue to do in the future.”
What can you do to help? Give the Gift of a Best Friends membership to family and friends.

Baha Men sang “Who let the dogs out” on the red carpet for PETaPOTTY

Devon Guzzi’s birthday party and grand opening of EMPIRE CLUB September 25, 2009 was the place for Johnny V to crash an interview to get Baha Men to give PETaPOTTY a little shout out! “Who let the dog’s out” Baha Men performed live later that night at the Empire lounge in Hollywood. …
David Hasselhoff’s Ex Wife, Pamela Bach, from Baywatch was hanging out and bevy of beauties showed up to see the birthday boy or was it Baha Men?

PETaPOTTY Gallery located on the corner of PCH and West Channel in Santa Monica. We will be using the showroom as another location for weekly sod pickup. Get your sod orders in by Sunday for pickup on Tuesday. If you are in the area for a day at the beach stop by and check us out. The address is 107 West Channel Road Santa Monica CA 90402. The Showroom telephone number is 310 454 0045. Store hours are Monday thru Friday 10-6 and weekends 11-7. Thank you for your continuous support. Hope you get a chance to stop by.

PETaPOTTY -”The pet’s place of business” Opens new distribution point in Hollywood Calif. Across the street from the famous Chateau Marmont Hotel makes for easy access to fresh grass or even pick up a new potty for your pooch while staying anywhere in the hollyhood! A loading zone in front makes for a near drive threw experience for sod pick up.

Todays Celeb gossip on the Chateau:
“JOSH HARTNETT The actor was rushed to hospital with stomach pains.
Josh Hartnett was rushed to hospital yesterday with stomach pains. The ‘Pearl Harbor’ star was staying at the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood when he began complaining of “excruciating” abdominal pain at around 2am. An ambulance quickly arrived and took the star to Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he is currently “under observation”. In a statement, Hartnett’s representative Susan Patricola said the 30-year-old actor had suffered a “flare-up” of an ongoing gastrointestinal problem. Hartnett is currently “resting comfortably” and will see a specialist today.”- Bild.com

Legacy Partners has just installed two Super XXL PETaPOTTY’S

Legacy Partners has announced the completion of the 7950 W. Sunset, a new $80 million mixed-use luxury rental community featuring 183 apartments and ground-level retail located on the famed Sunset Strip.

The Foster City, CA-based developer crafted a long-term ground lease with the Director’s Guild of America in 2005 to replace an existing parking lot and develop the five-story Class A apartment project on Sunset at Hayworth Avenue, with views of the Hollywood Hills and downtown Los Angeles.

The project features single-story flats and town homes ranging in size from 590 to 1,238 square feet, along with 13,282 square feet of restaurant/retail space on Sunset Boulevard. Retail and restaurants include Wells Fargo, Fresh Bites, Pizza Fusion and San Sai Sushi. The project also features three levels of parking for future residents, guests, shoppers and Director’s Guild patrons as well as two levels of privately controlled access subterranean parking for residents.

The upscale apartments will range from $2,100 to $4,600 per month. There are 28 studios, 81 one bedrooms and 74 two bedroom homes available for lease. In addition to luxury designs, the community has a sports lounge, infinity edge swimming pool, fitness center, business center and other accoutrements.

The project team for 7950 W. Sunset includes Legacy Partners Residential, Inc., developer and property management; Legacy Partners Builders, Inc., general contractor; AIG Global Real Estate, financial partner; Guaranty Bank, lender; Thomas P. Cox Architects, Inc., architecture; HRP Landdesign, landscape architecture and design; Fuscoe Engineering,