Los Angeles-based online invitiations site Evite has inked a deal with magazine Real Simple, saying Monday that the two companies have launched a partnership around its online invitations service. According to Evite, the two will create a collection of online invitations featuring photography from Real Simple, which will be showcased on both firms' web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Real Simple is a magazine owned by Time, Inc.,

Especially here in Los Angeles, a town that was already well-known for its odd careers. What started as an evite-like competitor has shifted gears to a resource for other entrepreneurs.  Andrew funemployed    n. The state of being without a job, yet having the resources to enjoy fun activities during otherwise normal working hours.

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. He took it to angel investors, two of them of some note--Steve Blank, CEO of Epiphany, who also runs a great blog at SteveBlank.com , and Klaus Schauser, founder of Citrix Online. We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company. Harry, Harry, thanks for the interview.

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meetingsandmixers.com/events/calendar/index.php (manually select Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, or the region you're interested in) includes many chamber of commerce meetings, and business networking organizations like BNI, Le Tip, TEAM, etc. Here's Los Angeles County, CA , Orange County, CA , and San Diego County, CA . This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations,

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Eden Jarrin, the President of Los Angeles-based eDivvy (www.edivvy.com). The organizer might have a friend's birthday, and have five or six people who might want to go in on a gift like a Wii or and iPod, and you can custom pick a card--just like an Evite--custom card invitations which you can make look realy cool and where you can pick a theme--and you put in the information. For We're Eden told us a bit about the firm, how people are using it, as well as her own experience and what she learned from her prior startup, BeJane. Let's