So a friend (and gifted author and journalist and all-around LA lover) asked me to join her last night at HBO's screening and shindig for the third season of "True Blood".

Of course I bring my camera. But even though I love the show, love Alan Ball and Anna Paquin (Ahh, Sookie) and Stephen Moyer (Vampire Bill!) and Chris Bauer (oh how I miss "The Wire"), I skip the photog mosh pit.

Yet it turns out there's a shot I want after all.

And really? I adore Nelsan Ellis, admire the way he's turned Lafeyette into one of the most intriguing characters on TV, but what I really, really want is a shot of Nelsan Ellis' date's sparkly golden shoes.

I mean, seriously.