By Renee Lorenz Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Nov 17, 2010 at 1:03 PM

In honor of their first year in business under its new ownership, the folks at Von Trier are hosting their 1 Year Anniversary Party tonight.

Drop by the East Side bar when the fun officially kicks off at 4 p.m., or arrive fashionably late for some eats catered by Right Step starting at 6 p.m. and music by The Squeezettes at 8.

Don't feel bad that they have to throw their own bash, though. You can easily toast the birthday bar with $1 off drafts of Carlsberg, Okocim and Grimbergen all night long.

Renee Lorenz Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Contrary to her natural state of being, Renee Lorenz is a total optimist when it comes to Milwaukee. Since beginning her career with OnMilwaukee.com, her occasional forays into the awesomeness that is the Brew City have turned into an overwhelming desire to discover anything and everything that's new, fun or just ... "different."

Expect her random musings to cover both the new and "new-to-her" aspects of Miltown goings-on, in addition to periodically straying completely off-topic, which usually manifests itself in the form of an obscure movie reference.