By: Lisa Paris

I'm raw. I like to party. Confused? Don't be. There are many of us out there. You too may have considered a torrid love affair with the raw foods but have hang-ups over sacrificing your weekends. Have no fear, a clean diet and killer social calendar can become one.

Keg- stands and cheese dip no longer scintillate. You dream of the ability to cut a rug and actually enjoy the spread and the buzz off a couple of consciously made cocktails or organic glasses of wine. I hear you on this one and urge you to take matters into your own hands...

Upon moving to Portland I joined forces with some of the city's finest/dopest raw chefs, each one sharing a similar merrymaking M.O. to myself. Together we party planned our buns off and managed to throw a killer raw party: The Naked Food Fest.

With roughly 75 people in attendance, we packed a Portland dance/yoga studio with amazing raw food, awesome live music and a super high vibe. The menu was a totally raw Tapas Bar and the chefs went absolutely crazy. I think we ended up with nine to ten dishes ranging from Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms to Caramel Apple Flan to some bomb Raw Tacos that would have knocked the socks straight off your tootsies.

With a freshly squeezed white wine sangria, the raw foodies and raw curious of Portland mixed and mingled over the live violin stylings of local musician Jimmy Be Free. Dinner was followed by dancing to the tribally grooves of Max Ribner & Friends and the folksy tunes of San Francisco's The Human Condition.

It was an amazing night, and the perfect example of how YOU can revolutionize the party scene. Not into your local shindigs? Throw your own. Collab-o with some awesome, like-minded peeps or throw more intimate get togethers at your pad and see what happens...

All you need is the vision, and the party will follow.