The lounge at Hiro, in the Maritime Hotel, was rockin' on September 21. It was elbow-room only for the 200 or so guests that squeezed in to celebrate the state of Ad Sales. Thanks to our friends at Google, an open bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres greased the wheels of conversation and scuttled all convention.

--Laurel Touby, mediabistro.com founder

At Hiro Lounge at The Maritime Hotel, September 21, 2006

Photos by Piper Carter

Greater Than One, Inc. staff accountant Vincent Forestiere and mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby

Google's Tom Fochetta and Google's Amy Patterson

mediabistro.com editorial director Dorian Benkoil, mediabistro.com director of education (east coast) Carmen Scheidel and Talkpoint Communications Jim Cheney

Prism Business Media group publisher Rich Santos and Worth's Dan Cohen

Neo@Ogilvy search supervisor Francis Dimayuga, 24/7 Real Media's Ji Kim, Neo@ogilvy's Mehmet, Ogilvy search planner David Lau and Neo@ogilvy's Sajan Kanukolanu

Zenith Media buyer Chris Owen, Scripps Network sales planner Robert Owen and Scripps Interactive national sales director Daniel Owen

Metro Newspapers' Carmen Maiuolo, Metro Newspaper account executive Tracy Lingo, Metro New York account executive Jessica Karam and AOL Media Networks sales associate Micahael Meshesha

Scripps Networks custom programming director Andrew Eisner and Zango senior account director Lori Weinstein

NBBC sales and business development Matt Prohaska, Healthology national sales director Robert Kadar and Google's Ellen Dobrin

Scripps Networks account executive Kristin Ferrara, Scripps Networks account executive Cheryl Carpe, Scripps Netowrks's Alison Kennedy, Scripps Networks interactive sales planner Andrea Sexton, Scripps Networks interactive sales Meiling Fu, Scripps Networks Kelly Finnegan, Scripps Networks interactive sales Bethani Ukah, Scripps Networks sales assistant Erin Steinberg, Dan Owen and Scripps Netorks sales planner Danielle Rossi

Metro account manager Melissa Miller, Carmen Maiuolo and Jessica Karam

Catalano, Lellos & Silverstein account manager Mike Valentin, Modem Media associate media planner Jason Casanova and Kaplan Thaler Group assistant media planner Emmanuel Gomez

mediabistro.com vp of sales Chris O'Hara and Wired Set's Bill Craig

Hachette Book Group USA senior analyst David Giammarino and Epsilon Interactive's Alice Leung

Neo@Ogilvy media planner Eric Vecchione, Francis Dimayuga and David Lau

Ogilvy & Mather assistant media planner John O'Connor, Eric Vecchione and Neo@Ogilvy assistant search planner Matt Pennella

Michael Meshesha, Time Inc. sales development manager Natalie Marzouka and US Trust's David Gould

AOL account executive Julie Mlakar and Schoolnet client services analysist Amy Yang

AOL Media Networks sales associate Jeremy Antar, AOL account executive Theresa Olzsewski and Sporting News account manager Cory Erstling

AOL Media Networks account executive Greg Giancola and Jeremy Antar

Greater Than One media coordinator Kyle Hufnal and Greater Than One's Lynh Ngiyen

Greater Than One search marketing coordinator Anthony Floriani, Vincent Forestiere, Greater Than One media planner Joe Wildfire, Greater Than senior project manager Sarah Gordon and Greater Than One search engine analysist Erika Strum

Mindshare planner Jennifer Hart and Tobe Associates art director Kate Zyskowska

RR Donnelley's Mike Marett, Deutsch, Inc. senior print producer Patrick Gosse and Business Weekly's Janie Ho

Greater Than One's Caitlin Jenkins, Kyle Hufnal and Joe Wildfire

Vincent Forestiere, Sarah Gordon and Greater Than One controller Christine Tadros

Greater Than One search engine analyst Erika Strum and Greater Than One search marketing analyst Brian Borchers

FXCM senior media planner Wendy Helfgott and Greg Giancola

GoCard sales development coordinator Dana Borenstein, GoGorilla Media account manager David Smith and GoCard account manager Rachel Gordon

DuPont's Aaron Maas and Meredith's Seth Mun

Meredith Interactives account executive Ruth Savadier and reporting manager Justin Santino

Fuse TV's David Price, Richmond Events national sales manager Lisa Bianco and Scripps Networks account executive Len Bilello

Draft FCB's Jamal Thompson and Emmanuel Gomez

American Turkish Society Bengu Doyner and Medialink account coordinator Anisha Patel

The Newsmarket's Darren Nicol and account executive Samson Adepoju

Google's Tom Fochetta and Google's Tom Cannuscio

Raffle winners Natalia Tishchenko and Josh Romano!