Spring is in the air, so we partied by the water. Around 75 media professionals — from journalists, PR, marketing, advertising, photography, TV/film and design — gathered for cocktails and conversations at the Waterfront on Pier 70, quintessentially showcasing Seattle's fabulous views of the Elliott Bay, Magnolia Bluff and the Space Needle. With topics of collaborations brewing set against live piano jazz standards, folks sipped Washington state wines, White Cosmo and other summer-y signatures while the sun set and the ferry passed by in the background.

— Joann Natalia Aquino, Seattle hostess

At Waterfront, Pier 70, April 18, 2006

Photos by Gabriel Choy

mb hostess and Wing Luke Asian Museum PR manager Joann Natalia Aquino and Seattle magazine senior account manager John Spear

Writer Diane Mapes, MSNBC science editor Alan Boyle and Raymond Renate

Writer Gillian Gaar, King 5 TV assignment editor Elizabeth Berman and Greg Moore Productions' Greg Moore

Seattle Post-Intelligencer interactivity editor Don Smith, Patrick Inouye, John Spear and Alan Boyle

Randall PR principal Lori Randall, Belltown Messenger's Clark Humphrey and Cell Therapeutics' Jennifer Robertson

Joann Natalia Aquino, Women in Film/Victory Studios' Alesia Glidewell, Rebecca van Pelt, Ilsa Spreiter, Headsprout director of animation Natt Thangvijit and graphics and J.J. Johnson

Joann Natalia Aquino and Scotsman Publishing associate editor Ivanna Sukkar

Giant Campus' Neha Negandhi, Joann Natalia Aquino, Xbox.com editor Kaila Wyman, Filter associate producer Melissa Kruse, The Daily Herald reporter Melissa Slager and Elizabeth Berman

GoboFoto and Seattle International Fashion Week executive director Gabriel Choy and International News Inc. mutimedia director Brad Wise