What's better than a bar with boring old beer? A brewery with complimentary appetizers! MB met up with our film and media friends in Atlanta to sample the microbrews of Gordon Biersch. CNN toasted The Weather Channel. Paste hogged the pool table. The media mingled!

At Gordon Biersch, July 13, 2005

Photos by Thomas James Spravka

Freelance writer Steve Fall and Overtime Magazine's Victor Kelly

A whole lotta CNN: writer/producer Margaret Anthony, senior copy editor John Dedakis, and CNN International producer Diane Hodges

ARCADIS editor Emily Graham, CNN en Español senior producer Luis Beltran, SillyMonkey LLC education/communications manager Deborah Thomas, and ARCADIS graphic designer Kimberly Rudolph

The Weather Channel on the town! Senior writer producer Patrick Piper and production assistant Sarah King hang with Paste publisher Nick Purdy

Atlanta Media Power Couple: Schroder PR's Chris Schroder and Travelgirl magazine managing editor Jan Butsch Schroder

Paste plays pool: associate editor Reid Davis, co-founder Josh Jackson, Jason Killingsworth, and co-founder Nick Purdy

Freelance writer Blane Bachelor with Primedia associate editor Wendy Angel

NES Enterprises freelancer Nancy Spraker, Paste co-founder Josh Jackson, CNN producer Margaret Anthony, and WAAA TV 56 travel show writer Lea Brit