About 90 guests came to mediabistro.com's cocktail party on Monday, March 16 at Mug Lounge in New York. Guests enjoyed drink specials as they listened to jazz music and chatted with each other. mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby introduced Experimental Man author and special guest David Ewing Duncan, who welcomed the guests and encouraged them to pick up a copy of his book for him to sign. To check out more photos from the evening, click here.

At Mug Lounge in New York on Monday, March 16, 2009

Photos by Steve Bartel.

mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby kicking off the party in true mediabistro.com style with her boa and Fox News freelance reporter and MattieRoberts.com writer Mattie Roberts.

Experimental Man author David Ewing Duncan dicusses his book as mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby looks on.

Discover interns Sam Kissenger and Jeremy Labrecque met up with Discover assistant editor Lauren Spitzer and Studio One Networks assistant editor Natalia Macrynikola and got together for a photo.

Freelance writer Barry Goodman, photographer Henrik Olund, photographer Amy Fronczkiewrcz, and ABC News writer and producer Sanjay Singh enjoy each others' company.

ShhFashionSecret writer and owner Elizabeth Olubodun, Nickelodeon animator Art Siriamonthep, and FumalJewelry.com designer Elena Fomina smile for the camera.

Outside of Mug Lounge.