Free appetizers and happy hour 'til 8 make for a felicitious Freelance in New York party, we've found. Media contract people of all stripes came together to munch, mingle, and swap stories from the journalistic front.

At Mannahatta, September 20, 2006

Photos by Josh Kryshka

Alden Creative recruitment manager Tatiana Arbulu and relationship manager Elizabeth Pomponio with freelance proofreader/writer Robin Eisgrau

Journalist/filmmaker Brian Palmer and UltraCool Media editor-in-chief Steve Saffel

Photographer Mike Goldsmith and Crews Capital coaching consultant/writer Sarah Crews

Freelance writer Barry Liebmann, freelance news writer Jill Culora and freelance editor/writer/researcher Margaret Oppenheimer

Hippocampus LLC president Nadine Miller and AndrewScott, Inc. freelance writer Andrew Kirmayer

Language Instinct writer/teacher Sonya Collins and Travel Weekly writer Eric Marx

Producer/editor Matt Handal and Miller Enterprises president J.B. Miller

Turnbulli Tales author Grear Turnbull and writer Bernie Gavzer

Photographer Josh Kryshka and freelance writer Laurie Wiegler

Freelance writer/editor/researcher Margaret Oppenheimer and UltraCool Media editor-in-chief Steve Saffel