The night journos had to pay for their drinks

At least two days a week I do not pay for my lunch. These ‘free’ lunches are normally held at Aria, The Coast Restaurant, Level 41 or Wildfire. Some evenings I may attend a ballet, theatre or an art show without ever opening my wallet. No I am not a call girl. I am a finance journalist.
So one can imagine my shock when I discovered that money had to be exchanged when purchasing a glass of bubbles at this year’s Hedge Fund’s Rock event.
This annual event brings together hedge fund managers in the industry to network and be merry. This year we had Richard Clapton and Evermore performing. And we had to pay for our drinks. Things only got worse when the Yellowglen ran out at the bar. The Stella Artois beer on offer was fine but sometime a lady likes her bubbles. At about 8:00pm the bar ran out of change so the $6.50 beers went up to $7.00.

I know we had this sub-prime crisis in the US but this was going a little too far. Still many people lost their homes because of this fiasco. Paying for our own drinks was a small price to pay and hey by looking at these pics my fellow journos all looked pretty happy.


Normally a bubbles girl, Julia had to resort to the beers


Darin with the beautiful Allison Langdon


Stevo and Johnny paid $6.50 each for their beer


Sallyanne and Julia work out some blackberry issues, Johnny looks on


Michael is stunned by the cost of beer