Fwd: Salon invites you to party with us in NYC

[Brian Sorgatz]

I just got this automated message.  The note about Napolitano's class looks 
like good news to me.  Salon.com's audience is a very suitable one for 
PLAYBOY to draw.
Brian Sorgatz


>From: Salon Premium <newsletters@salon.com>
>Reply-To: nycpremium@salon.com
>To: bsorgatz@hotmail.com
>Subject: Salon invites you to party with  us in NYC
>Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:20:17 -0700
>
>Dear Salon Premium subscriber:
>
>We'll soon be throwing a party in New York City for our
>Salon Premium subscribers in the tri-state area and we'd
>love for you to attend.
>
>Our thinking is that since many of you live near one
>another -- relatively speaking -- and share a
>passion for Salon, there must be lots more that you
>have in common. Why not get together and talk about
>it live and in person?
>
>We also selected New York City because its the location for
>our master class, a fiction workshop with "Playboy" fiction
>editor Chris Napolitano (I've included some more information
>on this below my signature).
>
>You won't want to arrive to our get together fashionably late
>because the first 50 people to arrive after 6:00 p.m. get a
>free copy of "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary
>Authors".  It lists for $17 but its your free when your among
>the first 50 to attend our bash.
>
>WHAT:  Cocktails and terrific conversation
>
>Click on the link below to view some photos from our recent
>Salon Premium party in Boston
>http://www.mediabistro.com/content/archives/03/06/salon/
>
>WHO:  About 100+ of your fellow Salon Premium
>members
>
>WHY:  Because any Premium subscriber must be a
>premium kind of person!
>
>WHEN:  Monday, August 18th,  6 p.m - 8 p.m.
>
>WHERE:  Mission, 217 Bowery (between Prince and Rivington)
>
>Just click on the following link to RSVP:
>http://www.ersvp.com/reply/nysalon
>
>Food and drink are cash bar.  Hosted by our Director
>of Education, Taffy Akner and a few other Salon
>folks.  Questions?  E-mail us at akner@salon.com or
>call (212) 929-2588 ext. 320.
>
>Fight the inertia to stay home and join us for a
>night of fun instead.
>
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Michael O'Donnell
>President and CEO, Salon.com
>
>
>FICTION WORKSHOP WITH CHRIS NAPOLITANO:
>
>****8-Week Class Begins September 10th!****
>Join Playboy fiction editor, who has edited
>the work of T.C. Boyle, Ethan Coen, Neil LaBute,
>Amy Sohn, John Gray, Vince Bugliosi, Toby Young,
>Thom Jones, Pete Dexter, Bob Schaccochis and
>Scott Smith, in this intensive 8-week workshop.
>
>As extra incentive, the best class submission, as
>judged by the instructor, will be reviewed for
>publishing consideration on Salon.com. Only 12 spaces
>available; class is filling up. Apply
>now: http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/salon/newyork.asp