"Yer name's not on the list ... oh, it is!" Credit: Photo by Richard Whittaker

Some belated blogging housekeeping: As with any major gathering, Netroots Nation had its fair share of unmissable parties. The absolutely mostest A-list event was the GQ/Huffington Post Party at Lamberts Downtown Barbecue on Friday night. The well-attended and well-coiffured event has since been covered by the GQ Blog at Men.Style.Com

In attendence was much of the politerati and the blogocracy (including at least on regular guest on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.) But who are these mysteriously well-dressed young coves shown in this photograph, setting trends for the nation? Could it possibly be the Chronicle‘s Wells Dunbar, Richard Whittaker and Mike Bartnett (accompanied by our esteemed multimedia associate, Angel Schatz? It seems that free food is ‘in’ this season.

This article appears in July 25 • 2008.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.