Attn, DC Reasonoids: Reason Happy Hour, Wed, April 19, 6:30PM

I republish yesterday's blog post regarding tomorrow's happy hour below, after adding one more thing we'll be celebrating:

--Reason is a finalist for two Western Publications Association "Maggie" Awards, to be decided this Friday. Last year, Reason took home the Maggie for "Best Politics & Social Issues" mag. This year, we're up for top honors in that category and in the "Best Regularly Featured Web Column" slot.

Come join the DC-based editors of Reason on Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 to whenever, at Lucky Bar, 1221 Connecticut Avenue, NW, as we tip a glass or three to celebrate:

--the addition of Assistant Editor David Weigel to our staff. Dave has worked for USA Today and Campaigns & Elections. Check out some of his excellent Reason stuff here, here, and here. And check out his blog here.

--Assistant Editor Kerry Howley's recent cover story on health care in Reader's Digest and her first-place finish in the Institute for Humane Studies 2005-2006 Felix Morley Journalism Competition.

--Reason Online's best month ever for traffic. In March, we pulled 1.9 million visits and 5.1 million page views.

--the publication of our May 2005 issue, featuring Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey's widely hailed and controversial cover story, "Peak Oil Panic."

Hope to see you at Lucky Bar this Wednesday--

Comments

[PJ]

Yay for booze.

[joe]

Though I have not doubt Ron Bailey was discounting the probability of the end of cheap oil in May 2005, I rather suspect that you mistyped the date.

Either that, or Sullum totally flaked on publishing the magazine for the past year.

[tobycat]

The Maggie Award is thankfully given for magazine content, not design. Reason's cover seems to be generated from the Pizza-with-Everythin' school of layout design. And what's with the single column article that continues page after page? Who's idea was that? The whole magazine is just an unorganized jumble (I'm a subscriber, BTW).