In Martin Scoreses' 1986 movie about a pool hall hustler, the color of money is like the felt on a pool table, but at The Market Traders' special reception for GLR Resources last week in Atlanta, Georgia, the color of money was like a Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale.

One Midtown Kitchen
I received a special invite to this event from Andy Millette. Who is Andy Millette? He's the president of Galt Publishing and one of the energetic entrepreneurs behind The Market Traders site. Somewhere along the line, I must have dazzled him with enough of my free market diatribes to provoke him to ask me to write for him. Whether or not that was a wise entrepreneurial decision, time will tell, but as long as it gets me into private parties at chic restaurants, rubbing elbows with high net worth investors and highly intelligent financial advisers...well, I'm going to ride it for all it's worth.

Andy and his associates know how to put on an event. This was not your typical investment seminar held in a hotel ballroom with an open bar serving weak drinks, crackers and cheese. The venue was Atlanta's One Midtown Kitchen: leather wrapped tables, canvas- covered chairs, with khaki drapes separating you from the hoi polloi. Frankly, I felt under-dressed.

Andy's partner, Will Hinton, had made prior arrangements with one of One's managers, Eric, for a beer tasting paired with cheese, antipasto, and charcuterie. Don't know what charcuterie is? Neither did I. It's a French term for cooked meats. And they're delicious.