At a party hosted by my co-CEO
Last weekend, Wenda Millard, MSLO's co-CEO, hosted a party for 50 of our advertisers and advertising agency guests. It was a really lovely evening and the food was delicious, being catered by chefs from Daniel Boulud's Feast and Fetes. Come and have a look!
Martha do you ever stay home one night ever? Curlers in your hair and a time when you eat something you shouldn't like ice cream right out of the carton? Just one time, please tell me you have done so in your lifetime lol!
Enjoyed your photos.
Pam from California
Posted by: Pam from California | September 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
A friend of mine from Canada who is a Martha fan wrote this poem for you the other day Martha.
Martha oh Martha can you help me...Please!
The cat’s popping furballs
The Dogs scratching fleas!!
Company is coming and the house is a mess!
My hair’s still in rollers
And I’ve ripped my new dress!!
The toilet is plugged and the phone rings non-stop!
The turkey is overcooked
And it’s gravy looks like slop!
The potatoes and carrots are burnt to a crisp!
My head won’t stop spinning
And I’ve developed a lisp!
I can’t order in cause my credit card’s maxed out!
This party is a disaster
I’ll be embarassed, no doubt!
I want to hide in the closet, take the phone off the hook!
Curl up with a glass of wine
And read a good book!
Maybe they’ll get lost or have a big fight!
Or maybe get sick
And can’t make it tonight!
Please help me Martha, what ever can I do?!!
Has something this nasty
Ever happened to you?
You’re Martha Stewart, my mentor, my queen, my godess!
With you it’s all good things
No disasters, no mess!
Please answer my plea just as fast as you can!
It’s bad times like this,
I wish I were a man!
Yours truly,
the Unhappy Housewife!
(aka Jean McQuaid)
Pam from California
Posted by: Pam from California | September 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Thanks for all your wonderful ideas! You are so inspirational.
Posted by: littlebirdiesecrets | September 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
That's a novel party activity; a farmer's market to shop from. I wonder how the idea was presented to the guests? Did they clean out the mkt? I suppose with the price of good produce these days, it was very well received (even by this elite group). Looks like fun.
Posted by: maureen | September 21st, 2008 at 6:40 pm
What beautiful pictures. The event looks divine. Thank you for sharing a little gem in your evening.
Posted by: Bakerslove | September 21st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I am wondering why your feeds do not work... it needs fixing - I would like to stay updated on new entries.
Greetings from Poland,
Ewa
Posted by: Ewa | September 21st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Hi, Martha,
Sounds like a fun party! The bounty in your farmer's market overflows the table. What a selection for your guests to choose from as they depart.
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | September 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 am
Hello Martha....
Not to change the subject... BUT...... How is your new baby Chow doing???
What is his or her name?? I check everyday for an update on that adorable baby... MORE PICTURES PLEASE!!!!! Please submit some soon. I'm still mourning the death of our English Bulldog of 13 years and need a puppy fix.
Thanks!!
Posted by: Shirley Hawksby | September 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 am
Martha, your quite the Party Girl! Your best color to wear must be brown. You always look so nice! I was wondering? Whose home are you having the party at and what are those pottery looking cone shape dishes in the kitchen? I think I noticed some bricks on the cupboard. Are those used with the cone shaped dishes? What are the chefs cooking in the cone shaped dishes. I'd sure like to know.
I just love your blog and seeing your pictures of your life after work. Thanks Martha!
Betsy
Posted by: Betsy Mech | September 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 am
You don't take a bad picture! Looks like a fun time.
Posted by: Stephanie | September 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 am
Did you notice the comment under picutre # 15? It says "the produce is from Martha's farm". I thought Martha was the one who wrote for the blog. Slip up?
Posted by: DW | September 22nd, 2008 at 4:18 am
Martha,
This kitchen looks a lot like mine. I'm wondering what the counter tops are made of...the sink and what is used for the backsplash? I'm in the process of selecting a backsplash and I like this one. I also noticed the knobs and faucets are brass.......nice to see something other than chrome! Thanks,
Posted by: Judy | September 22nd, 2008 at 4:45 am
Martha,
I hoped you included the "rocchetti with summer squashes and sweet corn" in the recipe box. I never did find the rocchetti but I did keep the road warm running to our rural neighbor's produce stand for on demand picked corn. Wonderful flavors, great recipe. Now the corn is gone.
Thanks.
Posted by: Margie | September 22nd, 2008 at 4:53 am
And how many snacks did you give to Kelsey? Wenda has a great kitchen; I see she has room for all her cookbooks and I like her untreated windows that let in the light.
The food must have been delicious cooked in those tagines. Did you have lamb with pears by any chance?
Great pictures Martha and I'm sure everyone loved the fresh vegetables from your garden. I know I would have gone gaga over them! Trish
Posted by: Trish | September 22nd, 2008 at 5:03 am
Being a strawberry-blonde, my mother dressed me in m-a-n-y brown outfits, and Martha, brown DOES become you! (as a previous blogger posted). I've noticed too, recently, your many outfits in the brown/bronze tones...they look great with your hair, and I estimate(?) that you have brown eyes(?) too. I'm a "gold girl", too...gold-tone jewelry looks the best on me, in spite of the white-hot metals that are soooo in style right now. (I can pull it off [wearing silver tones] with blacks and greys...)
How neat that the veggies and such are set up market-style (with baskets while perusing the selection). Everything looks so fresh! Once again, done Martha-style!
...How can you (one) go wrong?!!
=^..^=
Posted by: Cindy Bricker | September 22nd, 2008 at 5:48 am
Hi, Martha,
I could not watch today's program because NBC put "Jane and the Dragon" on my station. I called my local station to find out what had happened. The woman who answered said that children's programming had to be aired so many hours per week, and NBC in New York had decided to replace "The Martha Show" with "Jane and the Dragon." The local station manager did not take my call. ????????????
I hope this program is aired again.
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | September 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 am
Hi Blogging Martha!
Food, Friends, and Laughter...Martha knows how life should be lived!
Thanks for sharing, Gloria
Posted by: Gloria Brown | September 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
Choosing your own favors from a farmers market set-up at the end of a party is one of the best good things ever. grandmajo
Posted by: grandmajo | September 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
It looks like it was a fun evening in a beautiful home.
I have to admit however, to looking at the gorgeous kitchen cabinets and thinking : "I sure hope she's got those cabinets with her cookbooks (I assume that's what type of books they are behind the chefs), duly bolted to the wall. I had almost identical kitchen cabinetry and, after more than one warning from my dh about kitchen cabinets not being made to hold the weight of books (and my ignoring such ridiculousness), they fell right off the wall while I was gone one day. I came home to a HUGE mess of scattered books, broken countertop items, damaged plantation shutters where the edge of one cabinet lodged, and broken glass and leaking balsamic vinegar.
I'm just hoping she told the installers that she intended to put books in there!
Posted by: Seana | September 22nd, 2008 at 8:41 am
gifts from the farm?! that might be the best party favor ever.
Posted by: alexandra's kitchen | September 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hi Martha, What a fun party Wenda had for your advertisers. Everyone looked like they were having a great time. Daniel Boulud's chefs must have provided wonderful food. I love the photo of the Wheaton terrier and the produce from your farm. Sounds like you had a great weekend again. Thanks for sharing. Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | September 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
Yes I really have enjoyed Martha and I would like to know if she can give me some advise on starting a cloth business. Walmart is giving up the carft department and they dont know what they are doing because there is allot of women and men who enjoy sewing. we have a small busines now doing buttons with pictures. but there is a need for a craft store and i want to really do this. thank you and take care
Posted by: Jennie Padilla | September 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am
What a great, eclectic mix of people.
Posted by: Laura Ingalls Gunn | September 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Martha, your party ideas are wonderful.My favorites are the Pink Party and HALLOWEEN! Halloween is probably my most favorite holiday neck to neck with Christmas. I am always so inspired when I visit your website and blog. Thank you so much for sharing.
Posted by: Teresa Cordell | September 22nd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Martha,
I Love the pictures and the parties. MUCH FUN!! Your mind must never stop at creating. I love picture taking, painting, drawing, quilting. Sewing things for friend to give them from me. I can't wait to get home sometimes and start dinner and go sew something. My mind is always going too. I am not as fast as you. You are incredible. You inspire me to try different things.
Thank you Marhta,
Kathleen
Grayson Georgia
Posted by: Kathleen Sharpe | September 23rd, 2008 at 6:36 am
I bet all those other marketing people were humbled to be in the presence of mr. Jack Haber the Jack Haber Of Colgate Palmolive. I just read about him on the web and his astounding marketing coupe it is TOTAL- LY awesome
Posted by: hardboiledegg | September 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 am
Hi Martha:
You looked wonderful at this party. The Farmers Market from your farm was a great idea. How wonderful, what a superb idea. You have a huge abundance and nothing should go to waste. You are always so busy, I have no idea how you keep going always traveling always sooo busy. Thanks for sharing your stories and pictures.
Linda
Phila, PA
Posted by: Linda | September 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am