Honoring This Year's 10-Year-Plus Employees
This past Wednesday, I once again hosted a celebration honoring all of the employees who have worked for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for ten or more years. This is always such an enjoyable evening for me to be in the company of so many talented and creative people who have worked so hard growing our brand. This year’s party was held at the wonderful eatery, Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria, located on Great Jones Street in the Noho section of Manhattan. This year’s numbers: There were seven employees who met their ten-year mark, bringing the total number of this distinguished group to eighty-four. Thank you and congratulations to all of you!
1 Our festive event celebrating our 10 Year-Plus Employees was held at Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria.
2 Our gathering was held upstairs, a part of the restaurant where special events take place.
3 This room has a wonderful farmhouse ambiance.
4 Great hand-blown wine bottles adorn this marble counter.
5 The restaurant served wonderful assorted Salumi Della Casa and delicious farmstead cheeses.
6 Other things were passed, like this appetizer of Sarde Maine sardines, green chickpeas, cauliflower, and pickled ramps.
7 Pressed mullet bottarga shaved in strips on a sandwich of celery, radishes and cold butter
8 And housemade ricotta early favas, scalia anchovies, oregano, and black pepper
9 And Fegato D’Anatra foie gras, clementine mostarda, crostone
10 A platter of flavorful white beans and mushrooms
11 A colorful roasted beet salad with Marcona almonds
12 These crispy baby artichokes were amazing!
13 And so were the roasted lamb ribs with Romesco and smoked salt.
14 The guests - Paul Reeves - Print Quality Director and Anna Pankwi - Corporate Print Director
15 Paul Delmiche - Senor Post Production Editor/Tech Manager, Lisa Wagner - SVP, Supervising Editorial Producer, and Sean Steyer - Video Editor
16 Peter Botney - Application Developer and Tina Mohyla - AVP HR Generalist
17 Angus Chen - Executive Support Analyst, and Eric Crepeau - Senior System Administrator
18 Rich Fontaine - SVP, Consumer Marketing, and Levi Garcia - System Administrator
19 My good friend and party crasher Jim Klinko and LIsa Wagner
20 Kate Lewis - AVP, Director of Standards and Compliance, and Lillian Fuentes - Process Manager, PMG
21 Alison Vanek - Senior Photo Rights & Archive, Kate Lewis, and Lillian Fuentes
22 Megen Lee - VP, Design Director, Soyoung Oh - Senior Art Director, Daniel Boguszewski - Senior Art Director, and Lorna Aragon - AVP, Style Director
23 Sarah Erwin - Senior Design Production Associate, Duane Stapp - Senior Design Production Associate, Beth Eakin - Senior Design Production Associate
24 Ana Velasquez - Hospitality Associate, Cecilia Butris - Hospitality Associate, Martin Mendoza - Maintenance Supervisor, Yolanda Florez - Hospitality Associate, Geri Porter - Test Kitchen Assistant, and Aida Ibarra - Test Kitchen Assistant
25 Greg Jannacone - TV Editor, and Molly Bradford - Director of Post Production
26 Barb Fight - Producer, Broadcasting, and Lucinda Scala Quinn - SVP Executive Editorial Director, Food
27 With Lorna Aragon and Soyoung Oh
28 Chip Glynn - Set Decorator, Eric Pike - EVP Creative Director, Jodi Levine - Designer, Crafts, Jennifer Aaronson - VP, Editorial Director Food, Anna Kovel - Editor At Large, Food
29 Margaret Lee - TV Distribution Manager/ Production Manager, and my niece, Sophie Herbert - Contributing Editor
30 Lisa Wagner - SVP, Supervising Editorial Producer, and Ayesha Patel - SVP, Deputy Creative Director
31 Maria Burgos - Hospitality Associate, Brian Steindl - TV Promo Editor, Greta Anthony - TV Food Segment Producer, and Ana Velasquez - Hospitality Associate
32 Lisa Gersh - President and Chief Operating Officer, Daniel Boguszewski - Senior Art Director, and Lenore Welby - AVP, TV Producer
33 With Lisa Wagner
34 Allyn Magrino - Publicist and Darcy Miller Nussbaum - SVP, Edit Director, Weddings
35 Sophie Herbert and Jim Klinko
36 Posing with Lucinda Scala Quinn, Geri Porter, Aida Ibarra, Ana Velasquez, Maria Burgos, Yolanda Florez, Cecila Butris, and Martin Mendoza
37 Lisa Gersh and Susan Magrino, my publicist
38 Jeff Allen - Assistant Prop House Manager, Lorna Aragon, and Jutta Amse - Prop House Manager
39 Megen Lee - VP, Design Director, Hosanna Houser - Set Decorator, and Lenore Welby - AVP, TV Producer
40 Kevin Sharkey - SVP, Executive Editorial Director, and Jim Klinko
41 Marcie McGoldrick - VP, Edit Director, Holiday & Crafts, and Marsha Hagers - AVP, Production Director
42 With Greg Jannacone - Editor, Molly Bradford - Director of Post Production, Paul Delmiche - Senior Post Production Editor/Tech Manager, and Sean Elms - TV Editor
43 With Lillian Fuentes - Process Manager, PMG
44 With Sean Steyer - Video Editor
45 Rita Christiansen - SVP, Compensation and Tina Moyhla - AVP HR Generalist
46 I got everyone's attention and welcomed the new inductees into the 10 Year-Plus Club
47 A gift of cufflinks for the new male members
48 And a necklace for the gals
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Congratulations to your employees, it is wonderful to see so many creative and talented people who are working at MSLO. The place and the food looks great. Best wishes to all. Wish you a wonderful weekend.
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | March 30th, 2012 at 7:32 am
Oooohhhhh, I wanna see the necklaces and cufflinks!!!
Posted by: Vicki Powell | March 30th, 2012 at 7:45 am
Hi Martha, You not only have the best company I have ever seen, you also have the greatest employees at MSLO! Because of all 84 of the 10+ year faithful ladies and gentlemen working with you, your company is awesome! All of these photos are very special and everyone, including you, looks so happy! I love seeing as many of these great folks on your blogs and on your TV Shows! This must have been a special place to have this event because the food looks so delicious! How fun to see so many who have been there since the beginning of MSLO! Especially nice to see your niece and a sister-in-law! Sure hope all of you have another great day and a fabulous weekend! Off to see The Daily Wag where F,S,&GK are going to Skylands with Uncle Carlos! Sharon, glad you like to see The Daily Wag, too! Ester, thanks for those great photos! Martha, I love those 6 videos you provided for us on the main page of your fantastic website! Seeing some of your original TV Shows again was outstanding and some very funny! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | March 30th, 2012 at 9:22 am
I love the farmhouse look, it's so cozy and warm. What a lovely place to hold the special occasion of honoring the newest 10 yr plus employees of MSLO. Congratulations to all! Have a great weekend everyone!
Posted by: Cindy F | March 30th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Wow! Lucky them. Always thought it would be a cool place to work.
Posted by: Holiday Baker Man | March 30th, 2012 at 9:55 am
Hi Martha,
It’s always nice to be appreciated the way you and MSLO appreciate your employees. I feel like I know a lot of them from your previous Martha Stewart Living show because they taped many segments with you. It was like watching a close-knit family interact because everyone was always having fun. I enjoyed the remarks that probably weren’t in the script and some even made the bloopers. Cheers to this talented and creative group and to all of MSLO who have taught me so many things. I can still remember some of my emails asking about salt and unsalted butter and what is hardy zone instead of 'hardiness' zone and your staff always answered my ‘dumb’ questions so nicely! Well, I think you get the idea – I appreciate you and your employees very much. Thanks. Trish
Posted by: Trish | March 30th, 2012 at 10:14 am
Martha,
I look forward to this party posting each year! Seems like a lot of fun! Congrats to everyone. Thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | March 30th, 2012 at 11:08 am
Where is Joey???
Posted by: Pat Thore Auton | March 30th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
How wonderful! To all the folks I've worked with at MSL over the past 17 years - congratulations. It's nice to see your 10 years of service honored.
Posted by: Susanna Linse | March 30th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Congratulation to your faithful employees! The restaurant is so warm and cozy. Martha you look beautiful!
Posted by: Krista | March 30th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Cool party!
Posted by: Cathybytheriver | March 30th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Thanks for posting photos of MSLO's 10-year employee dinner. Great photos! Sean Steyer and our son, David Williams, were classmates at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. One Sunday while visiting at MSU, Sean was entertaining everyone playing the grand piano in the lobby of the dormitory. Interesting thing is that Sean's wrist and one finger were in a cast ...Very talented young man. Again, thanks for sharing. Janice
Posted by: Janice W. Radeck | March 31st, 2012 at 2:36 am
What a great looking place! I love the rustic, farmhouse style...my favorite! That's a nice looking crowd, all really enjoying themselves. Congratulations, everyone, on your 10 year + anniversary. Martha, you always look great in photographs. Very photogenic.
Posted by: Judy | April 3rd, 2012 at 12:03 pm