How I Celebrated New Year's Eve
I want to wish all of you a very happy new year. I hope you spent the evening in a pleasant way. I have to admit that after a very relaxing and fun week in the Florida Keys, coming back to the cold - 80º to 20º - was a bit of a shock. So too, was the hubbub of New York City, where I celebrated New Year’s Eve. I met my good friend Memrie Lewis at Elio’s, a wonderful Upper East Side Italian eatery. Memrie is a landscape designer who has created fabulous gardens from Charleston to New York to Maine. She also designs terrace and rooftop gardens in New York City. She was joined at dinner by her lifelong friend, interior designer David Easton, author of Timeless Elegance: The Houses of David Easton. David has designed amazing houses all over the world. Also joining us was David’s longtime partner, artist James Steinmeyer, who renders David’s work in museum-quality watercolors. I invited my nephew, Christopher Herbert and his husband, Timothy Long, as well as Daisy Schwartzberg, my makeup artist to partake in the festivities.
1 Here I am with David Easton, who is one of the world's most sought-after interior designers. We have been friends since 1982!
2 Seated is Timothy Long and Jimmy Steinmeyer. Standing is David Easton, Christopher Herbert, and Memrie Lewis.
3 Chris travels continuously with his four member vocal group, New York Polyphony and I realized that we hadn't seen each other since last September. http://www.newyorkpolyphony.com/
4 Timothy is a very talented conductor and pianist and Jimmy Steinmeyer, David's partner, is a wonderful artist.
5 Daisy Schwartzberg, my makeup artist, was decked out for New Years.
6 Our waiter at Elio's - The service was great, as usual!
7 There was much champagne being poured that evening.
8 I ordered the clams casino and they were so fabulous!
9 Chris started with oysters, which tasted so fresh and briny.
10 David's first course was asparagus.
11 The Dover sole was also excellent!
12 The entire restaurant was decorated with red balloons, making it quite festive.
13 A nice shot of me and Chris with our bunch of balloons
14 After Elio's, we went to a party at another friend's apartment. I really loved this giant wreath that was hanging in the lobby.
15 We then joined another group of merry makers for a glass of champagne at Le Cirque.
16 The interior of Le Cirque is adorned with this giant internally illuminated lamp-shade chandelier that provides a warm ambiance.
17 New York Polyphony will soon be leaving to record their next CD in the superb acoustics of the 14th century church of Länna, Sweden. Their last CD, endBeginning was recorded there in October of 2011.
18 With my dear friend, Memrie
19 Here we are with the legendary Sirio Maccioni, the owner of Le Cirque.
20 The balloons at Le Cirque were printed with stars and snowflakes.
21 The diners were given party hats and noise makers. It was a really fun crowd to be with at midnight.
22 Chris and Tim really enjoyed themselves and were great company!
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Fun, fun, fun!!! HAPPY NEW YEARS, Martha!!!
Gloria G!!
Posted by: Gloria | January 3rd, 2013 at 1:05 am
Happy New Year to you as well Martha! I am so glad to hear you had a relaxing time in FL, and sorry for the shock of the return to cold weather. Thank you for wishing me a happy new year. I did have a pleasant evening with my Aunt whom I am visiting in Atlanta, GA and her friend Angela. We had very lovely dinner at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen. This is one restaurant I miss dearly from Texas.
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Yesterday we went looking at homes. My aunt took me to a subdivision of KB homes were the homes are modeled after your homes. And OMG the subdivision was beautiful! Whenever I purchase my home in Texas with KB they were not offering KB homes like yours, if so, I for sure would have purchased one. Today we are doing the CNN studio tour and visiting the Aqarium of Atlanta. Friday we are going to visit with one of my high school girlfriends home for drinks. Saturday we will dine at Gladys Knight's restaurant. Do church on Sunday and I fly back to Arkansas on Monday.
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I just loved the photo with you and David and you and Chris in both photos you look like a shy childhood girl. I also like the photo of Chris and Tim. Those photos were just lovely. I enjoyed visiting the websites of Memrie, David and Chris.
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Here's to wishing you and everyone a very joyous New Year! I'm believing the best is yet to come! Thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | January 3rd, 2013 at 2:47 am
Your nephew looks like a truly happy man, and thank you for mentioning his vocal group and CDs. I am going to check out "endBeginning."
Posted by: Terry Covington | January 3rd, 2013 at 4:09 am
Happy New Year Martha! I have been watching your television show from the early 2000s and there was your nephew as a teenager and now he is grown up!
Posted by: homer | January 3rd, 2013 at 7:39 am
Happy New Year Martha! Love the photos of your night of celebration, especially #18 of you and Memrie!
Posted by: Cindy F | January 3rd, 2013 at 7:41 am
Hi Martha, Thank you so much for sharing this new blog about your delightful New Year's Eve celebration with Memrie Lewis, David Easton, James Steinmeyer, nephew Chris, Tim Long, and Daisy Schwartzberg! What a delightful, happy group you were with! I love hearing about new people that you have known for years and these websites about them are marvelous! All of these photos are awesome and you look absolutely beautiful and happy in everyone with you in it! The photos of Chris are outstanding, also! He is one handsome young man and very talented! How nice to learn about David and the fabulous things that he has done for years! Memrie is a talented lady, also! Sweet little Daisy sure does a great job being your makeup artist! I love all of the foods that you had and the decorations are fantastic! I recall seeing those beautiful balloons at Le Cirque on your New Year's Eve tweet! I had a very relaxing evening that night after cutting up firewood during the day and got much warmer! Hope you are having another great day and I wish that you have a wonderful, delightful New Year! Happy New Year to all of your followers. too! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | January 3rd, 2013 at 9:24 am
Happy New Year, Martha! Thanks for sharing pictures of your wonderful New Year's eve! (Love your jacket and necklace!) Great fun to see Christopher and his husband. Sounds like a great evening was had by all. All the best for 2013!
Posted by: Whitney | January 3rd, 2013 at 9:48 am
Happy New Year to you too! ... p.s. thanks for sharing your Florida trip via Twitter. I enjoyed reading about the Keys and dreaming about that warmth!
Posted by: Cindy | January 3rd, 2013 at 11:43 am
Cheers and may everyone have a wonderful and productive 2013! Trish
Posted by: Trish | January 3rd, 2013 at 11:51 am
Happy New Year Martha, wishing you a blessed and successful year. Beautiful photos looks like it was a beautiful evening.
Best wishes xo
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | January 3rd, 2013 at 12:05 pm
What a wonderful array of pictures of you and your family and friends at places to see and be on New Year's Eve!
My husband and I joined 2 of our grown children and their spouses and friends in Monterey, California! We had a bonfire on the beach. We made and took German potato salad. We roasted sausages and hotdogs and ended with S'mores!
We heard fireworks in the distance and sang and talked about what may come for each of us in 2013. We, like you, were surrounded with some of our family and friends to celebrate the passing of another year.
Happy New Year, Martha!
Posted by: Ludona H. Smith | January 3rd, 2013 at 12:40 pm
What a festive time Martha! Happy New Year!
Posted by: nantucket Daffodil | January 3rd, 2013 at 3:28 pm
Dear Miss Stewart, so very nice to read about your wonderful New Year's Eve celebration with dear friends and family. I wish you a happy and healthy New Year 2013. The pictures were quite wonderful also... you and your dear friend Memrie look quite elegant and beautiful together - true friends and it shows. Best wishes always. Kathy from Montreal, Canada.
Posted by: Kathy J. Simon | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:03 pm
I could never be a jet-setter, I love the comphy environment of my own home on a cold night. Now if they moved new years to June, I might consider getting out and celebrating!
Posted by: Kay Calvert | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Loved your photos thanks for sharing. May you have a wonderful blessed year.Hope you come back on TV with your show.
Posted by: patti saunders | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:22 pm
Hello Martha i'm a wedding planner and one of your many,many brazilian fans.Happy New Year and hope to see you in Brazil one day.
Beijos from Rio de Janeiro.
Posted by: Eloah Dias | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Dear Martha,
Happy New Year! It looks like a lovely New Year's Eve party. I want to thank you so much for sharing such an amazing blog and pictures of your life and adventures. Please have a terrific 2013 and you look as lovely as ever.
Thank you.
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Happy New Year, Martha! So far, so good here in Missouri. Thanks for posting the gorgeous pictures - one day, one day I will get to visit New York City!
Posted by: Cyndy Lee | January 3rd, 2013 at 8:37 pm
Happt new year!!!!! Festivities looked so so fun. I love balloons
Posted by: Omaira | January 3rd, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Just love you Martha. I am a garden writer, floral designer who has admired and followed and tried to mimic you ever since the beginning.
Made delicious Polish mushroom soup over the holidays, somewhere along the way I printed it out and it says it was your Mother's. Made more than 100 Polisj donuts Paczki for Christmas brunch. wish you could taste them sometime. I worked so hard to make them like my Babci.
Have a great 2013 and keep enlightening your fans everywhere .
Posted by: Lorraine Grochowski Kiefer | January 3rd, 2013 at 9:54 pm
MISS YOUR CLASSIC SHOW
ARE YOU PLANNING ON RETURNING ANYTIME SOON? I DONT LIKE THE SHOWS THAT HAVE SUBSITUTED YOU SORRY TO SAY!!!!
COME BACK MARTHA
Posted by: Emma | January 3rd, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Happy New Year Martha to you and your family.
It is interesting to read about your festivities, down here in Melbourne Australia we had a warm New Years Eve and today is 41C, so different from your part of the world. We also spent the night with very dear friends, we went to a beautiful
Restaurant and partaked in delicious food and (my favorite tipple) champagne.
I do miss you show but follow you through your blog.
Cheers, Larna
Posted by: Larna Ross Henry | January 4th, 2013 at 12:32 am
Happy New Year to you and all your family and friends,
i am glad you spent time in FL. I love living in FL. We moved here many years ago. May you have many more new years.God Bless you.
Posted by: Jennie Brynildsen | January 4th, 2013 at 12:42 am
Nice pictures and seemingly good company. Happy New Year Martha
may 2013 carries a lot of success, love, achievements, health & peace of mind for you and all your loved ones. You are the best 
Posted by: Mike | January 4th, 2013 at 8:57 am
Had to laugh at: "After Elio's, we went to a party at another friend's apartment". You wouldn't say whose apartment, now we all have to guess!
Posted by: Jane | January 4th, 2013 at 9:21 am
My husband: use to call me, "A Martha Stewart wanna be". My respond was always, "thank you" .
Posted by: Maria Gerena | January 4th, 2013 at 10:44 am
Thank you for your blog. I have a hectic life! When I have a chance to relax, I sit down and look at the pictures and learn new and interesting things. This is so relaxing for me.
Posted by: Jeanette Burson | January 4th, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Love the white stars/snowflakes balloons. Happy New Year Martha Stewart!
Posted by: sherey | January 6th, 2013 at 7:48 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR MARTHA...I CELEBRATED MY NEW YEARS WITH OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE IT WAS GREAT FUN...I HOPE TO OWN A PLACE AT FLORIDA KEYS ONE DAY...I ENJOYED YOUR CELECBRATION AND PICTURES...LOVE YOUR EFFORTS...
Posted by: MARYHELEN FERGUSON | January 8th, 2013 at 3:03 am
Martha, I cannot find your bone handle dog treat jar anywhere! PetSmart in Georgia has none. Not on line at PetSmart either.
I am destined to have some, where can I find them?
Thanks,
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy Barrington | January 8th, 2013 at 8:43 pm
Happy New year Martha..I hope this would be a great year..:)
Posted by: Maria watson | January 10th, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Great to see your pics with your best pal Memrie on NYE - two sister peas in a pod enjoying the night with friends and family- what could be more fun. 2013- here we come ! Oliver Kita
Posted by: Oliver Kita | January 10th, 2013 at 6:57 pm
Hi Martha!
Wow! What a great New Year with your friend's & family! Fantabulous!
Happy New Year Diva!
David La Porta
Posted by: David La Porta | January 12th, 2013 at 12:24 am