If you were translate aboutMy Friday in Five Sentenceslast week , you may have inquire how I went fromtweetingin LA one daylight to suddenly appearing in NYC the next .
I ’m excited to lastly spill the bonce … I make headway the first one-year Blue Ribbon Blogger Award from Country Living ! The magazine and a Edgar Albert Guest dialog box of judge named Garden Betty as the best in the horticulture category ! I ca n’t even begin to express howthrilledI am !
Back in September , I found outI was pick out as a finalistamong 700 submissions that Country Living received . That in itself was an honor , but since my web log was just a few day shy of being one year honest-to-goodness at the time , I did n’t desire to get my promise uptoohigh about acquire and file it away under my “ Would n’t that be bully someday ? ” list .
Fast forward a few weeks subsequently , whenI was on the tail end of my Europe tripand had almost forgotten about the award , I open my electronic mail to see Country Living congratulating me on my win ! It was very exciting to come home to . I ’ve been sit on this news program for over a calendar month until the cartridge made its official announcement last Thursday , and I ’m ecstatic to ultimately share it with all of you !
The winning blogger from all seven categories were fly to New York last workweek for an awards ceremonial .
Upon my arrival , I was treated to a sweet welcome gift at the hotel from Christine Rannazzisi - Gerstein , associate publisher of Country Living , who conceived of the awards . Those cupcakes made a sleepless , up - before - the - sun , grouchy - country flying much easy to bear !
The next day , I made my agency to the magazine publisher ’s military headquarters at the reasonably newfangled Hearst Tower . Interestingly , it was the first skyscraper project to break solid ground post-9/11 , and the first green highrise ever completed in New York City , becoming the urban center ’s first LEED Gold - attest skyscraper in 2006 . The first six floor are the original cast Lucy Stone facade commissioned by Randolph Hearst and built in 1928 . The upper 40 floor , made of structural blade and glass , were contribute most 80 years later on to add all the Hearst publications under one ceiling .
The awards ceremony and luncheon were held on the forty-fourth floor , which had views for days over Central Park and the Manhattan apparent horizon .
We snap lots ( and band ) of photos — here I am in front of the PR backcloth feeling quite fancy ; with editor in chief - in - honcho Sarah Gray Miller ; and with the residual of the talented winner . These women are fabulous ! I was in majuscule company .
Winners Rachel and Wendy even get behind the camera for a few shot .
We wined and dine on bottomless drinking glass of bubbly and clean wine-coloured , courgette and arugula salad , Good Housekeeping - style popover the sizing of my head ( I really should ’ve get a picture ofthose ! ) , guy organic volaille , confit potato pancake and apple cinnamon strudel .
The awards and winners will be featured in Country Living ’s December / January 2012 issue , which hits newsstands November 22 , 2011 . I ’ll post an update when I get my written matter !
In the meantime , please jaw my fellow Blue Ribbon Blogger Award winners and their inspiring sites ! Each has such a distinctive panache and vox that I love .
I also ca n’t give thanks all my reader enough for following my blog over the past year — you ’re the reason I keep write ! Knowing that there are people from all over the domain read Garden Betty , assume the time to comment on my Charles William Post , myFacebook updatesandTwitter musings — and even connect back to me — seduce this award secondary to the pure delight I feel over reaching someone through my stories .
You ’re awesome !
