Spooky-O!

There's a new website out there called Spokeo that is a stalker's dream come true!  Just by searching a name,  the site will bring up previously unlisted information about almost anyone in the US! Not only does it give name, adress, email, phone, stc, but it gives an estimate of yearly income, listing or real property owned and it's value, and all kinds of other dangerous stuff!! 
Wanna stalk Martha Stewart? Check this out:

Not only does it give us the exact address of the domestic diva's $1,519k home, it gives her phone number! It also tells us she's "in a relationship"!  Miss Ginger may just have to google around a bit and find out who the ole broad is dating!!

I've checked out many of you GingerSnaps, and yes, you are on there!!  With satellite pictures of your home and everything! Nice big windows, Auntie Flame!!

PLEASE, GINGERSNAPS, for the love of all things safe and holy, get yourself off of there!  It's way more information than people need to be seeing about you!  It's kinda tricky, but here's how you do it:

1. Go to www.spokeo.com and search for yourself.

2. Click on the link to bring up your info.

3. Your page will come up, with your the URL in the address bar.  Right click on the address bar to copy it into clipboard.

4. Look at the bottom of the page, and way over at the right,under the map, in tiny letters; click on "privacy".

5. Scroll past the ridiculous ad offering to charge you to remove your information, and right click and past your URL into the field, along with your email address and the word verification letters.

6. Check your email, open the verification, and confirm that you want yourself removed.

Stay safe online, dear 'snaps!

Gala Recap and Home, Sweet Home!

Miss Ginger is Home, Sweet Home after 6 tiring weeks and 3 really exhausting days! You know Miss G was REALLY nervous about having to walk her Senior VP (the one with the Miranda Priestly reputation) through the store. Well, she couldn't have been lovelier or more complimentary of both stores, so all those nerves were for nothing! Last night, all the hard work paid off with the Charity Gala benefitting NOCCA, the New Orleans Concervancy for the Arts. Miss G is not speaking out of turn to recap the Macy's presentation of a gigantic check to NOCCA for $250,000 dollars to help them establish a culinary arts programs to supplement the performance and visual art programs they already have. The Emeril Legasse Foundation also announced a donation, bringing at least half a million dollars in funding to NOCCA's program!

But Miss G is getting ahead of herself! It all started when Special Events teams from Atlanta, New York, and Houston all converged on the store to transform it from retail hotspot to Gala Central!

They tented, carpeted, and air conditioned a large section of the parking garage to create a FABULOUS ballroom, which Miss Ginger immediately dubbed the "GarageMahal". There was a special red carpet reception for the visiting celebrities and the "high dollah" guests in the tent, and then there was entertainment, food, drinks, and celebrity appearances all over the store. Tommy Hilfiger in mens, Martha Stewart in housewares, Russell Simmons in mens, Steve Madden in shoes- it goes on and on. After the "in-store" cocktails and buffets, all of the guests were ushered to the GarageMahal for Miss Ginger's favorite part of the night- a cooking demonstration by Martha Stewart and Emeril Legasse.

It started with Emeril showing Martha how to make a sazerac, with ensuing discussion about Peychoud Bitters vs. Angostura Bitters, blah blah blah.

Once Martha had her sazerac in hand, she never put it down! Girlfriend sucked on that sazerac for the rest of the demo! She showed Emeril how to make homemade shrimp boil, and I'm sure most in the audience noticed that between blabbing about bitters and sucking on sazeracs, they boiled the damn things for like 8 minutes, which surely meant they were like rubber by the time she took them out!

Miss G was so busy trying to get these great pics of Martha and Emeril for you that she almost didn't notice that Tyler Florence was standing like 5 feet away from her!

She managed to snap one shot before his handlers came to wrangle him into position. Dayum he is a cutie!

After the cooking demo, there was a FABULOUS fashion show created by the FABULOUS Lenny Matuszwski, who produces some of the greatest fashion moments anywhere. The white tent runway show was spectacular, as always! Miss G has worked with Lenny and his team on so many events she can't event remember the first!

Once the show was over Miss G and some of her teammates dashed out to dine, since they were starving! After an italian feast, it was off to beddy bye, and all we could think of was "WE GET TO GO HOME TOMORROW!!!"

This morning was marching bands, speeches, confetti cannons, ribbon cuttings, and mobs of shoppers as the 2 locations had their "official" public grand openings. Now the regional team has left their little birdies to fly on their own, and we have flown home as well!

Waiting for Nyquil

Miss Ginger is waiting for her Nyquil to kick in, so she thought she'd knock out some blog to make use of the time.

We made quite a bit of progress today toward the opening of the upcoming 150th anniversary installments of America's Favorite Department Store.

We've only got 9 days left to work, and still TONS to do, but it will happen. It has to happen! October 25th is the 150th anniversary of an American institution, and the return of these stores to the rebirth of New Orleans is our way of giving back to the country we now serve from coast to coast! Tommy Hilfiger will be there. Emeril Lagasse will be there. Martha Stewart will be there. Clinton Kelly will be there. Miss Ginger will be there, making sure they are all comfortable, happy, and in the right places at the right times! Oye!

The Gala they are hosting should be QUITE the shindig! The event benefits NOCCA, the New Orleans Conservatory of Contemporary Arts, and tickets for VIP admission are like $750 a pop.

Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, and Macy's Team Up To Benefit The NOCCA Institute!
Join Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse
TO CELEBRATE MACY’S COMEBACK TO NEW ORLEANS
VIP GALA TO BENEFIT THE NOCCA INSTITUTE

Ooh! – Macy’s celebrates the opening of two new stores at Lakeside Shopping Center and The Esplanade.
Ahh!! – See and be seen at a fabulous cocktail gala featuring lively entertainment, culinary delights and a high-energy fashion show all to benefit The NOCCA Institute on the night of Friday October 24, 2008 at Macy’s Lakeside Shopping Center.
Wow!!! – Mingle with Macy’s famous friends including Steve Madden, Chef Tyler Florence, Clinton Kelly, Tommy Hilfiger, Gavin DeGraw, Irma Thomas, Nestor Torres, Chef Cat Cora, Russell Simmons, Chef Dave Lieberman and of course, Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse!!!
Macy’s is the place to be this fall when Macy’s returns to New Orleans. Honorary co-chairs Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse will be joining Macy’s Inc. Chairman, President & CEO, Terry Lundgren in welcoming an assortment of both local and national celebrities to Macy’s Cocktail Gala benefiting The NOCCA Institute. The night’s festivities include an exciting cocktail gala on all three levels of the store, a first time ever cooking demonstration by Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, and a riveting fashion show in the tented venue adjacent to the store.
Macy’s celebrities will be walking the red carpet as they arrive at 6PM for the Private Megastar VIP Reception. VIP guests will then walk the red carpet at 6:30PM to attend the exclusive and intimate reception where they will get to meet all of Macy’s famous friends up close and personal. 7PM marks the official start of the gala in the store where guests will experience wonderful culinary delights, cocktails, and entertainment on all three levels of the store. Meet your favorite celebrity friends and designers in their department.
At 8PM, Terry Lundgren welcomes everyone to the tented venue and for the first time ever, Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse will be cooking and demonstrating together! Stay seated for an exciting community connection fashion bringing you a dramatic experience of fashion and dance as gorgeous models, edgy street dancers, local celebrities and pillars of the New Orleans community strut the runway finishing off the evening. All guests will receive a complimentary gift bag designed by a local NOCCA student filled with premium vendor items.

Gotta love a swag bag, right? Check out the history and culture we're celebrating right here!