{"id":242,"date":"2007-11-09T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2007-11-09T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:08:00","slug":"surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going to save this for tomorrow, but I can’t wait!<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know, my husband is leaving his current job at the end of this year and starting a new job right away<\/a>. No rest and relaxation for him! I have been helping the current company plan a surprise retirement party for him and it was held last night. The Treasury Secretary<\/a> came with an impressive Secret Service detail (Secret Service = THE hot accessory for holiday 2007) and Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> came too, as well as nearly 200 other people.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He was definitely surprised.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I told him I’d be home watching the CSI\/Without a Trace special episodes.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Paul and the Mayor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Mood lighting as <\/span>Paul thanked everyone at the end of many toasts.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

My husband is the chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>, so the company made a generous donation in his honor. He got one of those ginormous Publishers Clearing House-type checks!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Marcus Brauchli and Gordon Crovitz help Paul hold up the giant check.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Wouldn’t it be fun to walk up to a bank teller’s window with that?<\/p>\n

More photos soon!<\/p>\n

Photography by <\/span>Bob Krasner<\/a>.<\/span><\/span> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was going to save this for tomorrow, but I can’t wait! For those who don’t know, my husband is leaving his current job at the end of this year and starting a new job right away. No rest and relaxation for him! I have been helping the current company plan a surprise retirement party…<\/p>\n

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