Photo caption: Gael Greene, Valerie Block, Cheryl
Benton, Amy Hill Hearth, and Valerie Smaldone at last night's celebration of "women who aren't kids" at The Three Tomatoes third
anniversary celebration.
News for immediate release
The Three Tomatoes e-newsletter celebrates turning
three with a little help
from our friends
Valerie Smaldone moderated a panel on Lessons Learned,
featuring Gael Greene, Amy Hill Hearth, and Valerie Block
May 1, 2008, New York, New York …Tuesday night 160 women joined The Three Tomatoes to
celebrate “women who aren’t kids” at the third anniversary of The Three Tomatoes e-newsletter
at a fabulous penthouse in midtown New York (courtesy of Bellmarc Reality), for an evening of cocktails and hors
d'oeuvres courtesy of Nina McLemore, and shopping from the Nina McLemore Collection of clothes designed for smart women on the go. An added bonus was a panel discussion called “Lessons Learned”,
moderated by media personality Valerie Smaldone that included Gael
Greene, New York Magazine restaurant critic for forty years, author of several best
selling books, and mouth of the InsatiableCritic.com; Amy Hill Hearth, best selling and award winning author of Having our
Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years, and her new book, Strong Medicine Speaks: A Native American Elder Has her Say; and
Valerie Block, Deputy Managing Editor of Crain’s New York Business. To cap off the evening, blues
singer Amy Coleman sang a few songs. This event was one in a series of
The Three Tomatoes New York Insider Events, offered to the e-newsletter subscribers.
Cheryl Benton, founder and publisher of The
Three Tomatoes, a free weekly e-newsletter written for “women who aren’t kids”, told the group
last night “When I launched the first e-newsletter three years ago to sixty of my friends and acquaintances just for the fun of it,
I had no idea that three years later we’d have thousands of subscribers." The newsletter has grown through word of mouth and mouse
alone, and has expanded to a web site and fun events that attract “women who aren’t kids.” Aimed at these vital mid-life women
who have no desire to be kids, but still want to look good, feel great, and enjoy life to the fullest, The Three Tomatoes gives them an
insider’s guide to living, playing, and having fun in and out of New York City. The weekly newsletters are sometimes
irreverent, often fun, usually informative, and always good natured. Topics range from “the age thing”, to
restaurants and bars (that actually have good food and drinks and you can hear yourselves talk) to fashion, beauty, entertainment, and anything else
that happens to be “coursing through our hormonally charged brains.”
10% of the evenings proceeds from the Nina McLemore Collection will be donated to Partnership with Children, a non-profit organization that serves over 7,000 at-risk New York City children every year.
This event was part of The Three Tomatoes
New York Insider exclusive event series. Our next New York Insider's event is scheduled for June 9,
2008 at Tony’s di Napoli and will feature dinner and a staged reading of “Spit it Out”, a play written by Valerie
Smaldone and Amy Coleman. The event will be interactive, including asking the audience to help re-name
the show.
For further information contact:
Cheryl Benton
cbenton@thethreetomatoes.com
646-344-1166
www.thethreetomatoes.com
