Our New Lil' Office...

For years, I thought that one day I would open an office in New York City. But, I never thought we would open on Madison Avenue and 57th Street!

Our main office is in Westbury, Long Island. It's spacious, funky and colorful. As soon as you walk in, you hear the ipod playing new music and you see paintings by Olan and some other "starving" artists. When you walk in you can feel the warmth and the caring because the people who work there really are warm and caring!

After nearly 16 years, I think I finally have the formula right! We have a group of 15 people who work so well together. And, I think the hierchy works too. There's plenty of room for growth and movement!

So just recently, I decided that the time was right to take the "plunge" and open an office in NYC. To me, the location was most important. I know that when we moved from Long Beach to Westbury, we tripled our business. So opening up a satellite office couldn't be a bad thing. Could it?

I looked around awhile for the right spot and came across an office on Madison and 57th Street. It was perfect. A receptionist who greeted our guests, a full mail room, use of several different sized conference rooms and a fully loaded kitchen. The receptionist even screens all of my calls. What else could anyone want?

The only problem, it's tiny. But who has big in NYC anyway?

Last Saturday night I went to the Ward Nasse Gallery and found two paintings that I thought would work perfect in our new lil' space. That night when I went up to the suite, my son came with me and when he saw the space, he laughed. "Mom, this isn't an office, it's more like a closet!" he said.

But it's really not that small! We have a round table, four chairs, a stereo (my M.O.), a large filing cabinet and two amazing paintings. Today, one of my supervisors and I spent the day in the city office. We sat around the table and worked. We completely blocked each other out. We got so much done. The way we worked, reminded me of the time when I sat around the dining room table with staff and stuffed envelopes and sent out press releases. This was HJMT then... and this is HJMT now!