A MAGICAL NEW YEARS CELEBRATION
Article by: Gloria Consolacion Tamayo Cressler
International Correspondent and Host
Photographs by: Barry Brown - Barrybrown.com
Our New Year’s celebration was unforgettable…it was a
magical event so full of life, and vigor and fun had by all.
All of us wereapproaching our professional and personal
parts of our lives with light, engaging and
enthusiastic hearts... Everyone was there to welcome in a
fresh new year. Many of our friends we had not seen for a
long time attended and were there to celebrate and make
their personal new year’s resolutions. It was a fabulous
reunion for our friends and with welcoming in our new
guests. As always, our ladies were all dressed so
beautifully and most of the gentlemen were also dressed in
their very best attires.
New Year's celebration at
the symbolic center of New York City has become more
than just a celebration the energy that was felt in the air
that night was truly magical. Everyone carried a special
energy – like electricity flowing throughout all our guests
free to greet and converse with each other openly. Once
again we were packed to the gills with many of our members
from Elite Professional Networking Group (EPNG) and friends
of Black Tie International Magazine. What is amazing is that
our guests, one and all always have such an incredible time…
this included our long-lasting friends, and great new found
guests fast becoming friends. We find consistently at these
special gatherings that we get to meet so many new faces and
always make sure that our new friends and all the guests are
all having fun.
Everyone was happy to see the gorgeous Miss Ohio Lindsey
Davis back from her European and nation-wide trips, and same
with my good friend Kenneth Flornes CEO and Founder of
Nectar Furnish Apartments of which he owns several
nation-wide and International. He usually spends many days
traveling and visiting all his properties. Good to have
Sandy Jacolow, the CIF (Chief Information Officer) of
Silverstein Towers of Larry Silverstein of the World Trade
Center also in attendance. Once again we had our long-time
friend Award Winning Producer, Director and Writer Dean
Love who made Life in Mars, FBI File, Queen Elizabeth 1 (The
Virgin Queen) and many other movies greatly enjoying the
event. We were so glad that he took a break from filming
that night in order to join us in the festivities.
Again who came was our good friend Economist Wojtec
Trocewicz who represents the Polish Consulate and The Trade
Commission of Poland. Wojtec Trocewicz is married to the
beautiful and charming Sabina Klimek, the Trade Commissioner
of Poland. Also in attendance was Georgios Michailides The
Trade Commisioner of Greece who was very happy to socialize
with all the guests he met especially with our beautiful
ravishing super models, and surprisingly he was one of the
lucky winners to win a door prize that evening. We also had
Actor, Screenwriter, Producer and Director Gregory M. Brown
who has been in several TV SHOWS like the Good Wife and many
others and in other movies. We were happy to have him
attend. He had such a terrific time, afterwards he
immediately RSVP'd for the next event, our
Valentine’s Day Celebration on February 07, 2017.
Once again our event was attended by our unbelievably
stunning models. This time we had International models in
attendance starting off with European Super Model, Beauty
Queen, and Actress Angelina Shipilina, next the European
Super Models: Liga Freimane, Elena Konovalova, Dana and
Model Mary Tavarez Mary is originally from Puerto Rico. All
our models were dressed elegantly, classy with a sexy touch.
We were also joined by Richard Alan the Founder/Partner of
Richard Alan Management, Gerard McKeon Publisher of Black
Tie International Magazine.
Guest Speaker: Alwin
Kuruvilla of Toastmasters International (a public speaking
club) provides
new speakers a place to practice their public speaking
skills, to build more confident speakers and teaches proper
techniques to their new members. There are several
toastmasters clubs in the Greater New York Area. You can
meet several of
the club’s memberss
and there officers at our monthly events.
ENTERTAINMENT BY: Jazz &
Classical Singer Isabel Alvarez
Isabel Alvarez is a born New Yorker who is attracted to many
types of music. Most of her own writing has been influenced
by Jazz and currently studies Classical voice with the
retired international opera star Atarah Hazzan and performs
with the Starlight Girls whose album: Fantasm was released
on iTunes. Ms. Alvarez regularly plays solo and in duets at
multiple venues throughout NYC and the greater New York City
area. All the guests were impressed with her incredibly
beautiful voice. She can be contacted by email: Isabelalma21@yahoo.com
The evening lasted way into the wee hours. Once again, due
to all of us having such fun talking and networking. As
always we gave out our monthly door prizes to our lucky
guests and the winner of the 5 night 4 day stay in a Cancun
Resort was Kenneth Flornes, CEO and Founder of Nectar
Furnished Apartments International. Amazingly another friend
who had been away for a long time and his first time back
was the lucky winner of the Cancun Resorts tickets. (Just to
let you know I am not the one who picks the cards for the
door prizes so please note there is no favoritism). All of
our guests are all very special to us. Make sure to RSVP
right away for our next event. Remember you could be one of
our next lucky winners.
The venue was held again at The World Bar at Trump Tower
World International by the United Nations, and produced by
Gloria T. Cressler, CEO/Founder of Elite Professional
Networking Group, and International Correspondent and Host
of Black Tie International Magazine & TV. This event was
co-hosted by Black Tie International Magazine, Powerteam
International, Giorgio G. Cognac (by famous designer Giorgio
GUCCI), and Emperors Brand, International Wine Masters and
Global Fine Wines & Food Connection, and Fabulous Cooking
with Queenglori and Stanglwirt Bio Hotel (a wooden castle in
the Austrian Alps).
ADDITIONAL CORPORATE SPONSORS:
Stanglwirt Bio Hotel & Spa:
A Castle on the Austrian Alps seen as a slice of heaven in
the Austrian Alps, often frequented by Royals, Celebrities,
Presidents, Prime Ministers from many countries including
Presidents’ and CEO's of Fortune 500 Companies. Known as a
place to regroup and recharge your body and soul. They have
50 beautifully designed spas and hot spring water swimming
pools. They have the best golf courses, tennis courts, a
state of the art Gym (frequently visited by Arnold
Schwarzenegger), and you can also do some skiing (in fact
many Sky Champions practice and stay at the Stanglwirt). Hay
rides are available during the winter time and during summer
you can go hiking, fishing or can ride their World famous
Lipizzan horses. All the delicious food they serve is
organic all coming from their own garden or farm. For more
information go to www.stanglwirt.com or
email to queenglori@aol.com or gloria@blacktiemagazine.com
Fragrant Wellness:
Fragrant Wellness holistic wellness for women's health
specializing in aromatherapy consultations, Young Living
essential oils and natural products, comprehensive wellness
plans for overall vitality, and the Groove movement method.
Services that are provided are by a very knowledgeable owner
and founder of Fragrant Wellness, certified Aromatherapist,
and the Groove method.
Facilitator is Irina Gubenko. www.fragrantwellness.com
The Big Apple Indie Music Series: The
Big Apple Indie Music Series is in Tampa Bay and
Nationwide. They have the Best Artist Indie Music Series. It
is a monthly music and networking industry event featuring
the hottest independent pop, rock, country and the top 40
acts of Country music. TBAIMS LLC Connecting Through
Music-Supporting Independent Music Artists of most Genres.
Make sure to click on this link www.tbaims.com
Sustainable Global Network: Sustainable
Global Network (SGN), is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
focusing their efforts on Haiti. SGN is bringing awareness
and empowering individuals and organizations in a particular
devastated location, to network their own resources, for the
benefit of all, as one reason for devastated areas is due to
the lack of higher leadership and therefore lack of higher
organization. They coordinate training workshops in
leadership, aquaponics, filtering water and earth homes to
name a few. In addition, SGN spearheads several smaller
projects in several locations throughout Haiti. You will
find more information on their website: sustainableglobalnetwork.org
Once again, we thank Kenneth McClure, Vice President and
Group General Manager of Hospitality Holdings owners of The
World Bar at the Trump Tower and 8 other world renowned
establishments, including the Carnegie Club, The Empire &
others. They always serve us such sumptuous food which our
guests thoroughly enjoy every time. We graciously thank
their staff for providing us with such great on-going
service.
Our Additional Guests:
The German Baroness Marion Von Buchard, Georgios Michailidis
Trade Commission of Greece, Robert J. Garner Vice President
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Susana Koehler Founder
Sustainable Global Network, Kenneth Flornes CEO/Founder
Nectar Furnished Apartments International, Gregory M. Brown
Actor, Screenwriter, Producer & Director, Irina Gubenko
Certified Aromatherapist and Wellness Consultant, Elna
Izabela Naszawa Sales Manager Lilli Spina Couture, Margaret
Citak Desiderata Shoes, Michael Cole of Quanta, Cedric
Lebrun Broker Discount Realty Consultants Inc. Chip & Ann
Ledford Cyber Security & Financial Services, Cindy
Marinaangel Founder Angel Baker Productions, Thomas Buckley
New York Life Insurance Company & Alejandra Chaparro 17
Entertainment
James P. Cinelli Principal Liberty Environmental, Inc.,
Keith Singer CEO & Founder Imprimis Crisis Management
Consulting Group, Robert J. Garner VP Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, Chris Collie Editor in Chief
FashionWeekOnline, Stephen Cartwright Engineer Tappan Zee
Constructions, LLC, Giusy Russo Sales Manager Official Made
in Italy, Max Remy & Carmin Roth Account Managers Document
Solutions, Atty. Lyda Marcela Tyburec Arrufat Gracia PLLC,
Atty & Author Gary J. Ross, Atty. Peter J. Gleason PC, Alwin
Kuruvilla Toastmasters Int. Tina Herteloo Richard Alan
Management, Steve Knowles Knowles Enterprises, Chrystelle
Rondin, Frank Kao MassMutual Financial Group, Wendy Waggoner
KWNEW YORK CITY, Alan Attias CMI Inspectro Inc. Geozuwa
Quantum Hypnosis Group, Edward Sanders Global Strategic
Solutions, Isa Sunghayand many more, and my apologies to
those we are unable to list due to so many guests attending
our celebration.
We want to thank our superb co-host, sponsors, guests and
new friends who support us every month at our amazing events
and charities. Also I want to thank, Mr. Gerard McKeon the
Publisher of Black Tie International Magazine, Irina Gubenko, and
Richard Allan for bringing their friends and
also we thank our other guests also for bringing their
friends. Thank you Dr. Thomas Mallos, Bill Lee Lanndis,
Carlos Mallol who all helped at the Reception Table. Truly
this was another great event for everyone.
Please make sure to RSVP right away when you receive the
invitation for our next event Our Valentine’s Day
Celebration Tuesday evening, February 07, 2017. Please note
Valentine’s Day is also my birthday so we will be
celebrating also that night we will have cake for everyone. Our
Grand Door Prize again is a 5 night, 4 days stay at a Cancun
Resorts. So do make sure to bring your business cards
for networking and for making new contacts and a terrific
opportunity to win stupendous door prizes. Do not forget to
bring your friends to our next events! It is truly more fun
to have your friends with you when you are attending any
elegant and fun, fun, fun events. If you want to sponsor a
table, or speak on the stage do email us at queenglori@aol.com orelitepronet@aol.com, gloria@blacktiemagazine.com.
We will see you at our next fabulous event! Also, we plan
to have a lot of surprise VIP GUESTS attending Feb. 07, to
celebrate our Valentine’s Day including my birthday
celebration.
We will see you all very soon!
This is your host: Gloria Cressler signing off.
See you at our next elegant fun, fun, fun engaging event!
SAVE THE DATE
Valentine’s Day Celebration - Tuesday, February 07
St. Patrick's Day Celebration - Tuesday, March 14
Welcome Spring - Tuesday, April 04
May Festival Celebration - Tuesday, May 16
Welcome Summer - Tuesday, June 13
Midsummer Night Celebration - Tuesday, July 11
Gloria T. Cressler
International Editor/TV Host
Black Tie International Magazine/TV
Founder & President
Elite Professional Networking Group
(P.R & Celebrity Event Producer Company)
Producer/Director/Host
Fabulous Cooking with Queenglori
Global Ambassador
Power Team International
Member
United Nations Association & United Nations Foundation
United Nations Women Association