This week’s birthday wishes

go to:  Fernanda Tamancoldi, Dr. Jay Varma, Anna Kimsey, Bennett Richardson, Trace Johnson, Lisa LaFontaine, John Keeley, Tae Crotty, Hamid Moinamin, Joe Carden, Tony Powell, Eric Lund and David Cronin. 

Apologies as usual if we’ve missed anyone!  Wishing you all great health and wealth …

Speaking of birthdays … we are very proud to announce that THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, is the OFFICIAL TWO-YEAR Anniversary date of this blog.  Born around 11pm’ish on November 13th, 2006 as a personal blog called The Daily Adventures of Pamela Sorensen (pretty clever, huh? … uh, riiiight) and then transformed over time with the help of the talented folks of Viget Labs, into Pamela’s Punch (dear friend and Advisor Fernando Murias gets credit for the new title) and the site as you see it today.

Thank you to Brian Williams, co-Founder and CEO of Viget Labs (web strategy, development and consulting), for being there from the very beginning.  The night of the 13th when I emailed him inquiring how to start a blog, he responded back immediately with thoughtful advice and assistance.  Brian and his willing staff have been nothing but professional, creative, strategic and responsive. Thank you also to all of the Loyal Punch Readers for continuing to help in the growth of this site, to the many Special Highlighted Partners (especially Hudson Restaurant & Lounge and Platinum Lifestyle Management, who were our first sponsors and longest running to date), to the Community Sponsors who fill up this site with great philanthropic content, to everyone who has referred readers, media opportunities and sponsorships to us - THANK YOU!

By the way, we are also proud to say that from September 2007 to September 2008, the Punch has grown by 87% in terms of readers, so again, THANK YOU!  This is YOUR Punch!