Friends, family and business associates showed up to help celebrate the premiere of EmptyNexters.com last Friday at Head over Heels in Menlo Park, California. Most all of the celebrants are in various stages of empty nesting.  Champagne, wine and tasty appetizers were served by Laurie Farros, the store's owner.  A few of the forty plus revelers were surprised that the event was held in a shoe store, but this isn't just any shoe store, it's a unique, high end shopping experience.  We won the cocktail party at a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser auction last year where Laurie has been a consistent and generous donor.  What better place to kick off our new venture.  It's a reminder for a couple reasons:   one, now that the kids have moved on, maybe we can afford a few nice treats for ourselves, and two, remember to give back in unique and thoughtful ways as Laurie has.  Special thanks to my web designers/gurus Domagoj Barisic and Djurdjica Selec, my PR empress and copy editor Cindee Mock and my social networking specialist extraordinaire - Bill Brister.

Please join us, raise a virtual glass to our new endeavor, and toast all of our futures as successful and happy empty nexters.