September is the month to send flowers and support Leukemia research
September is Blood Cancer Awareness month. In a partnership with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York that started almost a decade ago, Starbright Floral Design has ramped up its effort to increase awareness and support.
A special Starbright page has been set up where flower arrangement ordered generates a $20 donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York. To see this extraordinary selection of flowers, CLICK HERE. This page features seven unique arrangements our designers created especially to commemorate what this month stands for ad the cause it represents.
Each arrangement incorporates premium flowers, in shades of red, white, or orange (the featured composition LLS001 is in the colors of the logo of the LLS). Every time you purchase one of these gifts from this section, $20 is donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York. This is an organization whose research and support enables scientists around the world to offer safer, more effective cancer treatments, provides research dollars and offers comfort to those who are touched by this terrible disease.
The LLS has been actively contributing to the fight against cancer since 1949. They accept a wide variety of contributions, all of which can be found on their website. Starbright is honored to be able to facilitate a good deed for our customers, while at the same time maintaining our standard of beautiful flowers.
Starbright Floral Design is located in the heart of Manhattan. We deliver amazing flowers, arrangements and all kinds of amazing gifts on a same day basis. You can visit our website at www.starflor.com and place orders on our e-commerce portal at www.starbrightnyc.com.
Thank you to all our friends and clients,
The Starbright Team
150 West 28th Street, Suite 201 | New York, NY 10001 | 1-800-520-8999
I woke up this morning and decided to stay home – It is a holiday weekend and there are rarely any opportunities to recharge the gas tank with a little rest and relaxation. As I often do even when I stay home, I was checking my email and got this really cool note from a client in London. Just thought I would take a moment to share his words with the whole wide world… Dale really made my day and the day of our entire team…
Featuring a vase of mokara orchids, miniature calla lilies, grasses and bells of Ireland.
“You must email every new customer, so please believe me when I tell you that I planned to write to you in any case.
Today I panicked. I intended to send a pre-wedding gift to a colleague at work who is everso important to me, professionally and personally. But due to vacations and some problems at work, time caught up with me, and I needed to find a gift she would appreciate.
As I live in the UK, I took a risk with your firm. I panicked further when I realised it was a holiday weekend, and people would be leaving work early! But I am very happy I did take a risk. When I telephoned after realising how tight the timing was, you were curteous and helpful. The flowers I ordered were delivered just a couple of hours later, and my colleagues who saw them said they were wonderful. Thank you for your professionalism, creativity and efficiency. I appreciate it very much, and I could tell it made my friend’s day.
I don’t know if you use testimonials, please feel free to use this one. Thanks again, and have a great holiday weekend,
Dale”
For all of us at Starbright Floral Design, delivering flowers and “making someone’s day” is a real passion of ours. When we hear from someone far away (Like Dale from London) that we did great work and that they “loved our flowers” we are just as happy as our clients are! To everyone that has placed their trust and confidence in Starbright for all their flower and gift-giving requests we are truly grateful. Thank you to everyone that has helped to put our florist on the map!
Starbright is located in New York City in the heart of the historic flower district. We deliver fresh flowers, smiles, and passion every day of the week all year long! You can find us online at http://www.starflor.com/ or you can call us at 800.520.8999. Either way, we will always be thrilled to hear from you and to help in every way that we can. “You will always have a friend in the flower business!
From time to time we get notes of thanks from our clients where they express their appreciation for the flowers that we deliver for them to their loved ones, their coworkers or to their business associates… Today I got a few more than usual and I wanted to write about them just because the notes themselves were really cool and they mean so much to all of us. Here is a sampling of what I received today:
So Bridgette writes:
Thanks Nic, I really appreciate it. I heard everyone thought the flowers were amazing. Thanks for the doing great work and making me look good. Have a great day, Bridgette
and then there was this note to George from J. Peters. Now granted it is a little over-the-top with enthusiasm:
Thank You so much George!! You are such a great person to talk with…so informative, detailed, and most importantly warm. (just like the beautiful flowers you have delivered to people so they can smile). I am so glad you were the one that picked up the phone! You are the Best!! will definitely pass it on about your amazing kindness and Starbright flowers!!! 🙂 I hope you have an amazing day!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🙂
All along the way whenever we hear from our clients it makes the work that we do, the arrangements that we create all the more worthwhile. It is nice to know that we spend our days doing things that touch people’s hearts in such a meaningful way. I truly believe that just as much as receiving flowers brings joy, the experience is duplicated when the recipient gets an enthusiastic “OMG, I cannot believe you did this for meeeee! Thank you soooooooooo much! I love the flowers!” That is the business we are in and we love what we do!
A little bit about Starbright: We are a retail flower shop that is located in Chelsea (a Manhattan neighborhood) in the center of the historic flower district. You can visit our website at www.starflor.com or you can call us at 1.800.520.8999. We are open and deliver flowers the same day that you order them anywhere in New York City or the rest of America seven days a week.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Starbright Floral Design – “The Official Florist of The City That Never Sleeps”
Green Cymbidium Orchids floating atop polished river stones.
From time to time a flower variety comes around that earns the top spot at Starbright Floral Design as the gold-standard in most of our floral compositions. Orchids have earned their rightful place in the sun at Starbright and you can expect to see one of the many varieties of orchids in pretty much every flower display that we create. There are more varieties of orchids in our world than one can even imagine. The cymbidium orchid is prominently featured throughout the year in many of our flower centerpieces for event and in floral arrangements that are sent as gifts. This orchid rightly deserves its position in the forefront of floral design, for it is beautiful, versatile and comes in a wide array of colors.
Cymbidiums grow from a large plant with enough long, slender leaves that it often looks bushy. A single stem will show anywhere from seven to fifteen flowers. On its own, a single stem makes quite a statement, especially when used in a very simple arrangement. For some clients, we will occasionally place polished river stones at the base of the vase, maybe a swirl of lily grass atop those, and then the cymbidium fills the rest of the vase. Outside of the vase, a cymbidium will hold its own when placed simply with some curly willow branches or a broad tropical leaf. Entire stems of cymbidium can also be used in taller arrangements, usually of the scale and type that would be appropriate for a corporate event or large celebration. In these instances, cymbidiums ramp up the sumptuousness of the arrangement.
Additionally, the individual blooms of a cymbidium can be cut from the main stem and put in water tubes, to then be used in a medium or short arrangement, or even in bouquets. Often Starbright has used white, cream or green cymbidiums in traditional bridal bouquets. Cymbidium blooms are a favorite for corsages and boutonnieres, for they are simultaneously delicate and bold enough to make a statement. Using cymbidiums for personal flowers-to-wear has an extra benefit, as cymbidium have one of the most delicious, clean scents of any flower. The individual blooms can also be used for a simple, quick accent decor which we loosely refer to as a “floaty.” This involves a small, short vase, probably no more than four or five inches in diameter and four inches tall, with a half-inch of water at the bottom in which the cymbidium rests. Stones, gems, sand and a variety of other materials can be placed under the cymbidium for additional color or texture.
A full cymbidium orchid stem inside a vase with polished river stones and willow branches as an accent.
Cymbidium orchids are a flower which has been prized for a long time. In ancient Greece, they were a symbol of beauty and strength. It was believed that if a man ate large cymbidium tubers, he would have a boy, and if he ate small shoots, he and his wife would have a girl. In Victorian times, cymbidiums came to symbolize luxury. The star-shaped flower, whether used as a whole stem or an individual bloom, certainly adds elegance to any arrangement.
We are located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District and we are open and delivering amazing flowers and gifts seven days a week. You can reach us by telephone from anywhere at 800.520.8999 or you can visit our websites… To send someone a Starbright Gift you can go to our e-commerce portal at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ or you can visit our main site at http://starflor.com
The Mayor’s Press Conference. Nic Faitos, Senior Partner at Starbright Floral Design is about to be introduced and will speak about the effect this law has had on local businesses.
On the one-year anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act, Starbright’s senior partner, Nic Faitos, was invited to speak on behalf of New York City’s business community about the Act’s positive impact on the floral business and the city in general. As part of NYC & Company’s participating wedding services, Starbright has had a finger on the pulse of the city’s weddings, which have certainly increased in the past year. A year ago New York joined the other states that endorse same-sex marriage. An increase in the number of marriages occurring in New York means many things. The fact is, the city has felt the recession which has gripped the nation for the past several years, so its leaders cannot help but be enthusiastic about anything which boosts the economy. As an epicenter of the U.S., anything which boosts New York City will hopefully help encourage the national economy as well. New York has attracted many non-residents to marry within our state, which brings in additional revenue. More weddings undoubtedly also mean more work for those who offer goods and services in the wedding industry. But the most important ramification of all is the increase in the amount of joy felt and shared amongst all involved in a wedding.
Every wedding is a happy occasion. Despite the often stressful number of details which go into planning a wedding, when the day itself arrives, there is no bride or groom who isn’t overcome with happiness, smiling ear to ear as their lives are joined with the recognition and blessings of their loved ones. How much more poignant must such a union be for a couple whose relationship could not have publicly been thus consecrated, up until a year ago. The details of such major life events are what add up to give us the feel of the whole, and flowers have always been an integral part of weddings. The more traditional aspects of a marriage that are employed in same-sex marriages, or any marriages, for that matter, the more universal of a declaration those weddings are to their witnesses. Starbright has and will proudly offer our floral design services to all those couples who would like to declare their devotion to each other in front of others, regardless of sexual orientation. We’re just glad the rest of New York can now officially participate.
NYC and Manhattan residents are renowned lovers of roses. A NYC Valentine’s Day is a virtual harvest of the world’s rose bushes. Each year there are millions of roses delivered in Manhattan and throughout New York City. Millions of roses are not enough. Every year the incredible demand for roses creates a shortage that drives the prices through the moon. The colors of roses sold in NYC are as diverse as Manhattan itself; ranging from the traditional red rose, yellow rose, white rose to the hybrid blue rose, NYC roses on Valentine’s Day never disappoint.
Singles in Manhattan and NYC have a secret rule book of dos and don’ts of dating decorum that is fervently abided to. Accordingly Starbright gets many inquiries about the symbolism of roses.
Each Rose color has a different meaning and message:
Red Roses: Romantic love, sincere, respect, passion, courage. Message : “I Love You”
Starbright is a proud NYC president’s club member of Teleflora. Accordingly, we are privy to certain information not available to the general public. Every year millions of people tune in to the Super Bowl. Many viewers have little or no interest in the game. Rather, their sole interest lies in finding out who the new spokesperson will be on Teleflora’s Super Bowl Ads. This has been a guarded state secret, until now! We can no longer sit silent and watch our fans and patrons suffer through another Super Bowl just to watch a commercial. Accordingly we have decided to make this announcement: The new Teleflora spokesperson is super-model Adriana Lima.
This has been public service memo brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, voted “The Best Florist of New York City”. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers. Starbright delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of NYC” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
150 West 28th Street, Studio 201.
T. 800.520. 8999
Web: www. starflor.com E-commerce portal: www.starbrightnyc.com
NYC Hotels and beautiful NYC hotel flowers, go together like peas and carrots. Valentine’s Day in NYC is like the Super Bowl for florists, restauranteurs and hoteliers alike. Two weeks before the big day, only an event that is dear to our hearts can drag us away from our preparation. That event is the Hotel Experience Awards. Starbright Floral Design, for the eleventh year running, was a major sponsor of the Hotel Experience Awards. In this annual event, the best of the best in the hospitality industry are awarded and recognized for their efforts. It is considered “The Oscars” for New York City’s hospitality industry.
In the year that past, New York City had over 50 million visitors. A goal that was set for 2012 was surpassed in 2011! Only in New York… The City that Never Sleeps! Thanks to the amazing efforts of everyone in our great city; from the taxi driver to the bartender and the convention planner… Everyone played a huge part to help keep our city vibrant during challenging economic times and to make sure that all of us had work and played our part. Congratulations to all.
Entertainment was a preview of Ghost - The Musical
Starbright provided the floral decor for the event which was held at Cipriani’s Wall Street. There were over 650 in attendance. We hope to capture the flavor of the event with the attached photos. It was truly a spectacular evening! Nic Faitos (Senior Partner – Starbright Floral Design) presented the award for the Best Concierge Service (in the less than 500 room category). The Ritz Carlton Central Park won that award!
MVP's Adeline Tafuri
The event was hosted by MVP (Morris Visitor Publications) which publishes IN New York Magazine and WHERE. The two premier in-guest room resource guides. Here is the press release that was issued after the event by MVP:
For immediate release
Hotel Excellence Awards Honor Hospitality Industry Achievements
January 31, 2012 (New York, NY) On Monday evening, January 30, 2012, the 2011 Hotel Excellence Awards (HEA) program was held at the iconic Cipriani Wall Street and hosted by MVP|NY (Morris Visitor Publications), a multi-media travel-publishing company—in cooperation with the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. The HEA program recognizes the qualities and characteristics that define superior service and achievement in New York City’s hospitality industry. The night saw a record turnout of more than 640 of the hospitality industry’s finest.
Nic Faitos of Starbright presenting the Concierge Desk of the Year Award
Comprised of the Hotel Experience Awards, selected by the readers of IN New York magazine; and the Silver Plume Awards, which honor exemplary customer service of concierges and managers, as chosen by their peers, HEA winners included:
Hotel Experience Award Winners
500 Rooms or More Best Concierge Service: New York Marriott Marquis Best Room Amenities: The New York Palace Hotel Best Hotel Restaurant: The London NYC Best Family-Friendly Hotel: The Waldorf=Astoria Best Business Services: InterContinental New York Times Square Best Overall Hotel Experience: The Waldorf=Astoria
Fewer than 500 Rooms Best Concierge Service: The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park Best Room Amenities: W New York – Union Square Best Hotel Restaurant: The Setai Fifth Avenue Best Family-Friendly Hotel: The Plaza Hotel Best Business Services: Mandarin Oriental, New York Best Overall Hotel Experience: The Setai Fifth Avenue
Silver Plume Winners
Chef Concierge of the Year: Frederick Bigler, The Peninsula New York Concierge of the Year: McKinley Winston, The St. Regis New York Best Supporting Manager of the Year: Heiko Kuenstle, The Pierre, a Taj Hotel
The night also saw Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given each year to an individual who demonstrates exceptional achievement in their field and outstanding contributions to New York City’s hospitality industry. Actress and humanitarian Whoopi Goldberg received this honor in 2010.
Merrie Davis - Publisher her finest hour!
“One of the very best things about leading the Times Square Alliance is knowing and working with so many amazing people in the travel and tourism industry,” says Tompkins. “So being honored by them is truly a special treat; I in turn tip my hat to all of those who make tourism an incredibly and ever more important part of New York City’s economy.”
The Hotel Excellence Awards’ presenting sponsor, jcpenney, presented the jcpenney’s Hotel Excellence Award for Community Service to James Lamboglia, concierge at The Plaza Hotel.
Entertainment for the evening included selections from Ghost the Musical, which will make its Broadway debut on March 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, as well as a charitable Silent Auction—containing hundreds of luxury items—to benefit the Les Clefs d’Or Foundation, the New York City Association of Hotel Concierges’ Charitable Fund, the Hotel Association of New York City Scholarship Fund and the ITM Hospitality Fund.
About MVP/NY:
Presenting all the winners...
Morris Visitor Publications New York (MVP/NY) is a division of Morris Communications Company. MVP/NY’s market-leading visitor publications include IN New York and Where® New York magazines, QG: New York City’s QuickGuide, Where GuestBook® New York and IN New York Map. Reaching every segment of the visitor market—from leisure and family to business and luxury travel—MVP/NY products appear at more than 300 of New York’s most distinguished hotels, visitor centers and high-traffic attractions, private clubs, airports, on New York Water Taxi boats, Amtrak trains and Acela VIP lounges and in upscale corporate housing, generating an annual readership in excess of 34 million. For more information, log on to www.mvpny.net
Starbright would like to congratulate all the winners and thank everyone in the industry for a job well done. NYC is again the destination capital of the world, in no small part, due to your efforts. Now lets fill all those NYC Hotels with beautiful flowers!
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of Romance”. We deliver flowers, love, passion and smiles everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide. Sometimes we deliver messages of appreciation like the within scribe.
Roses, chocolates, gourmet baskets and mixed flower arrangements by Starbright in NYC and throughout the world will clearly deliver the desired message to a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Flowers in concert with Godiva or Baci chocolate is a safe bet. Even better, for the person who believes “one day is not enough to display my love for you”, is a blooming orchid plant guaranteed to excite for weeks to come. For the person who believes “one day is not enough and I missed my chance to declare my love by jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch”, is a standing order of flowers to be delivered weekly or monthly (contact us for more details).
Tips on what not to do; the no-nos of valentine’s day gift giving. Do not send a gift containing a thinly veiled message of “you’re fat”. Examples of these are edible arrangements, gym membership or gift certificate to diet centers. Do not send a gift of flowers that travel in a box across the country. Imagine how you would look and feel after a long airplane ride followed by a holdover in a warehouse, followed by handling by a freight operator working a double shift on a holiday somewhere. The same holds true for those flowers. Instead of delivering a smile and message of love, they deliver a lesson in mortality. The number one no-no for Valentine’s day is to forget about it all together. Avoid this tragic mistake by ordering your gifts from Starbright early and painlessly.
This public service memo is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, voted “The Best Florist of New York City”. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers. Starbright delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of Romance” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide. Sometimes we deliver yellow carnations.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Starbright was recently honored to be a part of an upcoming event whereby we were given a design dress style and told to make it a reality out of an assortment of berries. A female cloth mannequin (we nicknamed the “Material Girl”) was adorned with a rainbow tour of berries (strawberries, blackberries and blueberries). Our designer given the task, was hesitant of creating a dress form out of fruit. However, once she got into the groove, the progression was at a fever pitch. I received many accolades for this creation, but I can’t say I deserve it. To our designer: Please take a bow for a job well done. The final product is worthy of Vogue. Here’s a pictorial evolution of a beautiful island of fruit that screams “you must love me”.
I’ve been told that this post might be misleading as many people associate the material girl with Madonna. I assure you that wasn’t my intention. Nor was it my intention to include ten of Madonna’s song titles within the body of this post. Read back and see if you can find all ten hidden song titles.
Seriously folks, the good people at Driscoll’s, producers of the finest berries in the world asked us to produce the dress form for an upcoming food & fashion event show in lower Manhattan. Driscoll’s provided the berries and the concept. Starbright provided the talented designers to get it done.
Starbright Floral Design is a florist in Manhattan (New York City). Our design studio is located in Chelsea (a NYC neighborhood) in the heart of the Historic Flower District on 28th Street. We offer same-day delivery of flowers in Manhattan and everywhere else in the USA. Gorgeous flowers, masterfully designed by Starbright Floral Design.
We invite you to visit our website at www.starflor.com. where you will learn more about our organization and the work that we do. (or you can call us at 800.520.8999)
Blooming Thoughts 