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FROM THE PUBLISHER fabulous years Jessica Duran, Moët Hennessy's on-premise state manager, and I had a lunch meeting at Paris's Mon Ami Gabi. The local Vegas magazine staff: (TOP ROW) Tiffany Carey, Rebekah Zimlich, Vince Durocher, Emma Trotter,ABBY TEGNELIA Rue McBride, Kelli Maruca, Jessica Zivkovitch, and Kacie Turpenen; (BOTTOM ROW) Jesse Taylor, Abby Tegnelia, me, Maria Blondeaux, and Remmington McKenney. ABOVE: Judy Stone, director of marketing for Crystals at CityCenter, and I discussed Vegas's 10-year anniversary while dining at Society Café at Encore. LEFT: With fashion industry powerhouse Eric Jones, president of Alfred Dunhill. that's a little more exhilarated than fearful. As with any of life's biggest moments, from graduation and your first job to your first sweetheart and your wedding day, on June 26, 2003, at 8 PM , I had the proverbial butterflies. The Vegas team had assembled to give birth to and shepherd this new brand of magazine. We had pounded Las Vegas Boulevard and Madison Avenue to secure advertising, distribution, and sponsorship partners for Las Vegas's newest media vehicle. It was truly one of a kind: an oversize, high-gloss, luxury lifestyle magazine about the hormone—the feeling that people get in the pit of their stomach when they first feast their eyes on the shimmering lights of Las Vegas. It all started one fateful afternoon on the golf course at Red Rock Country Club, an outing that turned into a lunch with Greenspun decision makers (namely a Greenspun himself) and into an amazing trip to Miami Beach, where we met our partners at Ocean Drive magazine. Then, on a perfect evening in June of Follow me on Twitter at 2003, at Rain and Skin at the Palms, Vegas @josefvann and on magazine was born. It was a profound vegasmagazine.com. moment, and I can still remember, a decade later, the feelings of pride and unabashed excitement. One final thought on our 10th anniversary: I'm honored and lucky to be surrounded by such talented people who constitute the Vegas magazine team: Abby Tegnelia, our esteemed and very talented and smart editor-in-chief; Emma Trotter, our assistant editor; Kelli Maruca, vice president of marketing, who conceptualizes and activates more than 40 events per year, and keeps our brand in check; her coordinator Remmington McKenney; Rebekah Zimlich, my "optimizer," who ensures that the book is everywhere it's supposed to be; the sales team of Tiffany Carey, Jessica Zivkovitch, Vince Durocher, and Kacie Turpenen; and last but certainly not least, my assistant, Rue McBride, who has an uncanny instinct that helps our wonderful magazine flow every day of the week. Here's to you, Team Vegas, for making the last 10 years amazing. Best, JOSEF VANN PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF GALE (STAFF) I was nervous, but the kind of nervous 34 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 034_V_FOB_PubLetter_MAY/JUNE_13.indd 34 4/19/13 1:51 PM