Welcome to day two of recapping my last seven years at The Young and the Restless!

Today’s theme centers around major anniversaries and milestones. There have been quite a few over the years — some very upscale and others a more casual post-work soiree.

Let’s start with the fancy. This first group of photos is from our 34th anniversary party. To put it into context, next week is Y&R’s 40th anniversary… so we’re all six years younger in these images!

Y&R 34th ANNIVERSARY PARTY @ SUNSET BEACH (March 2007)

Here are some production staff members: that’s myself, Allison, and Chrissie on the left. Molly and I are on the right.

Here I am with some VIPs… and some of my favorite people: director Mike Denney, audio supervisor Tommy, head make-up artist Patti, and director Noel Maxam.

And with a few of our actors: the delightful Christian Le Blanc (Michael), neck-snapper Don Diamont (Brad; a reference to the reliquary storyline circa 2007), and the lovely Kate Linder (Esther).

There’s Marisa and Scott (casting and wardrobe, respectively) on the left. On the top right, I’m flanked by Marina and Lynsey, two of our writers. Below that is Molly (producer’s assistant) and Bryan (one of our music supervisors), and below that is Allison, Jackson, and me.

On the left: me with our two stage managers, Tom and Herbie. Molly poses with Terry James, our stunt coordinator. And the fab four: Brittany, Lynsey, Molly, and Marina. On the right, director Mike Denney dances the night away with his wife Joanie.

Here’s more of our office staff! On the left, Michael is a writer and Laura runs our office. I pose with Associate Producer Matt and his boyfriend. Below that, Laura poses with her mom, and V & Eva share a hug.

Here’s me with the incredibly kind Peter Bergman (Jack) and Greg Rikaart (Kevin).

There’s Tommy and V on the left, and our Production Coordinator Christina dancing with her husband on the right.

I pose with Clay, who works in post production. On the right: Karen and Corey, our former casting director and writer’s assistant.

A few more shots, starting below left and moving clockwise: there’s cameraman Johnny, his wife, and audio team member Mikael; there’s Tonya Lee Williams (Olivia), Lee Phillip Bell (co-creator), Lynn Latham (former Exec. Producer), and Kate Linder (Esther). Then Tommy burns up the dance floor with Chrissie and Molly! I love those photos.

Y&R 36th ANNIVERSARY PARTY — KARAOKE @ TART (March 2009)

This was a fun one — our producers rented a restaurant across from the studio and we sang karaoke late into the night. I only wish I had video footage to share.

Here are several members of our technical crew: Larry, Tracy (“TD to the Daytime Stars”), director Dean Lamont, cameraman Chico, and director Mike Denney.

A group of our actors and hair & make-up team perform a number: Adrianne Frantz, George Guzman, Tonya Lee Williams, Christel Khalil, Christian Le Blanc, David Lago, and Patti Denney.

Love this shot of actors Amelia Heinle (Victoria) and Thad Luckinbill (J.T.) singing with director Mike Denney. On the right, members of our production staff sing their hearts out: Molly, Jacquie, Erin, and actress Liz Hendrickson (Chloe). I spy Yani Gellman (Rafe) in the background.

Check out cameraman Kai rockin’ those shades! He’s joined by actors David Lago and Christian Le Blanc. There’s a whole assortment of production staff in the photos on the right (I’m in the middle with Associate Director Robbin).

PARTY FOR JOSH GRIFFITH @ WHISPER LOUNGE (September 2008)

Several years ago our former co-EP Josh Griffith left the show. Spoiler alert — he’s now back as our head writer!

I love the photos from this night. Here’s Actor Joshua Morrow (Nick) sharing some kind words about Josh as Jacquie, Christel, and Herbie look on.

The photo below on the left is one of my favorites. Actor Billy Miller poses with Dino and Erin, our post audio supervisor and receptionist, respectively. Erin and Dino were both newly single at the time, and four years later they got married! On the right is director Dean Lamont and actress Sharon Case. Below that: Laura & Kai toast, and Erin & Kate Linder share a hug.

The man of the hour poses with actors Peter Bergman and Adrianne Frantz. On the right, Allison stands between stage managers Herbie and Tom.

Here’s Joshua Morrow and Jacquie on the left. On the right, Jacquie, Kai, Liz, Erin, and Patti smile for the camera.

CELEBRATING 9,000 EPISODES (September 2008)

My very first episode at Y&R was around episode 8,400. Two and a half years later we reached 9,000. That calls for a HUGE cake… or four.

CELEBRATING 10,000 EPISODES (August 2012)

And four years later we reached 10K episodes! What a milestone. We celebrated with cupcakes and speeches on set.

Cupcake Wars provided the sweet and savory concoctions The episode airs next week; I’m curious if you’ll see me chowing down on TWO cupcakes in the background.

Here is our beautiful and talented cast:

And our behind-the-scenes crew:

Y&R’s three Production Associates:

And here is our ENTIRE company:

Usually just the actors and producers are photographed at these events, so it’s special to have a big group photo. I treasure this image.

I’ll leave you with a teaser about tomorrow’s post… what do real estate agents always say? It’s all about LOCATION.