Cottage Life editor's 50th issue marked by a surprise hijacking, and bubbly

Penny Caldwell's staff at Cottage Life magazine wanted to mark the occasion of her 50th issue so they hit upon simply hijacking her editor's blog, posting a message about the occasion, surprising her in her office and then cracking open a bottle of champagne. Her first issue as editor (left) was in July/August 2000 (though she'd been on staff in various other capacities before assuming it). Her latest edition (October 2008) is at right.

A mock posting quoted Caldwell as saying: “I was genuinely surprised. We plan so far in the future here that I actually thought it was the year 2037.”