Life and Times of being...me.

This week is Thanksgiving.  I am very grateful that none of my family and friends were lost because of SANDY. To that end, I am also thankful that I was brought into this world.  Over the past few months, I have been reflecting on choices I have made.  Things that I have done over the years and things that I have been bless to see (during my travels in the last 25 + years).   I'm grateful that my parents brought me into this world because if they hadn't; I would not have done and seen the things that I have.  And I would not have my wife, family or my son Giovanni. One of the things that my parents taught me was not to take anyone's crap; stand tall and be proud of who you are.  Let me provide a little background here.  At the age of 5 or 6 my parents made the decision to move us from Greenwich Village in NYC to the "country" or as its more commonly know as Howell Twp now.  My grandparents own a house that my dad grew up in and spent summers in (the Village wa

The storm is over...for now. We are slowly getting back to normal.  The second of two storms are over and we were spared in the second storm; we didn't lose the power. Although we have a generator now, the snow storm was not a welcome event given hurricane SANDY was just last Monday the 29th. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my cousin Lori for helping us out last Wednesday.  After the storm passed and the power was out for 3 days, we started to look for generators.  As you could imagine, the entire area was also looking for generators.  My wife and I decided that it was better to start looking out of state and also see if we could get supplies (milk, bread and also gas for the generator).  It seemed hopeless until I thought to call my cousin Lori who lives in Fredricksburg,VA. Well you're thinking now...why wouldn't he find something closer to home than Fredricksbug, VA.  Desperate times called for desperate measures.  And I wanted a sure thing. Let me