What does the future hold?

I am here at the bistro sitting in my office thinking about all i have done. I always knew since the age of 5 that i wanted to become a comedian...i lived that dream. It seems that food and entertainment work well with me. Going from the opening act of the most controversial comedian of our time, Andrew Dice Clay to creating the most politically incorrect and successful catering companies in Los Angeles to the opening of my first signature bistro as a celebrity chef in the mountains of North Carolina. Life on stage, life on the road and life in the kitchen . How a kid from Long Island who moves to a small town in Citrus County FL who always believed in himself, followed his dream and made it happen...his way. Life in LA as comedian the early years: being broke as hell living in a fleabag hotel hanging out at the Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. The dark side of trying to make it as a comic. Life in LA, the great years: Opening for the hottest comic in the country, landing an agent, ties to the mob, getting television and movie rolls, becoming a name comic, still hanging at the store but with money in my pocket. Hanging out with celebrities, my life in West Hollywood and hanging at the Rainbow Bar and Grill. The opening act: Touring the country with Andrew Dice Clay, private planes, the best hotels,groupies,backstage and behind the scenes look at what really goes on the road. At 38 years old i thought my life was going to be pretty much where it was. Working in a few restaurants doing some shows here and there and pretty much still hanging at the store single no children, pretty much the same as 90 percent of your washed up comedians out there that never let go of the past,until...I was hanging out at Mitzi Shores house, Pauly's mom. I was talking to her nurse and asked her "Do you have a friend you can introduce me to"? she said yes, she is a nurse too! I said great, hook it up! next thing you know my whole life had changed in a matter of months. I went from this misguided washed up comic to the happiest man in the world. I was married to an incredible woman and we had a child on the way that would change my life for good and i was ready for it.The dad, the husband, the Cannoli King!: How i started a catering company out of a one bedroom apt. to becoming the #1 catering company in Los Angeles. Back in showbiz opening for Dice again and starring in a VH1 reality show, becoming a celebrity chef, making new friends catering for big celebrities and behind the scenes of the food world, to finally opening my first signature restaurant as a celebrity chef.
I have so much to say and write about that it would take pages and pages, that is why i am writing a book called "From opening act to opening night" my life as a comedian/chef. It promises to be a roller coaster of emotions. A wild ride of a boy who followed his dream and took it to the next level. I am not done with my journey or dreams and i am having a great time with my family creating new dreams for us! So... What does the future hold?

Remember when you were little??...

I remember as a child when things that were so basic meant so much. When you went to the neighborhood butcher, the local baker and bread guy, when you needed gas there was somebody there to filler up, when your TV went on the blink and the TV repairman would come over with that little mirror. I can remember being over my grandmothers house every Sunday to eat Macaroni and a bunch of other Italian delicacies and hanging with my cousins, walking over to this amazing candy store and thinking how wild it was to be in a room with all this candy, a store dedicated to sugar! When you called a business you actually talked to a live person. You knew your neighbors and you hung out with there kids and you stayed out all day til your mother would yell your name and you went running home to eat dinner. When a mother was a person you loved and respected and feared... spending time at home with family was important. I remember coming home from school when i was little and my mother would give me some milk and cookies and i would go watch my favorite TV shows.Whatever nationality you are, if you grew up in the 60's and 70's in a middle class American neighborhood, we have a lot in common. These are the things America is missing now. "good old American values" living in LA. for the last 20 years, i noticed that well, everybody is from someplace else and when certain holidays come around you can see the kid come out in people. They get excited when they talk about when they were little and the foods they would eat at there table. They reflect to a time when things were easy. No bills, no worries and we just thought everything was perfect. I salute our parents for covering these things up. Even thought we have a very technological world and everything is at our fingertips (and i am fine with that, i think it is fantastic.) we as adults and parents and friends need to pass some of our "Good old American values" to the kids of today. When I opened up Cannoli Kings Catering, I swore i would run it the way i remember the neighborhood guy did, i would answer the phone, get back to you and help you get what your looking for and in a city of 9 million i was able to create my little piece of my neighborhood. Like I said, living in LA., everybody is from somewhere else and if your not going home for the holidays call me and let us make your favorite dish, now i know it won't taste exactly like your moms but we have a hell of a time trying. Whoever is reading this must be saying "all these typos". Hey that's who we are, the most politically incorrect catering company in Los Angeles and we are going to stay that way. All i can say is with all the Facebook, Myspace,Twitter and so on, remember to smile, shake hands and say hello and you don;t have to log in to do that! I would love to hear some stories about when you were little. Can you please send me some? remember! call me if you need something! Your neighborhood catering company in all of Southern California and NY. Catering Los Angeles is no easy job, but "I Love It"!