Valente’s, the Restaurant That Started It All

I read today that Ray Valente Senior (or “Senior” as everyone called him), died this week. This news got me strolling down memory lane, as his restaurant, Valente’s was my first job, at 14. The restaurant, and a lot of the people who I worked with, made positive lifelong impressions on me and influenced the…

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Reaching Out, part 1

Reaching out. It can be difficult, especially when you are the one who screwed things up by acting like an asshat. We’re not talking a little tiff. We’re talking about not speaking to your best friend for over a decade. This is part 1 of my tale on reaching out to my best friend from high school and into my 20’s.

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Enough about Jonah, let’s talk more about me

Damn Facebook! I was tagged by so many people for the “25 random things about me” I think I have permanent paint drips. While I want to feel honored that all of these people care, it’s really just your average chain letter–complete with “send this to 25 people”–and I happen to actually have a good number of friends on Facebook.

So here you are: 25 random things about Melissa.

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