I was born in Lackawanna,NY. That makes me a Buffalonian.

I have been with Moda for 35 years and in the retail fabric business for 20 years before that. My parents owned a 5 and 10 store. My job as a youngster was to check the notions,etc for an order
every week for our distributor. I could make change and check out a cash register before I was eight.

 (I was ten before I could tie my shoes)

Favorite past time:

gardening, reading and old cars.

I locked myself out of my room in a large hotel in my underwear. When I finally got the hotel security to unlock my door he took my wallet and asked where I lived. I guess he thought I was the underwear bandit.

A Nun

My Grandmother baking bread and making home made pasta.

I was a life guard in the Summer.

Tell us about your beloved:

That would be my wife, Nancy, who I have been married to for 36 years. She is the best thing that ever happened to me. (Working for Moda is the second)

Mustard,

skim milk,

yogurt,

 Pomegranate juice

and

something green and hairy way in the back of the fridge.

If I were a quilt block:

I would be an Ohio Star because that is where I live.

Velcro and Duck Tape

Three chapters in my auto-biography:

How to survive living with three sisters,
Mom was my best friend and
Sicilians aren't as bad as you think.

I sell pretty fabrics to warm and friendly people.

A few other pictures that were too priceless not to share.

Joseph, thanks for putting up with all of us and always keeping your calm!