The Romeo gang ate lunch on
Wednesday, March 23 at the Copperhouse Tavern in Waltham at 12 noon located at 380 Winter St. (Just off Rte. 128/Rte 95).
There were 7 attendees
including Joe Lapiana, Joe Pignatiello, Paul Girard, Mark Ryan, Ed DeSchuytner,
Steve Winter and Jim Terlizzi.
Joe L. and Mark arrived early
and entered the side door and waited in the adjoining lobby until past noon. We
thought the others were late but they were already in restaurant and had come
in the front door and already ordered a nacho appetizer. Everyone ordered a
beer from 40 drafts on tap. I ordered the Jacks Abby Larger which was very good.
We then ordered our entrée. Most
ordered steak tips, a corn beef sandwich and fish chips. After the meal we ordered coffee. They did not have cappuccino.
The conversation
included general topics about politics, sports, news and trips. Jim
is planning a trip to Aruba. Joe L. had been there before and they conversed
across the table.
I asked Steve how his birthday
party was and he said 55 people had attended. He was 90 years old. His wife is 5
years younger and planned the event. People attending the party came from the Temple.
Romeos, college, family and neighbors.
Ed said GOP should have got
rid of Trump at beginning now they are planning a brokered GOP convention and
hope he doesn’t get all the delegates so they can select someone else.
We talked about Belgium terror
attack and wondered if Americans were targeted.
A man hurt in Boston marathon was also injured in Belgium.
I talked with Joe L. about
using social media to expand your business presence. Joe has his Art and JP
business and I am trying to expand my audience for my Book and Short Story
Writing.
Joe is taking a workshop on
using social media to expand your business presence at his Western Avenue
Studios presented by a fellow artist. He sent me a copy of the workshop
handouts in Power Point and they are very interesting. More people respond to
hits on Instagram than on the other social media sites like Facebook.
Joe L. also has board on the
Pintrest Web site called Sicilian Foodie with pins about all kinds of food
interests. He uses Hashtags (#) with words to direct web searchers to his site.
I said that I was writing more and joined a writers group that meets each month to critique each
other’s work.
You can find out more about
Joe Lapiana’s Art interests at the website link …
You can also find out more
about my writing interests at the website link …
Jim Terlizzi told us he was
working on the WISE Conference again this year and hoped to get participation
from iRobot personnel. Last few year he had Danelle Niles as the keynote
speaker. See the link … https://www.salemstate.edu/news/998/wbz-meteorologist-danielle-niles-to/
We heard that Meteorologist Don
Kent died. He was a fixture on WBZ for many years. I said that Bob Copland has
an art studio in Littleton NH. Jim said he always liked Copeland.
We talked
about having lunch next month and picked Roccos in Wilmington. Jim will send
out emails. Joe P. said he use to hangout with the restaurant owner at a bar in
Union Square years ago.
Comments always welcome …. Markryan82@comcast.net
