Beforehand
I was born in October of 1976 and raised in New Jersey, the youngest member in a family of four. My childhood home was in a quiet neighborhood on Village Road in the town of Sea Girt. Growing up I enjoyed drawing, playing video games, and hanging out with my best friend. I went to …
Old Mill School
Mr. Baldwin was the principal I had Ms. Nut and then Ms. Salzmann for kindergarten Ms. Sandy for first grade Ms. Salzmann for second grade Mrs. Abbamonte for 3rd grade Mrs. Jacoby for 4th grade Mr. Hooker for 5th grade My mom was a lunch lady, then a sub, then a teacher Walking on …
Gregory Place
Sticker bushes Dirt bomb fights Dirt bikes The nail collection story
Philadelphia Beach
Growing up on the Jersey shore, I spent a lot of time on the beach — Philadelphia Beach in Sea Girt in particular. The beach had a raised boardwalk which ran parallel to the shoreline and was up on pylons some 15 feet or so over the sand. All of Sea Girt’s beaches are divided …
31 Village Road
I grew up on the Jersey Shore just a little more than a mile from the beach. My childhood home was officially in Wall Township, so I went to Wall Township schools, but the mailing address for our house was Sea Girt. Our street, Village Road, was a long straight road which ran between Sea …