Rutt's Hut (Clifton, NJ)

This place has been featured on numerous programs on The Travel Channel, The Food Network and is also features in the book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Now you’re probably saying to yourself why is this my topic of discussion today. Well that’s because two years ago that’s where I was, having deep fried hot dogs with my groomsmen, my dad, my brother in law and my father in law hours before I got married later in the day. Some guys play golf and some guys just hang around watching tv but in my wife’s family this has been a tradition, so I followed suit. Now ideally eating anything deep fried at 11:00 in the morning before you have to stand in front of a room church full of family and friends is probably not a good idea, but despite what you might think I couldn’t have imagined my day starting any other way.


As for the rest of the day, it was the best damn wedding party of the year! If you don’t believe me, just check out the highlights video. We were surrounded by family and friends who were partying on the dance floor with us the entire night (well we did sit and eat for a couple of minutes). But the best thing about that day, wasn’t the hot dogs, it wasn’t singing at the top of our lungs to “Living on a Prayer”, it wasn’t even that my best man ran around the dance floor singing “Sweet Caroline” to his filet mignon. It was that I got married my best friend.  Happy 2nd Anniversary V!

A little over anxious

I guess I should take a step back and do an “about me” for anyone just stumbling across my page.

I met my wife (V) in November 2002 and we started “dating” shortly after that. V and I met when we were both working at a local chain restaurant; however we never actually worked there at the same time as each other. I worked there to pick up some extra income (the salary of an architect isn’t as glorious as it sounds – lol) and had quit right before V started but I would still go in to grab a drink and see my friends who were still there. It started off slow with us just having random conversations here and there and then I worked up the cajones to ask her out. On our first date (which is a story in itself that maybe I’ll post about at another time) we found out we both loved sports, especially baseball and the Yankees. Things were going well and boy was I happy for that because I mean who wouldn’t want things to go well with a good looking girl that not only loved sports, but knew more than the team colors and who the “cute players” were! We got engaged in March 2006 and were married in September 2007.

It was in December 2008 that V found out she was pregnant with our first baby together. I do have a daughter (J) from a previous relationship.  J has pretty much grown up with V being around and I couldn’t ask for both of them to have a better relationship.  J lives with her mom but we see her every other weekend and she can’t wait to be a big sister!

As I mentioned I received my Masters degree in Architecture and have been working in a few different offices since I graduated.  The elusive license continues to elude me as I still have an exam to pass…the same exam that has been giving me trouble for almost two years now. One day hopefully the stars will align for me.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baby "D" at 27 weeks