WEBVTT - Casa De Lobo Con Cesar Álvarez 

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<v Speaker 1>Gracias Come Again, a podcast by Honey German. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get it today. I am sitting down with Cesar Alvarez,

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<v Speaker 1>hospitality entrepreneur. Would you consider yourself from Jersey, New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Where are you hailing from?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm from Jersey, You're from Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, welcome to Grazias Come Again.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to get to know you the core of you,

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<v Speaker 1>not just what you do that makes you cool, fun,

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<v Speaker 1>amazing and popping. We're going to get to know how

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<v Speaker 1>you became the person that you are today. Your parents,

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<v Speaker 1>where are they from? What countries do they wrap?

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<v Speaker 2>My mother? My father Colombian?

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<v Speaker 1>Colombianos, Yeah, from So when did they migrate to America.

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<v Speaker 2>My father came over here in his early thirties and

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<v Speaker 2>arrived in Hackensack. That's where he first found himself in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States, and my mother stayed at home. They

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<v Speaker 2>were married, Yeah, yeah, they were. They were already together.

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<v Speaker 2>They already married. But my father came to the United

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<v Speaker 2>States first by himself to look to create a home

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<v Speaker 2>for her and what is now my brother and I.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's what they were working on.

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<v Speaker 1>So Mami Si, Yeah, Pappy beIN a key and he

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<v Speaker 1>was building for her. And then what happened? He said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready for you. Were you and your brother born

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<v Speaker 1>already or no.

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<v Speaker 2>We weren't born yet. We were actually were actually born here.

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<v Speaker 2>I was born in Hoboken, same Maryag's hospital.

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<v Speaker 1>So you were not even thought of. Mom was just

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<v Speaker 1>like Sime. Also he's in Jersey, he's set and everything up.

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<v Speaker 1>And then what happened? He brought her here? Yes, exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what did mom do for a living when she got here?

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<v Speaker 2>She was just a caring housewife. She just took care

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<v Speaker 2>of my father.

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<v Speaker 1>Were old school, you know, okay, traditional housewife, traditional housewife. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you and your brother came, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I came. Obviously I'm the old well I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>oldest by four years, so I came first, and my

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<v Speaker 2>brother came, and then my mother just raised us, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>took us to the park and always made sure that

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<v Speaker 2>we had lunch and dinner. She always cooked clean, took

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<v Speaker 2>care of the home.

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<v Speaker 1>So Poppy was the provider. I saw that your father

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<v Speaker 1>worked in construction thirty years. Yes, how amazing is that?

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<v Speaker 1>And how much did you look up to your father

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<v Speaker 1>as a provider.

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<v Speaker 2>I always call my father my hero because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he showed me what it was to be a man

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<v Speaker 2>and take care of a family. You know, he kept

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<v Speaker 2>my mother, you know, my brother, the four of us

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<v Speaker 2>together through and through and he would wake up every

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<v Speaker 2>morning and just he showed me what it was to

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<v Speaker 2>be you know, marnment. You know, yeah, like a man's man,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. So I got that from him, that that

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<v Speaker 2>was forever instilled in me to be a provider.

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<v Speaker 1>And is dad what you practice now? Do you see

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<v Speaker 1>yourself as you have to be the provider or do

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<v Speaker 1>you also require that the woman that you're with provide

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<v Speaker 1>for the home also?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I am I'm still very you know, I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 2>an old soul. So I get that from my father,

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<v Speaker 2>the people that I grew up around, around within the

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<v Speaker 2>neighborhood and the community. But I feel that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the man should always be the protector of the family

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<v Speaker 2>and the provider. I mean, I know obviously now times

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<v Speaker 2>have changed where you know, women you know, are great

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<v Speaker 2>at what a lot of things.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't play with me, don't with me, don't play with me.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm here because of you right now again

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<v Speaker 2>to the bag too, Okaye.

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<v Speaker 1>Being my guess no Soulso your dad one daughter?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>How old is she?

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<v Speaker 2>She is going to be nine next week on the

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighth.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna blink and you're gonna be doing this for sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? This is a that's a that my daughter is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like, that's like my guardian angel. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>she she's she's a very special girl. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>actually surprising her and taking the Disney World. So I

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<v Speaker 2>hope that this is gonna be.

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<v Speaker 1>This is gonna be the first time do you take me?

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<v Speaker 2>No? No, this is gonna be the No. Well, I took

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<v Speaker 2>her when she was much younger, but she doesn't really

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<v Speaker 2>remember it. She knows that she was there.

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<v Speaker 1>I need you to I need you to record this.

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<v Speaker 1>You surprising her videos? We're parents, you know. Have you

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<v Speaker 1>seen the videos of parents like we're going to Disney

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<v Speaker 1>and they're like when and they're like right now and

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<v Speaker 1>the luggage is in the car and the kids go crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to record that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>You say your daughter is your guardian angel. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>you reference her that way because you're supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>her guardian angel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm I am her guardian, but I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>you know, my daughter always said that she's like she's

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<v Speaker 2>a time travel I feel like she's been here already.

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<v Speaker 2>She's the old soo, yeah, she's an old soul. So

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<v Speaker 2>she was already here. And I feel like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like God sent her like back to this universe,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, guy me and make me a better man.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. That's that's how I see my daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>How how can a young you're a guide and adult man?

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<v Speaker 2>She just makes me a better version of myself every day.

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<v Speaker 2>She reminds me. I think that in being an entrepreneur,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, being in that field, it comes with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of it comes with a lot of obstacles, and

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<v Speaker 2>you find yourself more than more than a few times,

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<v Speaker 2>just plenty of times questioning everything that you've done. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>where you are, where you could have been, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you find yourself, you know, looking at this

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful person in the soul, and she just reminds you,

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<v Speaker 2>like every reason why you're blessed, you know. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's just she's different from me.

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<v Speaker 1>She gives you purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she gives me a lot of purse. My son also,

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<v Speaker 2>but you have a son also, I have a twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one year old.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, because I only saw your daughter, like I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking to your social media his daughter, my.

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<v Speaker 2>Son doesn't like pictures.

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<v Speaker 1>No, listen, Oh you gotta tell me, is your son's

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one years old?

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even like me no more? You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't even follow me on social media like this, Like

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<v Speaker 2>they become adults and then it's like he's just be

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<v Speaker 2>like yo, and I'm like, what's up? Yo? Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's a great kid. He's a great kid.

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<v Speaker 1>They become adults, you know, and then it's no longer cool.

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<v Speaker 1>But I feel like kids have that because then it's

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<v Speaker 1>like then they get a little older, like maybe when

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<v Speaker 1>they start reaching thirty, and then they're like, oh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>cool to be your kid again.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah. And you know what's funny that my mother

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<v Speaker 2>everything that I put my parents through when I was

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<v Speaker 2>young because I was I guess, you know, I started

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of trouble when I was young.

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<v Speaker 1>And but you mean a little bit of trouble if

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<v Speaker 1>you're bringing it up, you started a lot of fathers.

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<v Speaker 2>Is But yeah, she told me, she said, listen with

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<v Speaker 2>this boy, you're going to you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna put with this one, and he ended up

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<v Speaker 2>being just great. Like even his friends, like they're good kids,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I met them, and you know when you're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're around genuine kids, you know, like they come

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<v Speaker 2>from good family.

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<v Speaker 1>Means, you know, like they would get me to said

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<v Speaker 1>to my mom, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>No, she's a hater. She she's just like you got lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what do you means lucky? I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I raised him to be a good boy, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so what.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you want him to do differently from what you

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<v Speaker 1>did that brought your parents sleepless nights or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>grief in some way?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the beautiful thing about, you know, being a

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<v Speaker 2>parent is that, you know, I told him, I tell him,

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<v Speaker 2>I told him one time. I'm like, look, man, you

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<v Speaker 2>know you know I'm I'm forty one. You're twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a cool dad.

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<v Speaker 1>You're so young.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been twenty one before, but you've never been forty one.

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<v Speaker 2>So I could tell you something about life, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like like I've been down this road over here. This

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<v Speaker 2>road was no good, this one was a dead end.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. So the great thing about fatherhood is being

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<v Speaker 2>able to you know, give them like just life lessons

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<v Speaker 2>on which ways to go and which ways not to go,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and try to bet themselves like that so

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<v Speaker 2>they're a better versions. I told him, I'm like, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to be better than me. You know. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>not better than me as a man at my age,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, then you know, I feel like you feel

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<v Speaker 2>as a father, you know, in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>And how is he doing right now?

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<v Speaker 2>He's great. He actually called me. He actually called me

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<v Speaker 2>like two weeks ago, and he mentioned to me that

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<v Speaker 2>he was ready to purchase his first home. And I

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<v Speaker 2>told you about that at twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm proud of him and I don't even know him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, man, I'm very proud of him. Just but I

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<v Speaker 2>had a serious kind you know. It wasn't it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>that moment that made me proud. It was it was

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<v Speaker 2>it was that at that moment, I realized that a

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<v Speaker 2>conversation that I had with him a long time ago before,

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<v Speaker 2>when I first found out he got his first job,

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<v Speaker 2>he was he started working at a fast food franchise, russ. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And so I decided, Well, what I'm saying is that

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<v Speaker 2>I realized that that message that I had for him

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<v Speaker 2>resonated with him, you know, because I finally saw it

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<v Speaker 2>flourished in that in that way.

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<v Speaker 1>And what was the message? You just can't tell me

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<v Speaker 1>the message. You got to tell me what you said.

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<v Speaker 2>I took him. I took him one day to a supermarket,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, during the fall. It was like January February,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, you already know that tri state. Whether

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<v Speaker 2>it was like trees out fitting, degrees out, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and there was this little boy pushing these shopping carts,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and I parked the car and I told him,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, look, you know, I want to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>you about something. You know, I want you to look

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<v Speaker 2>at this boy, you know, pushing these shopping carts right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's like, all right, he's like, what are we doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just like, well, what do you think he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to do? What do you think he should do? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, because he's working, you just got a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're starting at the bottom. I'm like, do you

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<v Speaker 2>consider this the bottom? And you know, we fast forward

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<v Speaker 2>and I told him, Mike, this is a lesson of

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<v Speaker 2>the spoke of the wheel. That was never the spoke,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And you know, I told him I Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>everything happens with guidance, you know, and also you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being able to absorb the information. You know. I tell

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<v Speaker 2>him that, you know, you have two eyes and two

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<v Speaker 2>ears and one month for a reason that's supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>be observing and listening more than talking, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>with true students of the earth. So I told him,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, you know what if this boy his father

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<v Speaker 2>told him, you know, after three months of pushing those

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<v Speaker 2>shopping cards, make sure that in those three months you

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<v Speaker 2>push those shopping cars the best that you can. You

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<v Speaker 2>greet everybody, You show everybody love, compassion as they're showing

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<v Speaker 2>up to just a supermarket, you know, make them feel special,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And then three months later, ask your boss

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<v Speaker 2>and say that you want to learn the register, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and then from the register you want to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>see food department. And I can just copy and repeat that process,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, where you be the best that you can

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<v Speaker 2>in every position. I'm like, who's going to be the

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<v Speaker 2>regional district manager of that supermarket one day? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it going to be the boy that's coming out

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<v Speaker 2>a college, whether a diploma or something like that, or

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<v Speaker 2>is it going to be this boy that decided to

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<v Speaker 2>hop off the spoke on that wheel and become the

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<v Speaker 2>driver of his destiny. You know. So, I think that

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<v Speaker 2>that resonated with him very deeply. And he went from

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<v Speaker 2>one restaurant to a more high end restaurant to a

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<v Speaker 2>much more high end restaurant in New York, and now

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<v Speaker 2>he not only works there, but he also works the

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<v Speaker 2>sweets in Madison Square Garden, and so at twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>at twenty one, yeah, and he's just I'm proud of him. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm proud of him, you know so. I just feel

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<v Speaker 2>like that resonated very well with him. And you don't

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily always get like a twenty year old that's going

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<v Speaker 2>to absorb that kind of information, you know, like it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get a thirty year old that that information sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, that's true, that's true. That's true. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm very proud of him.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you ever at any moment thinking of like different

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<v Speaker 1>careers than the career you hold now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>What did you want to be when you were twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>when you were fifteen?

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<v Speaker 2>When I was twelve fifteen, I have no idea what

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to be.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't have that, like, well, I want to be

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<v Speaker 1>a lawyer. I want to be a firefighter. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know you.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew, I just I knew I was I was

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to work hard, because that's what I

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<v Speaker 2>saw through my old man. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it's all you already knew you had to

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<v Speaker 1>bust your ass.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I know I had to work hard, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, obviously, if my father was maybe a lawyer,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say, then I would have probably been in his office,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and I would have had my head in

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<v Speaker 2>different books. You know. Maybe I would have wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>learn the law. Maybe I would have wanted to be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a police officer who knows, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>worker for the community. You know, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>would have happened, right, but my father just woke up

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<v Speaker 2>early and put in those hours and then came home

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<v Speaker 2>and then he just wanted to watch the Yankees. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just relaxed.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever work with your dad or no?

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<v Speaker 2>I did? I did? I got fired?

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<v Speaker 1>How did that go?

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<v Speaker 2>I got smoked? In a month? I got fired?

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<v Speaker 1>What had you do it that you that didn't work?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna I was working in this office in Roselle

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<v Speaker 2>and they had this company. It was a staffing company

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<v Speaker 2>and they were on the first floor, so it was

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<v Speaker 2>like a corporate buildings, like a five story building. There

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<v Speaker 2>was this receptions there that was like a little older

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<v Speaker 2>than me. But we kind of like had like this thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You clicked with the with the I.

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<v Speaker 2>Clicked with the cougar, you know. And then they caught

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<v Speaker 2>us like in the in the they caught us in

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<v Speaker 2>the closet with I know, I messed up, So that

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<v Speaker 2>was one strike. They called my father, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>that's the corporate office of the company.

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<v Speaker 1>How was your father's like, that's my boy?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, you know he was embarrassed by that because

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<v Speaker 2>again my father is very old school, so like he

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<v Speaker 2>was a kind of they told.

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<v Speaker 1>Them what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they told them. The guy's name was Tommy Lynch,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember, and Vinni Lynch. I'm sorry. He's the one

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<v Speaker 2>that called my father and told him, Hey, listen, man,

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<v Speaker 2>we caught we caught your son, and you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>office supply closet with the receptionist of another company on

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<v Speaker 2>the first floor. I have no idea, you know, I know,

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<v Speaker 2>I got taken out of the corporate overs and I

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<v Speaker 2>had to start, like, you know, keeping inventory of like

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<v Speaker 2>boat parts in like.

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<v Speaker 1>Some kind of like a punishment of sorts.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, they're downgraded my position. I went from a

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<v Speaker 2>cubicle and they put me in a warehouse with this

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<v Speaker 2>guy named Derek. I remember, and I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty sure that that changed the course of your life

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<v Speaker 1>in one way or another.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. No, I realized that. I realized that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that sometimes you realize that you're you have

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<v Speaker 2>a different purpose, you know, and maybe you don't do good.

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<v Speaker 1>With cubicle wasn't for you.

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<v Speaker 2>The cubicle was not for me. I tried to cubicle

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<v Speaker 2>many times and it didn't work out, you know. I

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<v Speaker 2>actually the second time that I actually really got that's

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<v Speaker 2>when I got fired. Fired was you know, I had

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<v Speaker 2>got into an accident with my vehicle and uh, the

0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.800
<v Speaker 2>hood came open in the middle of one and nine.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Jersey got out.

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<v Speaker 2>I took out my shoelace out my air forces, tied

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<v Speaker 2>the hood to the car, drove it. It popped open,

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<v Speaker 2>broke my son roof, and I showed up to the

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<v Speaker 2>office where like the engine was smoking. It was bad,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, And I got fired that day. And this

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<v Speaker 2>time it wasn't my fault.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I was just gonna say, what did you

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<v Speaker 1>do to different?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, its just it was, you know, one strike

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<v Speaker 2>too many, you know. I think the receptionist was my downhill.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the receptionist. Your image tarnished?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I was over after that.

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<v Speaker 1>When did you begin your career as an entrepreneur? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what was your first business venture? You were like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to launch this right here.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually I never started this. I I got brought

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<v Speaker 2>into it. I was at a at a venue. The

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<v Speaker 2>venue still exists, but it's under a different name and

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<v Speaker 2>different ownership. But it was called Konga Lounge. It was

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<v Speaker 2>located in New Jersey and no I'm sorry, North Bergen,

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<v Speaker 2>New Jersey, across the street on Kennedy Boulevard, and I

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<v Speaker 2>used to go there every Thursday with my friends. Back then,

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<v Speaker 2>bottles are seventy five dollars before eleven, you know, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>so this is a club, Yeah, this is like a lounge.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>So is this the beginning of you working hospitality and nightlife?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for the first time ever. But again, I'm there

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<v Speaker 2>as a guest though, Okay, right, I'm there as a

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<v Speaker 2>guest every week. And then there's this group of like

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<v Speaker 2>seven girls leaving the venue, and you know, I was outside,

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<v Speaker 2>I was smoking a cigarette and I'm like, where are

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<v Speaker 2>you guys going. They're like, oh, we're going to go

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<v Speaker 2>into the city. I'm like, well, why don't you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you want to just stick around and hang

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<v Speaker 2>out here. It's going to be a good party. Back then,

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<v Speaker 2>in north Bergen, they used to close the bars and

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<v Speaker 2>lounges at three o'clock in the morning, so they were

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<v Speaker 2>leaving at like one o'clock, you know, And I told them, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>like around one thirty one forty five is when the

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<v Speaker 2>cool kids arrive. Yeah, you just just just hang out.

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<v Speaker 2>Trust me, you don't want to go into the city

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<v Speaker 2>right now. You're going to pay tolls. There's gonna be

0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.520
<v Speaker 2>parking signs, they're going to tell you to park in

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<v Speaker 2>one section of the street. But you really can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm surprised you sell them the club?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, So I convinced him to come back inside.

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<v Speaker 2>All set. It was like seven or eight of them.

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<v Speaker 2>They walked back inside, they checked their coats in again,

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<v Speaker 2>and the promoter was outside. My brother Duncan so shout

0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.600
<v Speaker 2>out to him real quick because he was basically my mentor.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one that brought me into the business. He

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<v Speaker 2>saw me and says, how did you convince those girls

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<v Speaker 2>to come back in after they were leaving? You know

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<v Speaker 2>the venue? You know. He's like start asking me questions.

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<v Speaker 2>You know your name? Do you do you do promotions?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you do parties? And I'm like, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what promotions mean. I'm like, I come

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<v Speaker 2>here every Thursday, bro, we come here like at like

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<v Speaker 2>ten forty five for that seventy five dollars, seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>dollars above with your special that you have whatever it

0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:57.720
<v Speaker 2>was that was bottle. Yeah, And he's like, well, would

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<v Speaker 2>you be able to do this again? What if I

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<v Speaker 2>paid you, you know, and you could do this. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>like yeah, I'm like so much. And I guess when

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned the seventy five dollar bottle, He's like, seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five dollars and I was like, let me get that absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>So I went inside and told my boys, yo, we

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<v Speaker 2>got hooked up. Your boy got a job. The bottles

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<v Speaker 2>come from now on there. So we were celebrating that day.

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<v Speaker 2>We bought the we got the girl shots from the

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<v Speaker 2>bottle because we were like, we were all good, come

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<v Speaker 2>see us next week. And that's how it all started,

0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:26.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, like that's where everything began.

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<v Speaker 1>Really fast forward today this is where we presently are,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how I came to know of you more personally,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, I knew about you through brunch Exchange

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else. But this space that you have now

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<v Speaker 1>is something so different, something so unique and just special.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you open these doors?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? I was. I started there when it was twenty

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen when I first started there. Really, yeah, I sold

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<v Speaker 2>I sold hooka pens there, one for fifteen, two for twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how I really started.

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<v Speaker 1>There, really, yeah, such humble beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I started there selling hookah pans one fifteen two

0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.239
<v Speaker 2>for twenty to patrons. Yeah, to patrons, so that they

0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:15.800
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't have to smoke cigarettes outside of the cold. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is before vapes started. So I had a hookah

0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.800
<v Speaker 2>business and we were we had hookahs all over New

0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:24.760
<v Speaker 2>York because I remember Kings of Hookah, Yeah, Kings of Hookah.

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<v Speaker 2>So we were in the Griffin Greenhouse, all Opus, the Raven,

0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:36.320
<v Speaker 2>all these pass parties that mattered, you know, in the

0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.840
<v Speaker 2>meatpacking District, downtown Manhattan and all that good stuff. Sutra

0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:45.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, Sutra was great. So so yeah, that's really

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<v Speaker 2>how it all started. And I started doing a brunch

0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:52.399
<v Speaker 2>party there in twenty fourteen. Last Sunday was our season

0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:56.760
<v Speaker 2>eleven premiere, because that event is obviously still going. And

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<v Speaker 2>I got, I got. I was very fortunate to have

0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:02.639
<v Speaker 2>people that leave to me and gave me an opportunity

0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:06.760
<v Speaker 2>to you know, showcase my talent. And now that same

0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:08.720
<v Speaker 2>place where I started is the place that we own.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations. You know it brings us back to the boy

0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:15.520
<v Speaker 1>pushing the cards.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the spoke on the wheel that was never look.

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<v Speaker 1>At that the story you know, translates straight to you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>now why the Lobo the wolf? It just feels like

0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.840
<v Speaker 1>a running theme in your life. And it's like I

0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.520
<v Speaker 1>always check people's Instagram, no matter how many years they've

0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:36.119
<v Speaker 1>had it, and you've been posting on the animal for

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<v Speaker 1>a very very long time. Is it special to you? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel a connection to it or is just

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<v Speaker 1>the brand?

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's actually a wild story how I got that.

0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:47.600
<v Speaker 2>That's they started calling me that because I was doing

0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.960
<v Speaker 2>an event. It was during December. I had my brother Mantes.

0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:54.560
<v Speaker 2>He lives. He lives in la and he was living

0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:56.720
<v Speaker 2>in Jersey obviously at the time. And we were doing

0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.199
<v Speaker 2>an event and we had him. He was just up

0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:01.040
<v Speaker 2>as saying. And then we had like a little helper.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had a little person that we hired to

0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:03.840
<v Speaker 2>walk around.

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<v Speaker 1>I love how you say a little person. He's so politically.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct and give shots out to like the guests and

0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.960
<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. But then he was standing on the

0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:16.520
<v Speaker 2>bar and you know, he was dancing, and he had

0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:20.720
<v Speaker 2>like little elf pants on and a true story, I

0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:24.119
<v Speaker 2>cannot make this up. His little thing was going back

0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:27.399
<v Speaker 2>and forth inside the pants, inside the pants. But my

0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:30.320
<v Speaker 2>boy was standing at the bar, and so the thing

0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:35.200
<v Speaker 2>is going in front of his face too closer. No,

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is I get. You can't make My

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<v Speaker 2>life is a story man for real. They he's looking

0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:46.239
<v Speaker 2>at my boy, my boy is you know, he's from

0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:49.680
<v Speaker 2>the streets. You don't play that this is the little elf.

0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:54.280
<v Speaker 2>But no, guest, my boy in Jersey City. You know,

0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:56.760
<v Speaker 2>like he's looking at him, and the little guy is

0:21:56.800 --> 0:22:00.159
<v Speaker 2>buying his lips down, looking at doing too much. You know,

0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:02.159
<v Speaker 2>I come to find out that you know, that's what

0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:08.240
<v Speaker 2>he likes. And okay, no problem, Okay, that's exactly what

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:11.640
<v Speaker 2>he did. So my boy took him and threw him

0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:13.440
<v Speaker 2>off the bar because he took it as.

0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.200
<v Speaker 1>Disrespect you swinging at too close to my mouth.

0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:20.760
<v Speaker 2>It was so his manager that went to high school

0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:24.119
<v Speaker 2>with Maggie comes up to me like, sees, they just

0:22:24.200 --> 0:22:26.160
<v Speaker 2>threw such and such off the ball.

0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:27.440
<v Speaker 1>The delf had a manager.

0:22:27.520 --> 0:22:29.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, there was a magic. So I'm just like,

0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:32.359
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I'm so sorry about that, my boy.

0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.679
<v Speaker 2>My other boys are coming in and they're like, yo, sees,

0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:38.080
<v Speaker 2>you know what was that? Like I just seen he

0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:41.760
<v Speaker 2>felt related get thrown off the bar, you know, And

0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:43.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm just like, yeah, he's like, yo, see you like

0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:45.760
<v Speaker 2>the you like the Wolf of Wall Street, but like

0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.320
<v Speaker 2>the Wolf of Brunt Street. And I'm like, oh, that

0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:53.000
<v Speaker 2>sounds crazy. And right there. That was in two thousand

0:22:53.040 --> 0:22:58.320
<v Speaker 2>and fifteen when that name came about. So since then

0:22:58.359 --> 0:23:01.399
<v Speaker 2>they've been calling me the wolf, you know. So like

0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:03.920
<v Speaker 2>we called, they called us now the Wolves of Brunch Street.

0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:07.200
<v Speaker 2>So everybody on my phone is saved with like a wolf,

0:23:07.800 --> 0:23:10.400
<v Speaker 2>our own wolf logo. You know. We called each other wolves,

0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, and said we just take care of one another,

0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:18.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, and when this place came about the way,

0:23:18.880 --> 0:23:21.600
<v Speaker 2>that's a lobe. What really happened was is that the

0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:24.399
<v Speaker 2>owner at the time, which is still my partner today,

0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:27.040
<v Speaker 2>his name is Joe, he called me up and told

0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:31.679
<v Speaker 2>me that he had had a lucid dream that I

0:23:31.800 --> 0:23:33.720
<v Speaker 2>was the owner of the place and that I was

0:23:33.760 --> 0:23:36.480
<v Speaker 2>walking around talking to everybody.

0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:37.200
<v Speaker 1>Which is what you do now.

0:23:37.280 --> 0:23:39.840
<v Speaker 2>He like, sees, I saw you in my dream. He's like,

0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:43.560
<v Speaker 2>you were literally walking around greeting people. He's like, and

0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:45.720
<v Speaker 2>it was your name. Your name was on the place.

0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:47.720
<v Speaker 2>He's like, I don't I don't know what it was called,

0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:51.320
<v Speaker 2>but you named it. He's like, I think that you should.

0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:53.080
<v Speaker 2>I think that you should buy this place. This is

0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:56.240
<v Speaker 2>right before COVID hit. So that's when we started having

0:23:56.240 --> 0:24:00.359
<v Speaker 2>those conversations. Obviously COVID came the deal when when down

0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:04.520
<v Speaker 2>When obviously post COVID and everything calmed down, things became

0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:10.480
<v Speaker 2>normal again for the most part, I guess is when

0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:13.600
<v Speaker 2>we started exercising the conversations, and you know, I was

0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:15.439
<v Speaker 2>able to find an investor to come in with me,

0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:18.480
<v Speaker 2>and he stayed on board. You know, he said, I

0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:20.800
<v Speaker 2>want to stick around for the ride, and he gave

0:24:20.800 --> 0:24:25.320
<v Speaker 2>me an opportunity to uh to, to be uh an

0:24:25.320 --> 0:24:28.520
<v Speaker 2>owner there, you know, and that's how it all came about.

0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:32.680
<v Speaker 1>Really, how proud are you of just it's just such

0:24:32.720 --> 0:24:36.960
<v Speaker 1>a dope place. The space just feels good, the service,

0:24:37.359 --> 0:24:39.640
<v Speaker 1>the music. I don't know, and maybe I'm just biased,

0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:42.240
<v Speaker 1>Like I don't really go out at night much. It's

0:24:42.240 --> 0:24:45.159
<v Speaker 1>just not my thing anymore. But I will go out

0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:45.439
<v Speaker 1>at it.

0:24:47.000 --> 0:24:48.880
<v Speaker 2>I think that. At first, I want to I want

0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.560
<v Speaker 2>to thank you, you know, because you know, it's it's

0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:56.119
<v Speaker 2>individuals like yourself that come and remind me every day

0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:59.159
<v Speaker 2>of you know, the journey that I'm on, you know,

0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:03.000
<v Speaker 2>because again you know, like back to my daughter and

0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:06.720
<v Speaker 2>the times that you question yourself as an entrepreneur, you know,

0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:09.520
<v Speaker 2>because there is no set schedule and there is no

0:25:09.600 --> 0:25:13.520
<v Speaker 2>set hours, Like I'm I'm sending emails at eight o'clock

0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:16.600
<v Speaker 2>in the morning and I'm looking at things I have

0:25:16.680 --> 0:25:18.600
<v Speaker 2>to catch up to at four o'clock in the morning,

0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:20.760
<v Speaker 2>when I'm way to the bathroom in the middle of

0:25:20.800 --> 0:25:21.080
<v Speaker 2>the night.

0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:23.159
<v Speaker 1>You know, how hard is that? How hard is that

0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:24.200
<v Speaker 1>on your personal life?

0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:27.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a lot. It takes a toll on you.

0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:29.080
<v Speaker 1>You know, it's a special kind of person to even

0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:30.960
<v Speaker 1>be able to be in your space and allow you

0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:31.879
<v Speaker 1>to always be on.

0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:35.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and but you know, you hear about, you know,

0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:40.680
<v Speaker 2>certain businesses that you know, people burn out. They get

0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:43.040
<v Speaker 2>burnt out, you know, because it's a lot, it's it's

0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:48.320
<v Speaker 2>it's it's physically and mentally, you know, exhausting. It takes

0:25:48.359 --> 0:25:50.000
<v Speaker 2>a toll on your body. But you got to just

0:25:50.119 --> 0:25:54.439
<v Speaker 2>you know, you gotta if you have will and you

0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:58.960
<v Speaker 2>have a little purpose, you know, meaning like my daughter,

0:25:59.119 --> 0:26:01.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, like there's nothing really that can stop you.

0:26:01.760 --> 0:26:04.439
<v Speaker 1>You know, I did see that you take your breaks.

0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:07.760
<v Speaker 1>You do like to travel. Yeah, where have you been?

0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:09.280
<v Speaker 1>I felt like I was on your Gramm and I'm like,

0:26:09.520 --> 0:26:12.240
<v Speaker 1>he's with camels. Now, he's on the beach, now he's

0:26:12.240 --> 0:26:13.080
<v Speaker 1>in Colombia.

0:26:13.320 --> 0:26:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I love to travel. I love to. I call

0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:19.639
<v Speaker 2>it given my passport tattoos, you know, I love to.

0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:25.720
<v Speaker 2>I think that we we are, you know, a specimen

0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:28.679
<v Speaker 2>of people that are just very caught up right now

0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:33.000
<v Speaker 2>in tech, you know, and we're we're always very concerned

0:26:33.080 --> 0:26:36.080
<v Speaker 2>on you know, charging our phones, our laptops, and we

0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 2>forget to charge ourselves, you know. So I feel like,

0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:41.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, sometimes it's good just to really get away

0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:45.119
<v Speaker 2>and just like unplug and really just kind of like

0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:48.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, feed your soul again, just so that you

0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:50.280
<v Speaker 2>could go back into the machine that you came from.

0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:52.439
<v Speaker 1>So it's like a hard recess and you all controlled

0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:52.760
<v Speaker 1>the leite.

0:26:53.080 --> 0:26:53.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:26:53.600 --> 0:26:57.560
<v Speaker 1>Really, when you go to Columbia, I wanta do us.

0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:01.680
<v Speaker 2>I just go to my family where Somoso. So you

0:27:01.720 --> 0:27:03.160
<v Speaker 2>go home home, I go home.

0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:04.160
<v Speaker 3>How good.

0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:06.040
<v Speaker 2>I don't go to the beaches. Yeah. I don't go

0:27:06.119 --> 0:27:10.880
<v Speaker 2>to clubs. Like it's it's funny because like people think

0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:12.320
<v Speaker 2>when I go out there, I see so you know

0:27:12.440 --> 0:27:14.800
<v Speaker 2>what was like, I'm like I was playing Parcheesi bro

0:27:14.960 --> 0:27:16.840
<v Speaker 2>at like one o'clock in the morning with my cousins.

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:19.600
<v Speaker 2>Then we took out the karaoke thing on a Saturday night.

0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:22.040
<v Speaker 2>Then we made a barbecue and we were saying we

0:27:22.080 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 2>were playing, you know, beating Nola, And you know, I

0:27:24.920 --> 0:27:27.280
<v Speaker 2>just spent time with my family because I don't have

0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:29.639
<v Speaker 2>them here like other folks too. You know, like my

0:27:29.880 --> 0:27:31.080
<v Speaker 2>entire family is in Columbia.

0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:33.760
<v Speaker 1>Who else is Are your parents here there or they're

0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:34.240
<v Speaker 1>in Columbia?

0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 2>No, my mother, my father or my cousins. No, my

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:39.120
<v Speaker 2>parents been left.

0:27:39.160 --> 0:27:44.120
<v Speaker 1>Oh, Columbia, They like, we're out here.

0:27:44.280 --> 0:27:47.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, so you have a house to go to.

0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:49.159
<v Speaker 1>I love that for you because you know a lot

0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:52.000
<v Speaker 1>of Latinos, you know, especially like second or third generation

0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:55.520
<v Speaker 1>Latinos were here, Our parents are here, our grandparents are here.

0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:57.800
<v Speaker 1>I love that for you that you can actually go

0:27:58.000 --> 0:28:00.639
<v Speaker 1>back to Colombia and be so in tune with like

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:04.360
<v Speaker 1>your roots, where you come from, your food, your parents.

0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:07.240
<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. Do they want you to move there eventually?

0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 2>They like, oh, absolutely absolutely, I want to. I want

0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:11.720
<v Speaker 2>to go there eventually. You know, at some point, you know,

0:28:12.000 --> 0:28:14.480
<v Speaker 2>like you know, a lot of us, what do we do?

0:28:14.600 --> 0:28:17.920
<v Speaker 2>We move down south to North Carolina, Miami. We go

0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:20.200
<v Speaker 2>to Miami, we go to Georgia, we go to Texas.

0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:23.080
<v Speaker 2>Why don't you just go a little bit more south,

0:28:23.400 --> 0:28:23.600
<v Speaker 2>you know.

0:28:23.920 --> 0:28:25.040
<v Speaker 1>Straight to your day country.

0:28:25.119 --> 0:28:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Go back to your country. I've learned. Look in Colombia,

0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.400
<v Speaker 2>a dollar is four dollars, you know, the Columbia. When

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.240
<v Speaker 2>you go and eat your steak, that chicken, that chicken

0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:39.720
<v Speaker 2>was killed down the block, in somebody's backyard or in farm,

0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:42.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, like everything is fresh, the air is clean.

0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:46.680
<v Speaker 1>You know, and when you travel it's it's so different.

0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:48.560
<v Speaker 1>Even the food tastes differently.

0:28:49.000 --> 0:28:49.360
<v Speaker 2>Everything.

0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:52.040
<v Speaker 1>It just tastes organic. Like you're like, why does food

0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:53.040
<v Speaker 1>taste so organic?

0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 2>It's not labeled organic, it is. That's the difference, you know,

0:28:57.880 --> 0:29:01.000
<v Speaker 2>sitting in a supermarket, you know, it's just like it's

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:03.120
<v Speaker 2>real food, straight from the land.

0:29:03.480 --> 0:29:05.080
<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like if you move to Columbia, we

0:29:05.080 --> 0:29:07.000
<v Speaker 1>will get a Columbia.

0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Maybe maybe no, no, no, no no no. It's funny

0:29:19.440 --> 0:29:21.800
<v Speaker 2>because a lot of people have actually talked to me about,

0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, putting a Castle Lobo. They want to put

0:29:24.360 --> 0:29:26.040
<v Speaker 2>one in Dubai, they want to put.

0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:33.240
<v Speaker 1>Columbia. He's like, Yui, okay, yes, these guys that what

0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:35.000
<v Speaker 1>would that be like kind of like a franchise.

0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:38.080
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it could be something like that. Just I think

0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:40.480
<v Speaker 2>that right now, I want to definitely make sure that

0:29:41.120 --> 0:29:45.440
<v Speaker 2>the original brick and mortar is exactly the blueprint to

0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:48.920
<v Speaker 2>lead to more successful things, you know, and it doesn't

0:29:48.960 --> 0:29:51.480
<v Speaker 2>necessarily have to be another Castle Lobo. It could just

0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:54.080
<v Speaker 2>be like a sister venue of.

0:29:54.200 --> 0:29:56.400
<v Speaker 1>That brand, kind of like the Tower Group. How they

0:29:56.480 --> 0:29:57.480
<v Speaker 1>have all the difference.

0:29:57.240 --> 0:30:00.520
<v Speaker 2>Exactly exactly like that where you like, you know, it's

0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:03.880
<v Speaker 2>the same quality, it's the same hospitality group. But it's

0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:05.560
<v Speaker 2>a different product, it's a different service.

0:30:05.800 --> 0:30:07.600
<v Speaker 1>I see where you're going. It will take it. Yeah,

0:30:08.200 --> 0:30:10.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, as long as you're involved, because I feel

0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:13.600
<v Speaker 1>like you're such a pivotal part of the establishment because

0:30:13.600 --> 0:30:16.160
<v Speaker 1>we see you. You walk around, you stop by tables,

0:30:16.240 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 1>you what do you need is everything?

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:18.680
<v Speaker 2>Okay?

0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:21.960
<v Speaker 1>You need something to drink? Like you're the one that

0:30:22.080 --> 0:30:24.880
<v Speaker 1>makes the place even more special because you know, it's

0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:28.360
<v Speaker 1>New York City. We have a million places Jersey, but

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:30.760
<v Speaker 1>when you go to Casa Luloo, you just feel like

0:30:31.000 --> 0:30:35.160
<v Speaker 1>you're safe, you're home and kind of like you're like

0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:37.240
<v Speaker 1>the pops. It's like he got this on the control.

0:30:37.280 --> 0:30:39.560
<v Speaker 1>He's gonna make sure everybody is taken care of.

0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:40.480
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that.

0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 1>And you're you're what makes it. You know, the place

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:45.720
<v Speaker 1>is beautiful, the food is amazing, the drinks are great.

0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:47.880
<v Speaker 1>But I feel like you're the icing on the cake.

0:30:48.520 --> 0:30:50.160
<v Speaker 1>And I'm not gassing it because you're sitting in front

0:30:50.160 --> 0:30:51.880
<v Speaker 1>of me. Because I always say it. I just love that,

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:53.920
<v Speaker 1>like there he is there. He's like when I see you,

0:30:53.960 --> 0:30:55.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I know everything is gonna be okay because

0:30:55.600 --> 0:30:57.880
<v Speaker 1>he's here tonight. Thank you and you know, what you've

0:30:57.920 --> 0:31:01.280
<v Speaker 1>done there is absolutely, appolutely amazing. I gotta shout out

0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:02.120
<v Speaker 1>my girl, Erica Man.

0:31:02.440 --> 0:31:03.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, shot out to her.

0:31:03.640 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 1>She introduced me to and she wants me to go

0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 1>every week. When hit she hit me, what was it Friday?

0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 1>Come to us. I'm like, I'm not dressed, let's plan

0:31:12.480 --> 0:31:14.960
<v Speaker 1>a little bit better. But she loves it there, and

0:31:15.520 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 1>just like me, she feels safe because there's a unique

0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:21.480
<v Speaker 1>twist to which is.

0:31:35.360 --> 0:31:39.400
<v Speaker 2>To member of space, to member space to speak easy,

0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:42.440
<v Speaker 2>which everybody knows of speakeasy is where they come from

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:45.800
<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. And but the members only space. I wanted

0:31:45.880 --> 0:31:50.800
<v Speaker 2>to create a community within one, you know. I wanted

0:31:50.840 --> 0:31:55.920
<v Speaker 2>to create a space where there could be organic growth,

0:31:56.440 --> 0:32:01.160
<v Speaker 2>organic conversation between perfect strangers that have great things going

0:32:01.200 --> 0:32:03.920
<v Speaker 2>on that they want great things for themselves. They're trying

0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:07.080
<v Speaker 2>to be the best versions of themselves and you know,

0:32:07.200 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 2>their spirit forward individuals, like minded individuals, career driven entrepreneurs, visionaries,

0:32:14.320 --> 0:32:17.240
<v Speaker 2>you know, bringing them into a space and them knowing

0:32:17.360 --> 0:32:20.080
<v Speaker 2>that not just anybody could come into this space. And

0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:23.120
<v Speaker 2>it's not really about you know, what you spend in there,

0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:25.160
<v Speaker 2>It's about how you spend it, you know, and who

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:28.400
<v Speaker 2>you spend it with. So we do have a screening

0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:31.800
<v Speaker 2>process of course, you know, and but it's really mostly

0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.840
<v Speaker 2>based on referrals, you know, on accountability. That's what really

0:32:35.880 --> 0:32:36.640
<v Speaker 2>the place is about.

0:32:37.080 --> 0:32:39.240
<v Speaker 1>Now, if someone wants to see the place and see

0:32:39.680 --> 0:32:42.720
<v Speaker 1>understand what we're talking about, website, Instagram, where can they

0:32:42.800 --> 0:32:43.280
<v Speaker 1>go right now?

0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 2>So there's a website www dot costolobojc dot com, there's Instagram,

0:32:49.240 --> 0:32:54.640
<v Speaker 2>Costa Lobo JC, and they can reach out and there

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:58.560
<v Speaker 2>will be a concierge that will respond and set you

0:32:58.760 --> 0:33:03.680
<v Speaker 2>up with a reservation and anywhere between five six thirty,

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:06.960
<v Speaker 2>which is more kind of like for non members to

0:33:07.080 --> 0:33:09.400
<v Speaker 2>come in and check the space out, you know. So

0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:12.760
<v Speaker 2>it's more about like it's like an Uber and Lyft

0:33:12.920 --> 0:33:16.600
<v Speaker 2>business model. You know, if you know, the five of

0:33:16.720 --> 0:33:19.440
<v Speaker 2>us go somewhere to see a show tonight in the

0:33:19.520 --> 0:33:21.920
<v Speaker 2>city and we grab uber. You know, as soon as

0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:24.120
<v Speaker 2>we get out of that man or that woman's vessel,

0:33:24.720 --> 0:33:26.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, the first thing that happens is that we

0:33:27.040 --> 0:33:29.360
<v Speaker 2>get an opportunity to go ahead and judge that person

0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:32.840
<v Speaker 2>and judge his vehicle, Judge the way he had a conversation,

0:33:33.520 --> 0:33:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Judge the cleanliness of his vehicle. You know. But because

0:33:38.760 --> 0:33:42.440
<v Speaker 2>these companies don't own those vessels, don't own the insurance plans,

0:33:42.840 --> 0:33:47.000
<v Speaker 2>don't own the maintenance that's required on those vehicles, you know,

0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>the policies and whatnot, it's the driver that gets the

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:55.880
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to also judge us as passengers, you know. So

0:33:56.440 --> 0:33:59.920
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to adapt that at Costa Lobo, where you

0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:02.040
<v Speaker 2>can come check us out, you know, but we're also

0:34:02.120 --> 0:34:03.880
<v Speaker 2>going to judge you whether you could come back or not,

0:34:04.280 --> 0:34:04.440
<v Speaker 2>you know.

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:06.920
<v Speaker 1>And you know what, that's what keeps it such a

0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:10.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, dope space. Yeah, because you're curating you know,

0:34:11.400 --> 0:34:14.160
<v Speaker 1>the clientele in a way, and it's like as you should.

0:34:14.239 --> 0:34:16.520
<v Speaker 1>And that's what makes me feel safe. And when I

0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:18.640
<v Speaker 1>go there, I'm like, I'm good, and I trust the

0:34:18.680 --> 0:34:19.960
<v Speaker 1>people that are to my left and I trust the

0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:21.799
<v Speaker 1>people that's to my right because I know that you've

0:34:22.160 --> 0:34:23.240
<v Speaker 1>handpicked these people.

0:34:23.600 --> 0:34:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, And they know also that they've went through

0:34:25.920 --> 0:34:29.520
<v Speaker 2>a process. They know that when they arrive that they

0:34:29.640 --> 0:34:32.839
<v Speaker 2>see individuals that also went through that process, that these

0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:38.680
<v Speaker 2>are members. So that nice organic sequence where everybody knows

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:42.840
<v Speaker 2>that they're safe gives it for that nice open, you

0:34:42.960 --> 0:34:46.920
<v Speaker 2>know feeling like you just you just feel very welcomed.

0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:48.520
<v Speaker 1>You know, and it feels like one big party. And

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:50.720
<v Speaker 1>it's like every time I go, somebody's having a birthday

0:34:50.760 --> 0:34:53.040
<v Speaker 1>and it's like we're all saying happy birthday, and yeah,

0:34:53.120 --> 0:34:55.600
<v Speaker 1>somebody gets up and dance and I don't care you're

0:34:55.640 --> 0:34:57.680
<v Speaker 1>dancing on top of me. I could care less because

0:34:57.719 --> 0:34:59.799
<v Speaker 1>I know that we're kind of like connected in a way.

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:03.920
<v Speaker 1>So I encourage you if you're listening, go to the Instagram,

0:35:04.080 --> 0:35:05.680
<v Speaker 1>go to the website, and you know, try to get

0:35:05.760 --> 0:35:08.759
<v Speaker 1>you you know, your reservation. Go check it out. Order

0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:11.719
<v Speaker 1>everything all the small place, like every single one of them.

0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:15.560
<v Speaker 1>But my favorite is the cauliflower. Every time I go,

0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:19.799
<v Speaker 1>you know, the lollipop chicken is amazing, right, what else?

0:35:19.880 --> 0:35:20.160
<v Speaker 1>What else?

0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:23.640
<v Speaker 2>I feel like I've ordered that Myersco Trasco is amazing,

0:35:23.800 --> 0:35:26.399
<v Speaker 2>not because it's mine, but it's just amazing. It's really

0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:26.839
<v Speaker 2>really good.

0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:29.040
<v Speaker 1>I gotta try it. But it's just like I always

0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:31.759
<v Speaker 1>feel like so like cool and bougie when I'm there

0:35:31.800 --> 0:35:34.960
<v Speaker 1>that I'm like, I can't order a big right, right,

0:35:35.200 --> 0:35:37.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna order every single small place I wanted to

0:35:37.800 --> 0:35:40.640
<v Speaker 1>be cute me and my plates or I gotta order.

0:35:40.840 --> 0:35:42.560
<v Speaker 1>I still have not ordered one of the entrees. But

0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:45.080
<v Speaker 1>you come to the table, you're going to see everything

0:35:45.200 --> 0:35:45.520
<v Speaker 1>is there.

0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:47.799
<v Speaker 2>Next time you come to Cherasco, be on me. How

0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 2>about that? All right?

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:51.399
<v Speaker 1>Find that like you're doing.

0:35:54.960 --> 0:35:58.960
<v Speaker 2>Don't play with me? Definitely playing around, But yeah, that's

0:35:58.960 --> 0:36:00.719
<v Speaker 2>what that's what that place is now.

0:36:01.320 --> 0:36:03.799
<v Speaker 1>Switching gears from the lobo to the dogs. Your dog

0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:04.560
<v Speaker 1>lover like me.

0:36:04.960 --> 0:36:05.800
<v Speaker 2>Yes me?

0:36:05.960 --> 0:36:06.800
<v Speaker 1>Why the bullies?

0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:10.560
<v Speaker 2>The bully? I was that's when I was working at

0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:11.279
<v Speaker 2>a furniture store.

0:36:11.400 --> 0:36:14.040
<v Speaker 1>Particular breed, like it's a certain type of man that

0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:14.719
<v Speaker 1>loves that dog.

0:36:15.160 --> 0:36:17.239
<v Speaker 2>I had a friend of mine, Well he's still my friends,

0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:19.920
<v Speaker 2>my brother. He's he's actually a professional boxer, you know.

0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:23.840
<v Speaker 2>He he works at boxing very very hard. You know.

0:36:25.040 --> 0:36:28.120
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want his name I know him because I'm

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:29.520
<v Speaker 2>not sure if he wants me to mention his name.

0:36:31.400 --> 0:36:36.480
<v Speaker 2>So he he had a dog named Peanut and she

0:36:36.840 --> 0:36:39.240
<v Speaker 2>was a bully and she was beautiful. And I remember

0:36:39.360 --> 0:36:42.239
<v Speaker 2>coming home from the furnit store now and I saw

0:36:42.320 --> 0:36:45.279
<v Speaker 2>him on the corner. I'm like, wow, I'm like that

0:36:45.440 --> 0:36:47.640
<v Speaker 2>dog is beautiful, Like it was just very It was

0:36:47.719 --> 0:36:50.200
<v Speaker 2>a fawn color with a white chest. She was smiling.

0:36:54.600 --> 0:36:58.719
<v Speaker 2>Is hot, So I was like, listen, man. I'm like,

0:36:59.040 --> 0:37:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, whenever you puppies say listen, you know what,

0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:04.520
<v Speaker 2>whenever she has a letter, I promise you I will

0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:06.400
<v Speaker 2>give you a puppy. I was like, I had no problem.

0:37:06.880 --> 0:37:10.200
<v Speaker 2>Two years later, I'm like, you know, you know, surfing

0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:12.839
<v Speaker 2>the well, I'm on Facebook stalking. Yeah, not that stalk.

0:37:12.880 --> 0:37:14.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm just like checking out, you know, doing promoter things.

0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:17.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at flyers all that stuff, right, and I

0:37:17.320 --> 0:37:22.680
<v Speaker 2>come across I come across a post of his where

0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:25.080
<v Speaker 2>he's just like, you know, oh, Peanut is about to

0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:27.719
<v Speaker 2>have her puppies. So I hit him up. I'm like, yo,

0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:33.719
<v Speaker 2>you remember this conversation we had. She's like yeah, I was.

0:37:33.960 --> 0:37:37.279
<v Speaker 2>I was like, cool, so I got second pick my dog. Yeah.

0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:39.480
<v Speaker 2>I went to go see the puppies when they were

0:37:39.880 --> 0:37:42.640
<v Speaker 2>when they were feeding for the first time, and I

0:37:42.760 --> 0:37:46.480
<v Speaker 2>saw this one little gray puppy just climbing over all

0:37:46.640 --> 0:37:50.480
<v Speaker 2>the other siblings, trying like you know, attaching itself to

0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:53.000
<v Speaker 2>his mother. And I'm like, that's my dog right there.

0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:54.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, and I'm gonna call him mega, you know,

0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:56.360
<v Speaker 2>because he like he overcame everything, you know.

0:37:56.440 --> 0:37:58.160
<v Speaker 1>He said, listen, I'm gonna get to this city.

0:37:58.600 --> 0:38:00.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah at all us.

0:38:01.719 --> 0:38:03.320
<v Speaker 1>So you felt connected immediately?

0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:05.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like that was my guy. Yeah, I call him Mega. Yeah,

0:38:05.840 --> 0:38:08.560
<v Speaker 2>the most loyal dog ever. He's still alive, thank god.

0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:14.480
<v Speaker 2>But he's thirteen. Are you kidding me? Yeah, he's very

0:38:14.520 --> 0:38:17.520
<v Speaker 2>old right now, we were just talking about him.

0:38:17.520 --> 0:38:20.160
<v Speaker 1>I know you had multiple dogs. It's just Mega throughout

0:38:20.200 --> 0:38:22.040
<v Speaker 1>his life. I'm like, he got a puppy, he got

0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:22.920
<v Speaker 1>older one, he got it.

0:38:23.400 --> 0:38:25.719
<v Speaker 2>No, it's Mega, man, It's always been Mega, you know,

0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:30.520
<v Speaker 2>he always man's best friend. Yeah. Dogs are Dogs are

0:38:30.560 --> 0:38:34.680
<v Speaker 2>amazing creatures. Man, They're just amazing, Like you could you know.

0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:38.000
<v Speaker 2>I heard somebody tell me one time. They made an

0:38:38.000 --> 0:38:40.640
<v Speaker 2>analogy about how if you ever put a dog inside

0:38:40.640 --> 0:38:42.480
<v Speaker 2>of a trunk, right, not that you I would ever

0:38:42.600 --> 0:38:46.560
<v Speaker 2>do that or that wouldever on. That just sounds crazy already,

0:38:46.600 --> 0:38:48.640
<v Speaker 2>But if you ever put a dog in a trunk,

0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:53.600
<v Speaker 2>right and you let him out ten minutes later, he's

0:38:53.640 --> 0:38:55.040
<v Speaker 2>going to be waggon. He's just going to be so

0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:56.600
<v Speaker 2>happy to see you. He's not going to be like,

0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:58.160
<v Speaker 2>why'd you put me in that trunk for it? Kind

0:38:58.160 --> 0:39:01.439
<v Speaker 2>of walk away like they just like we don't deserve dogs.

0:39:01.480 --> 0:39:02.759
<v Speaker 2>It's just they're just great, you know.

0:39:02.920 --> 0:39:05.560
<v Speaker 1>So they are very forgiving. I have a dog myself,

0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:08.520
<v Speaker 1>My husband and my dog fight all day. Help put

0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:11.839
<v Speaker 1>them in the crate about you punished? And the dog

0:39:11.960 --> 0:39:13.440
<v Speaker 1>when he lets about the crate, the dog is look

0:39:13.480 --> 0:39:16.160
<v Speaker 1>at his face. I'm like, so you forgot what you happened.

0:39:16.239 --> 0:39:19.200
<v Speaker 2>They definitely have personalities, you know. But but yeah, they're

0:39:19.239 --> 0:39:20.200
<v Speaker 2>very forgiving, you know.

0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:22.480
<v Speaker 1>And you know, I say all the time, you know,

0:39:22.560 --> 0:39:25.520
<v Speaker 1>we don't deserve dogs, but we should also take from

0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:29.160
<v Speaker 1>them also because sometimes we tend to harbor resentment and

0:39:29.239 --> 0:39:31.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, it don't even be that serious, and sometimes

0:39:31.840 --> 0:39:35.600
<v Speaker 1>we lose core relationships and family members because we don't

0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:38.040
<v Speaker 1>have the ability to forgive them and we could take

0:39:38.080 --> 0:39:38.399
<v Speaker 1>from them.

0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:44.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I I remember a neighbor. One of the

0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:47.440
<v Speaker 2>neighbor's daughters threw like a rubber ball at him and

0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:50.640
<v Speaker 2>he chewed it and ate it and it got stuck

0:39:50.719 --> 0:39:54.400
<v Speaker 2>in testing and and I almost lost him. I had

0:39:54.440 --> 0:39:58.360
<v Speaker 2>to take them to get like emergency surgery. And you know,

0:39:58.520 --> 0:40:00.760
<v Speaker 2>the vets, they know they got you ten thousand dollars.

0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:02.720
<v Speaker 2>It was ten thousand dollars with no problem.

0:40:02.840 --> 0:40:04.239
<v Speaker 1>These bets are crazy, like it's.

0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:06.120
<v Speaker 2>Ten k I'm like, you know that we're going through

0:40:06.160 --> 0:40:09.120
<v Speaker 2>omicron right now, whatever is going on? Right, yeah, this

0:40:09.200 --> 0:40:11.120
<v Speaker 2>is after COVID. I'm like, this is the other strand

0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:13.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, why are we here right now? What do

0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:16.120
<v Speaker 2>you mean ten thousands? Oh, they don't care, and ten

0:40:16.200 --> 0:40:18.120
<v Speaker 2>thousand cash is what I have to pay, you know, like,

0:40:18.400 --> 0:40:21.720
<v Speaker 2>and they found a rubber ball and stuck in his testing,

0:40:22.320 --> 0:40:25.160
<v Speaker 2>so he was he started first throwing up because he

0:40:25.239 --> 0:40:29.239
<v Speaker 2>couldn't digestic food. So he started throwing up. We thought

0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:31.920
<v Speaker 2>that he ate weeds, and then he started bleeding, you know,

0:40:32.480 --> 0:40:35.320
<v Speaker 2>out of his backside, and that's when it was a problem.

0:40:35.400 --> 0:40:38.520
<v Speaker 2>So thankfully, and you know, they were like listen, you know,

0:40:38.600 --> 0:40:41.200
<v Speaker 2>we could just see what happens too if you don't

0:40:41.200 --> 0:40:43.680
<v Speaker 2>have the ten thousand. And I'm like, I'm like, that's crazy.

0:40:43.760 --> 0:40:46.160
<v Speaker 1>We haven't let Mega die. Yeah, we don't get to

0:40:46.239 --> 0:40:47.680
<v Speaker 1>this money. He went in the sash.

0:40:47.840 --> 0:40:50.799
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I went into the stash, the Project Change

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:52.400
<v Speaker 2>staff slash.

0:40:53.560 --> 0:40:56.160
<v Speaker 1>And Mega is here with us. I want to really

0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:58.880
<v Speaker 1>thank you, you know for sitting down with me, opening

0:40:59.000 --> 0:41:02.520
<v Speaker 1>up you know about your your journey, your parents, your daughter,

0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:07.239
<v Speaker 1>your son, Mega, and you know, most importantly you the

0:41:07.360 --> 0:41:08.879
<v Speaker 1>core of who you are as a man.

0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:12.120
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, and I appreciate you. You know, I told

0:41:12.160 --> 0:41:17.320
<v Speaker 2>you that evening that you know, I was very excited

0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:19.279
<v Speaker 2>and I was very blessed, and I just you know,

0:41:19.320 --> 0:41:23.600
<v Speaker 2>I uh, I felt like this, this wave of gratitude,

0:41:23.880 --> 0:41:26.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, when you guys approached me about this and

0:41:27.280 --> 0:41:29.759
<v Speaker 2>and give me an opportunity on this amazing platform of

0:41:29.840 --> 0:41:33.520
<v Speaker 2>yours to come here and speak about my humble beginnings

0:41:33.600 --> 0:41:35.719
<v Speaker 2>and you know, my humble journey right now, you know,

0:41:36.560 --> 0:41:40.640
<v Speaker 2>so thank you, Thank you very much. Honestly, I appreciate you.

0:41:41.080 --> 0:41:43.120
<v Speaker 1>And listen, you guys, we're all going to meet up ata,

0:41:43.520 --> 0:41:46.520
<v Speaker 1>We're going to celebrate together, not gonna say on Caesus.

0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:46.960
<v Speaker 2>Time just.

0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:55.800
<v Speaker 1>Right now is amazing, your dope, your energy is amazing.

0:41:56.360 --> 0:41:58.319
<v Speaker 1>Keep up the work, the great work that you're doing,

0:41:58.400 --> 0:42:00.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, and you know, make sure you follow.

0:42:00.960 --> 0:42:03.040
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Thank you very much. I appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 3>Come again, all Hi, Grassiers.

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