A Little About the Author..

Berlin, den 4. Oktober

One part of my family, my father and his Fiances family

Two dear friends: Left to Right Jeffrey Lail and Christian Simon

Marcela and I back in 2011

   

        The pictures here are just a few from the many memories I have made over the past years. I won't go too deep into detail, but rather a brief overview of who I am and how I got to be where I am today. At the age of 14, right before my freshman year at Riverview Senior High School in Riverview, FL, I decided that I wanted to become a chef. I enrolled into Culinary Arts, and that is where the journey all began for me. I didn't know what to expect. My first day came and I was full of anxiousness and nervousness and all that jazz. Well, four years and about a thousand great memories later alongside with trophies and medals, I completed high school proudly with my certificate for Culinary Arts from ProStart. After high school I applied for the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) and was accepted in the top 5%, but unfortunately was unable to attend due to financial hardship in my family. So I decided I would continue in a Technical School and study International Business at State College of Florida. It didn't take long for that dream of being a chef to fade, and for me to realize there were better things in my interests. Alongside all of this I worked in several bars and nightclubs and a handful of renowned restaurants in Sarasota, FL. I even managed to do some Valet work and make some side cash. At this point in my life things were moving at lightning pace. I had my heart broken, family tensions, financial woes and all that fun included in the ,,American Dream". Although, I also made plenty of friends, plenty of connections, and most important plenty of experience. So now here I am at 19, bored and tired and looking for something new. So I decided to apply for Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. I got an acceptance about a week later and a week later from that date I was moving from Sarasota to Providence to my new home. It was my first time being truly ,, Independent" and man did it feel amazing! I met someone who still to this day is right next to my family when it comes to importance, Kirstie Musumeci AKA ,,Mooch" or ,,Mama Kirstie". I spent the next three-quarter of a year spending every minute with her, she was the closest thing I had to family in Rhode Island. Once again due to money issues I had to head back to Florida and leave the amazing people I met in Rhode Island, which by the way is an amazing state! So now I am 20 and fed up with the bullshit, so what do I do? Plan a trip to Berlin! My hometown, but this time, for a month! So I worked as much as I could between two jobs and school and saved up enough money to fund my trip to Europe. So here I am a little over a year ago in Germany. It's the first of July and the sun is shining, the people are out and about, and I was simply in awe. After the first week in Berlin and seeing Amsterdam I was dead set on staying. Who would have ever thought I would stay right then and there! The coming weeks were full of waiting in lines, trying to navigate through a language I knew nothing about and making it possible to make a living in Berlin, or atleast try. It is now October the fourth in the year 2013 and I am sitting in my own apartment in Berlin that I organized myself, I have an amazing job at Intercontinental Hotels in a 3 year ,,Trainee Program'', an awesome friend base, and so much more. I miss my friends and family every day of my life but I don't regret ever staying here. It was truly the right choice for me and I don't look back on that choice. I couldn't be happier with where I am today besides the relationship issues going on currently, but what's meant to be will simply be. So now all my readers will have a little insight into me and my background. As always if anyone has a question, feel free to ask below!

mit freundlichen Grüßen,

    Cory

Scotch and Soda, August 2013