I grew up in Miami FL. and moved to Western New York in 1979. I lived in the city of Niagara Falls for 14 years,  in a section known as little Italy,  where my children grew up. It was a wonderful place to raise a family, with a mixture of old and new families, that shared a love of community, and developed friendships that have survived and prospered through the generations.

    With my children well on their way to ...