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Columbus Day Parade, NYC

Lovely day walking in annual Columbus Day Parade in NYC - up 5th avenue from 47th to 79th - with other UNICO groups - from NJ and Pennsylvania and Queens too - many floats - bands and performers. Spend a lot of time waiting for our section to get into the parade - should have watched all the others go by and then 'fall' in - next year. Had hat, gloves and warm clothes - the 350-member  Scranton Pa.chapter had a large turnout - all in Red jackets and looking pretty sharp. Many observers along the parade and hundreds of cops - 7 - 10 at each intersection in the mid-town area!!! Must be an expensive aspect for the parade planners. http://www.UNICO.com  or maybe http://www.UNICO.org - not sure. The Montclair UNICO chapter was represented - growing each year.

Columbus Day Parade, Monday, Monclair UNICO to participate!

Weather permitting - ( altho the parade takes place  rain or shine) several members of the new chapter of the Montclair UNICO will be in the parade on Monday on 5th Avenue. Group steps off at Noon - we'll see about the ' rain' aspect.

go to site: http://www.MontclairUNICO.org for information about the organization

Innovative!

Innovative! That's what we like to hear - about our approach to Real Estate sales and listings!

Whether it is the notes or gifts we send to those who refer customers and clients to us - or the actual ideas to promote a property - all seem to work - and we appreciate being so recognized! In the last 3 weeks  3/4 of our listings have gone under contract  - and are still holding their own! We keep fingers crossed of course- between building inspections, appraisals,  oil tanks and interest rates - there are many avenues for detours - and delays. Again, that's where our team approach works wonders!!!

New Jersey/Italy Trade Council

Breakfast at Drumthwacket, the Governor's Mansion this morning with the initiation of the New Jersey and Italian Trade Council

  http://www.nj-italytrade.org- - Millions of dollars of export and import trade take effect and this is a formalized way to help advance the business of doing business with Italy. Govenor Corzine was there ( he has enough bad news to deal with these days  - I'm sure he was relieved to have some positive things happen) and there are plans for a symposium October 16 - October had been designated Italian month ( parade October 12th etc) and that will deal with: Government regulations and incentives: Cultural aspects and business protocols, Private capital markets  with Industry-specific sessions on manufacturing, technology, food and beverage, fashion and textiles and other topics. I went as a member of UNICO - and our new chapter was invited too.

 

July 4, 2009 Parade

Gorgeous day for a parade and was in with the UNICO Montclair group - new banner and my UNICO sun and rain umbrella - did not see much of the parade, but  heard it was great - 1.6 miles and saw lots of old friends - people always go to the same spot to see the parade - and after about 30 years of parade - being- in ( used to be on the committee and served as parade marshals )  it is a great way to see the whole town. Looked at Macy's fireworks on TV tho -

Maria Mazziotti Gillaln, Poet

Terrific program tonight at the monthly Montclair UNICO meeting when the NJ poet, Maria Mazziotti Gillan read from her books: 'All that Lies Between us','Things my Mother told me', and "Italian Women in  Black Dresses'"  poems that read like a memoir of the Italian mother, stories of mothers and daughters, growing up in an Italianneighborhood in Paterson NJ. Director of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Binghampton University-SUNY, and an American Book Award Winner  she was marvelous. Books published gy Guernica, in Canada.