I enjoy programming and process optimization and automation. Sounds weird but that’s what you get when you major in industrial engineering.
I own & operate the KaffeeHouse Saratoga as well as the Coffee House of Troy.
I’ve written my own database to keep track of food cost as well as for general administration such as timekeeping. If I ever find the time I’m going to connect it to the USDA database to calculate the nutrients of every item I serve and have that available on the website to lookup.
Apart from that I like railroads. It’s amazing how much knowledge goes into it. Steam locomotives are something of a pet peeve of mine.
Q: Please tell us a little bit about your family.
Not much going on, mostly nuclear family everybody else died in WW2
Q: Please tell us about your current, past, or future career. What do you love most about what you do?
Running 2 Cafes. What I like is that I’m able to put my drive for optimization to use. Apart from that it’s nice to try out new recipes and see people’s reaction.
Q: What are a couple of your favorite restaurants in our community?
The Burger King in Wilton. They make the best fries along the Northway hands down. Then there’s Chianti’s, Fabrizzio is a great a chef , I think of him as an artist. Apart from that the KaffeeHouse. Sounds prejudiced but after 5 years I still have the Turkey sandwich for lunch and am not getting tired of it.
Q: How long have you lived or worked in our community?
5 years and counting
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in our community?
John Safford.
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
Italy, because I could really use a vacation.
Q: What is one of your favorite movies? TV shows?
Star Trek, except Discovery, that never happened.
Q: What advice would you give to people?
Hold yourself to a high standard. To land amongst the stars, you have to aim for the moon.
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A cross country Amtrak train ride.
Q: What is your go to band when you can’t decide what to listen to?
The Midnight, synthwave galore.
Q: What current or former local business makes you the most nostalgic about our community?
Saratoga Apple.
Q: If you could choose anyone that is alive today and not a relative; with whom would you love to have lunch? Why? And where locally would y’all meet for this lunch?
That’s a tough one! I would love to pick the brain of the head of the Japanese central bank on how the Yen was brought back on course. But for a living person I’d have to say the person who invented AI to ask about their hopes and motivation for doing what they did. Meeting would be at a burger place because it’s not about the food.
Q: What is your favorite thing or something unique about our community?
I like that ski slopes are only 30 minutes away.
Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years?
Running a coffee empire that spans across the northway. Probably somewhere in the middle but you got to shoot for the moon to land amongst the stars.
Q: (Even for friends or family), what is something interesting that most people don’t know about you?
I enjoy attending the opera
Q: What is the most beautiful place you have ever been?
The open sea.
Q: Favorite month? favorite holiday? and best single day on the calendar?
September, Thanksgiving, 1/1.
Q: What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
Spargel on 9. You’ll thank me later.
Q: Who inspires you to be better?
Marcus Aurelius having written his ‘meditations’
Q: What is one or two of your favorite smells?
The smell of winter.
Q: Finally, what 3 words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
Food, company, rest
