I've been a collector most of my life . When I was just a boy I would go " PICKIN " . This meant garbage picking and I would fix or clean the stuff up and then have a Garage sale . If I had all that stuff now I would be a millionaire . Anyhow that's what taught me the value of a dollar . When I was a teenager I would go to town dumps, or as you call them now "Recycling centers", and that's where I found alot of good stuff that I would sell at Flea markets . On Nov. 11 ,1989 I married my beautiful wife, Evelyn, and we've been happily married ever since. We have 2 boys, Lenny 11/10/90 and Tommy 2/2/94 . In 1999 we found E-bay and love to sell our extra stuff so we can buy more stuff .

Award Winning Chef Paul Agrusti

Chef Paul Agrusti says good taste runs in the family . " My great-grandfather was a wine and olive oil producer and my Grandfather and Father are Chefs and Resturaunt Owners . Paul has worked in his family's resturaunt since the age of 7 . At age 15 he wanted more experience and worked in Preakness Hill Country Club until he went into the Culinary Ins. of America (CIA) in Hyde Park NY at age 17 right out of High School . He started working at The Manor in West Orange at age 18 while attending the Culinary and graduated the CIA in 1986 at age 19 and went right back to the Manor to work for another 3 years . In 1988 he worked as a Sous Chef in the Parsippany Hilton to get Hotel Experience . At that time he entered 3 Culinary Salons and won a Gold medal , Silver medal and a Silver Platter for Best Plate Presentation of Show . In 1990 he became partners with his Father ( Leonard ) and Brother ( Adam ) in the family restaurant, the Colonial Grille . Since then we created Colonial Catering . In 1994 he became a Certified Working Chef from the American Chefs Ass. When Paul's Grandfather died in 2001 the family decided to sell the resturaunt . Paul became a Cook at Preakness Healthcare and hopes to be Dietary Supervisor/Food Service Director someday . Since working in Preakness Healthcare he has been~ Certified in Food Protection by State of NJ Nov 2002 ~ Certified in Food Service Management by State of NJ April 2003 ~ and obtained Food Handlers License of NJ April 2003 ~ Dietary Managers Assoc. eligiblity for Certified Dietary Manager in Oct 2003 .