I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi. ...

Okay, just kidding. I was born and raised in & around Kansas City, Missouri. It was good and bad year for Richard Nixon, 1972, as he became the first U.S. President to visit China but also saw the beginnings of the "Watergate" scandal. The Miami Dolphins went undefeated, The Godfather hit the big screen, and Nike was founded. One of the top television shows was "Hawaii Five-0". a precursor to my love of all things tropical perhaps? Of course the biggest headline of the year was me!

I currently live a couple minutes from the Atlantic Ocean in Flagler Beach, Florida with a gorgeous wife, Sara, and a precocious Lhasa Apso, Marley. Sara and I were married in June of 2002 and adopted our first "child" in July of 2006.

I am currently working behind the bar at the Golden Lion Cafe, located right on scenic A1A in Flagler Beach. It is an open air bar/restaurant 121 steps from the beach. To learn more about the Golden Lion click here. I started working there in June of 2005, well after my first visit in the summer of 1994 and my first date with Sara on October 20, 1998. I am still a huge fan of the joint!

The story of how I came to be in Florida is one that remains to be told...