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Name: Marcos Benetti

Greetings, everyone! Welcome to my on-line journal. With as much as I travel, I thought this would be a good way for me to keep in touch with my friends across the world. I was born in Boston to a very unique couple. My father is Italian and my mother is Costa Rican. They actually met in Costa Rica and moved to the United States looking to start an import/export business to serve the ethnic communities along the east coast. They were wonderful role models, and I guess their entrepreneurial spirit rubbed off on me. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, I had some success marketing a product overseas. Now, I do some consulting and some light investing. I have recently started a new adventure with some friends in Raytown, Missouri. It’s a forthcoming coffeehouse named Benetti’s Coffee Experience, and I’m just stoked to be a part of it.

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Welcome to Our World

Hello, everyone.

It looks like Punxsutawney Phil might be losing his edge. The winter has lasted a little longer than he predicted, at least in the Northeast. However, in Missouri, it is starting to look like spring. This has been very good for our coffeehouse project.

Spring is always an exciting season, with both rebirth and new birth. So, it is timely that Ben and Sarah are now first-time aunt and uncle to their nephew, Zane Alexander. (By the way, you know you’re getting old when you have to explain who Zane Grey is.) Zane came a little earlier than expected, but at 7 lbs 10 oz and 19.5 inches long, he must have felt that he had done all of the incubating that was necessary.

Here’s a photo that Ben sent me on my cell phone:


Although I don’t have kids of my own, I’m very familiar with the uncle role. I imagine that it has some similarities to being a grandparent. You get to spoil, tease, enjoy and share advice with them without being saddled with things like dirty diapers or discipline. Ben reports that the family is joyful and that Zane’s parents are both excited and exhausted. My thinking is that they won’t get past either emotion for quite a while.

Till next time,

Marcos

2 Comments:

Diane said...

Congratulations Aunt & Uncle!! I can't say Zane looks like his Uncle since he has hair on his head, but he is adorable. The coffee shop looks good, too!

5:57 PM  
oldfatcowboy said...

I look forward to keeping up with your travels Carlos. Did you manage to get to town to vote in the latest election.

Be sure to let me know when the doors are ready to open, I have a penchant for a good cup of Joe.

5:59 PM  

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