Finance + Legal Services

Explore AI For Your Business

Without The Overwhelm Article by Pete D'Angelo | Photography by Dina Duva   If you've been quietly avoiding AI, I want you to know something. You're not behind. You're being careful. And there's a real difference between the two. I talk to small business owners every week. Real estate agents, attorneys, insurance brokers, and restaurant owners. The story is almost always the same. They tried ChatGPT once. They watched a webinar. Someone in their network keeps posting screenshots of AI doing...

Travel

Explore Rovinj, Croatia

A Slice Of Heaven The Rest Of The World Hasn't Fully Discovered Yet Article and Photography by Carmela Ginefra If you’re looking for a summer getaway from the mean streets of Northern New Jersey, we have an idea for you that you might not have thought about. But maybe you should. Rovinj is found in the region of Istria in Croatia. It is the heart-shaped peninsula in Croatia's far northwest — closer to Venice than to Dubrovnik, geographically and culturally. It's where menus arrive in two...

Finance + Legal Services

Trust In Conan

For One Wayne Silverfox, Building Wealth and Building Community Go Hand-in-Hand Article by Don Seaman | Photography by John Agnello and Conan Ward Conan Ward is a textbook Wayne guy.  His roots are here. He grew up in Packanack Lake. Graduated from Wayne Valley. Spent years coaching Track and Field there despite finding his calling in finance. He only gave that up when it became obvious that commuting into the city wasn’t conducive to coaching high school sports on that sort of schedule. But...

Home + Design

Cave Men: Rustic Charm

Pat Hickerson Brings The Adirondack Experience To New Jersey Article by Don Seaman | Photography by John Agnello Photography & Video Perhaps it’s time to ditch the term “man cave”. It’s certainly evocative imagery, but one that’s evolved beyond a man’s home getaway. Today’s man caves have become more of a Family Oasis. Gone are the days of a couple of old comfy chairs, a TV, and a separate fridge.  Today’s man caves could host weddings, or at least inspire some bar owners to upgrade their...

Fitness

Cave Men: The Sports Den

Joe Monello's Shrine To Sports, And So Much More Article by Don Seaman | Photography by John Agnello Photography & Video Joe Monello Joe has crafted a space that’s not only a spa for the body, but is also a real threat to any night out.  Home gym? Check. Indoor hot tub? Check. Shrine to the Yankees and Giants? Check and check. And of course, there’s a pool table, shuffleboard, and tables for gaming. And a bar outside - with two more inside. He’s in the process of installing a unique indoor...

Home + Design

Cave Men: Outside Inside

Success WIth His Space Inspires Mike Laglia To Think Bigger Article by Don Seaman | Photography by John Agnello Photography & Video Many people have a sublime indoor man cave. Many others have an outdoor one. Mike has both. And it’s ingeniously set up as one connected experience. It all began because of a home problem. A big one - a large, old, dangerously sick tree had become a daily threat to their two-car garage. The Laglia’s decided to respond to Mother Nature’s looming wrath by removing...

Life + Culture

A Son's Promise

30 Years In The Making Article by Phillip Barone | Photography by PJ Barone & Phillip Barone Baseball is my lifeblood. I’ve been in love with being on a ballfield since the first day of Little League when I was 8 years old. That has never changed, and even now, at nearly 52, I feel the overwhelming pull to make my way back onto the field every year. I played hardball until I was 40, took a couple of years off after realizing my body couldn’t hold up doing that anymore, then transitioned myself...

Local Services

Success is a Launch Point

Creating new inertia is possible, and it’s not just by working harder Article by Don Seaman | Photography by John Agnello Photography and Video A common trope of success is in a chess analogy, that someone who has more than their fair share of success is “they’re playing 3D chess and everyone else is playing checkers.”    Evocative visual. But 3D chess is doing one thing (although doing it quite well): picking up one static piece in your hand and moving it somewhere else. Strategically. A...

Professional Services

Going For The Green

How to do Business on the Golf Course Article by Dan Sterba | Photography by John Agnello Photography and Video Hardly a day goes by that business owners and executives aren’t thinking about ways to grow their business. And on most beautiful days when the sun is shining and the weather’s warm, many (including myself), enjoy spending time on the golf course. Some might say that there’s no better way to build their business if you can do it while getting a round of golf in. It is a perfect way...

Life + Culture

Fighting For Good

For Ethan Fitzpatrick, Giving Back is Simply Being Human Article by Don Seaman | Photography by Ethan Fitzpatrick If you’ve never met Captain America, let me introduce him to you.    He’ll hate that I’m calling him that. He’ll say that it’s far too hyperbolic for someone like him. He’s far too humble for that elevated label.   But it’s honest. And the pieces sort of fit.   The biggest difference was that he wasn’t a scrawny weakling. At his peak, he tipped the scales at 355 pounds. Not...