(l-r) Patti Stanger, The Millionaire Matchmaker, and Angela Olsen. Angela Olsen, Groton, attended Patti’s Boot Camp, and will share what she learned next issue.
by Alexis Ann
Early birds were standing in line, purchasing Patti Stanger’s new book, Become Your Own Matchmaker: 8 Easy Steps for Attracting Your Perfect Mate, on Saturday, February 13th. It was a free sighting and signing event, sponsored by Spin Street and Mohegan Sun. It is a one-of-a-kind experience that allows guests to get up-close-and-personal with some of the world’s biggest entertainers. Patti Stanger was most gracious, answering questions, autographing and posing for photos with her fans.
Patti Stanger founded a very successful matchmaking service, Millionaire’s Club, in 2000 and hit the ground running ever since. Patti stars on Bravo’s hit television show, Millionaire Matchmaker, which she produces. She also hosts XM radio’s P.S. I Love You, airing on Thursdays, 1pm – 3 pm ET. Recently, Patti launched her own dating site, PSXOXO.com in partnership with Spark.com.
Patti grew up in Short Hills, NJ. She resides in Los Angeles, CA. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts at the University of Miami, 1983. She is the former director of marketing for Great Expectations,–the largest and oldest dating service and boasts ten years in the fashion business. Today, Patti helps thousands of couples find their true love.
What is the number one thing that guys look for in a woman?
“They look for beauty, brains, and class.” Also, different parts of the country look for different things. “On the East Coast, you have the pedigrees – Where did you go to college, what’s family like, are you accomplishing something? In LA it’s, how big are your boobs? They don’t care which trailer park you fell out of, as long as, you’re hot.”
When Patti was visiting Chicago for a recent appearance on the Oprah Show, she commented on Midwestern men opening the door for her. “There are lots of manly men there. The men were looking at the women and the women were looking at the men. Why isn’t the rest of the country doing this?” Patti asked. “You’ve gotta go where the type of man you’re looking for is.”
“For example, the number one ski resort to meet a man is Breckenridge, Colorado, 7:1.” If you go to Aspen it’s metrosexual-ville. If you go to Vail, it’s divorce-set. You’ve gotta know where your pockets of men are.”
Patti talks about the X-factor. “I didn’t have that x-factor. I didn’t walk into a room and have men flock to me,” she said. “I became their best friend and then infiltrated through the side door.” She realized that she was doing everything wrong by not sending out sexual energy. You don’t have to be a Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie to get the guys’ attention. More like this was covered in her afternoon “bootcamp” held in the Cabaret.
Don’t miss Part 2 of Patti Stanger coming next issue.
For Victor Alexander Baltov, Jr., “Baseball is a miniature version of the American culture.”
by Roger Zotti
The author contends that “Baseball is a miniature version of the American culture. The exposure of mass fraud in baseball is simply a small slice of the overall corrupt nature of corporate America.” He continues: “I feel as if I have lost a good friend, baseball, to the spirit of secularism and am writing about it, speaking truth.”
“Baseball Is America” is the first book in a trilogy. Victor’s next is Origins and History: The Good Bad and the Ugly, which will will be followed by Reclaiming the Strike Zone. That book, he says, will “boldly [offer] solutions to changing baseball and laterally America back to where it once belonged… identifying the trade-off between a noble America… and a toxic baseball culture too big to punish or fail.”
Jim Bouton (Ball Four), Howard Bryant (Juicing the Game), Viktor Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning), Steve Courson (False Glory) and Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Life) are authors who have influenced Victor, an outstanding amateur ballplayer years ago. As for Bouton’s book in particular, Victor writes that it caused “outrage and betrayal [from] the baseball community…the good, bad, and the ugly were revealed in print. The players couldn’t handle the truth about themselves being a bunch of party pill-poppers…”
While Joe DiMaggio is Victor’s all-time favorite player, he believes Curt Flood, one-time St. Louis Cardinals Centerfielder, is “the bravest man ever to wear a big league uniform.” Victor tells us that Flood informed then-Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, in a 1969 letter, that he “was not a high-paid slave; he asked Kuhn to allow the American free enterprise system to operate within the baseball structure, thus allowing him to shop his services to the most interested party instead of being shipped to the City of Brotherly Love… at the time very harsh toward blacks.” It took several years for Flood’s words to become reality, but “Free agency would follow in the mid-1970s.”
Though Victor’s Oklahoma State baseball coach, the unforgettable Chet, runs a close second, the book’s most compelling individual is the author’s grandfather, George J. Minges, a man of principle and courage. An ardent Cincinnati Reds fan, he was appalled with the team’s “fix in the [1919] World Series.” From then on the “Reds were a tainted team” – and Mr. Minges protested by making “a conscious choice to never spend a red cent to see [the Reds] in person…”
Yes, some self-editing would’ve streamlined the book, but if you like a writer who isn’t shy about being politically forthright, or timid about expressing his Judeo-Christian beliefs – “I grew up seeing America through the lens of the Catholic Church” – read Baseball Is America. Victor Alexander Baltov Jr. is a knowledgeable, insightful, and forceful writer.
Victor Alexander Baltov, Jr. has hit a homerun with his first book, Baseball Is America: A Child of Baseball (AuthorHouse). An informative, passionate, humorous, and scrupulously researched autobiography, it’s concerned with the good and bad aspects of baseball, along with the sport’s link with religion, history, politics, music, movies (especially “Field of Dreams”), and Victor’s family and friends.
Brittany Shinn, Mystic, class of 2011 at Conn College, was named to Dean’s High Honors for the fall semester.
Champlain College
Laura Greaney - Stonington
Colby College
Allison Baxter - Waterford
Michaelina Deneka - Gales Ferry
Victor Vesnaver, Jr. - Salem
Colby-Sawyer College
Brianna Courey - Norwich
Casey McMorrow - Colchester
Connecticut College David Arroyo - New London
Alexandra Avalone - Stonington
Wade Berry - East Lyme
Adrienne Bitting - Mystic
Devon Butler - New London
Phillip Fritzsche - Stonington
Brenner Green - Lisbon
Jennifer Herbert - Pawcatuck
Faye McKenna - Amston
Meghan McLean - Old Lyme
Alison McPherson - Old Lyme
Kelly Parlin - Lebanon
Emma Rathkey - Old Lyme
Kelsey Ross - Lyme
Brittany Shinn - Mystic
Lilliane Spratt - Old Lyme
Geoffrey - Groton
Bunsak Ton - Waterford
Emory University
Fritz Hain - N. Franklin
Fairfield University Timothy Crawford - Essex
Eileen Haire - Waterford
David Lynch - Waterford
Stephen Baillargeon - Norwich
Katie Mackay - Salem
Taylor Szupiany - East Lyme
Mary Cunningham - Niantic
Caroline Riley - Mystic
Florida Institute of Technology Erik Moore - Gales Ferry
Michael Drake - Stonington
Gettysburg College
Samantha Fay - Mystic
Sarah Fritz - Ledyard
Steven Hnath - Lebanon
Mallory Huard - Pawcatuck
Ithaca College Melanie Wade - Ledyard
Emily Brown - Lyme
Colleen Clark - Colchester
Marist College
Kelsey Butta - Mystic
Ashley Days - East Lyme
David DeNinno - Gales Ferry
Cassandra Jesmonth - Colchester
Ashley Karwasinski - Ledyard
Adrienne Sabilia - Quaker Hill
Shannon Slocum - Waterford
Joana Sun - Gales Ferry
Katherine Welcome - Stonington
Matthew Wilensky - Waterford
Brendan Woods - Essex
Marymount University Cassandra Trobaugh - Gales Ferry
Mount Ida College
Mackenzie Byles - Groton
Joshua Curtis - Preston
Devyn Frank - Mystic
Madison Germini - Lyme
Nichole Goulet - Waterford
Nichols College
Rebecca Smith - Pawcatuck
Daniel Smith - Pawcatuck
Allison Souza - N. Stonington
Timothy Smith - Plainfield
Paul Smith’s College Matthew Baer - East Lyme
Roger Williams University Shayna Beckwith - Franklin
Melisa Carrasquillo - New London
Christian Jensen - East Lyme
Alexandra Whipple - East Lyme
Lauren Bagwell - East Lyme
Amy Lewis - Groton
Amy Falcone - Noank
Samantha Messier - Griswold
Kristin Accomando - Mystic
Alyson Millaras - Quaker Hill
Jaclyn Giroux - Stonington
Jennifer Brax - Waterford
Erica Seymour - Colchester
Kelly Stannard - Salem
Aimee Lantrip - Griswold
Matthew Paige - Mystic
Shannon Bernard - Oakdale
Mariah Marquis - Pawcatuck
Kathryn McTeague - Waterford
Kelsey Lucas - Salem
Southern New Hampshire University Sean Barry - Bozrah
Frederick Whittle - Mystic
Kelsea Perreault - New London
Mindy Morris - N. Stonington
Andrew Rissler - Pawcatuck
University of Delaware Courtney Simmons - East Lyme
Rachel Maclellan - Niantic
Laura Mackey - Old Lyme
Taylor Gelinas - Waterford
University of Maine at Farmington
Samantha Ross - Gales Ferry
Jessica Pinter - Higganum
Hannah Stonely - Pawcatuck
University of Mary Washington Kathleen Kollman - Salem
Cara MacDonald - Pawcatuck
Southern New Hampshire University Sean Barry - Bozrah
Frederick Whittle - Mystic
Kelsea Perreault - New London
Mindy Morris - N. Stonington
Andrew Rissler - Pawcatuck
University of New Hampshire
Todd Richmond - Franklin
Susan Piotrkowski - Franklin
Kelly Hollingworth - Putnam
Alyssa Curcio - New London
Brendan Dyer - New London
Allyson Eley - Quaker Hill
Melissa Chmielewski - East Lyme
Mary-Katherine Achor - East Lyme
Samantha Reardon - East Lyme
Edmund Gubbins - East Lyme
Valerie Schoepfer - Bozrah
Nicholas Mills - Bozrah
Ben Marcek - Gales Ferry
Nicole Muir - Gales Ferry
Jennifer Aspinwall - Ledyard
Brian O’Mara - Noank
Patrick Gay - N. Stonington
Melody Pothier - Lisbon
Justine Deming - Mystic
Andraya Ehrlich - Mystic
Evan Ehrlich - Mystic
Erin Spear - Mystic
Anne Thorndike - Mystic
Abigail Vitale - Mystic
Christopher Chiappa - Niantic
Brian Chiappa - Niantic
Katherine Lawrence - Lyme
Kristy Reidemeister - Lyme
Victoria Fallon - Lyme
Margaret Smith - Lyme
Evan Flower - Lyme
Joanne Gallie - Waterford
Katelyn Flanagan - Waterford
Amy Simpson - Waterford
Benjamin Clark - Deep River
Emily Adamcyk - Essex
Erin Bogan - Essex
Katherine Woods - Essex
Caitlin Meyer - Old Saybrook
Meghan Fitzgerald - Old Saybrook
Christine Meyer - Old Saybrook
University of New Haven
Nancy Ferreira - Waterford
Ramiro Cerecer-Rodriguez - Norwich
William DeSandre - Waterford
Katherine Hartnett - Stonington
Ashley Jensen - Gales Ferry
Sarah Labell - Lyme
Andrew Lavigne - Pawcatuck
John McKean - Ledyard
Rafaela Messmer - Ledyard
Kevin Montanaro - Old Lyme
Daniel Murphy - Waterford
Thomas Murphy - Old Lyme
Daniel O’Donnell - Uncasville
David Potamianos - Colchester
Stephanie Shabanowitz - Oakdale
Christopher Shea - Gales Ferry
Jeread Sines - Gales Ferry
University of Vermont
Leanora McLellan - Colchester
Jerome Barner - East Lyme
Claire Erhart - Hadlyme
Chelsea Green - Lisbon
Shannon Burke - Mystic
Michael Massa - Old Lyme
Caitlyn Meeks - Old Lyme
Naomi Trautmann - Old Lyme
Rachel Rogoff - Uncasville
Virginia Tech Brendon Kargl - Hebron
Christine Brown - East Lyme
Jason Cusack - Jewett City
Douglas Cheeseman - Niantic
Brett Flower - Old Lyme
Peter Manning - Pawcatuck
James Colombo - Marlborough
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Katherine Fitton - Lebanon
Joined by schoolchildren, Boys and Girls Scouts, lawmakers and municipal officials, Governor M. Jodi Rell led a procession from the State Capitol to the State Library on February 17th to officially kick off the Connecticut’s 375th Anniversary Celebration.
“While all birthdays are fun, some are genuine milestones. This is certainly one of them,” the Governor told those gathered in historic State Library. “Today is just the beginning of a year-long tribute to those who came before us and helped shape the state we love. It is a state whose people will forever be industrious, inventive and enduring.”
Historians point to 1635 as the critical year for settlement of the three river towns – Wethersfield, Windsor and Hartford – that initially established the Connecticut Colony.
The event, which also featured a ceremonial escort by the Governor’s Foot Guard, also marked the unveiling of the official 375th Website – www.CT375.com – which will include a calendar of events and activities that will include local schools, state parks, the arts community, museums and oral histories. To help plan and promote events, the Governor assembled a volunteer commission of historians, educators, arts and culture representatives, fundraisers and others.
“These marvelous volunteers who have stepped forward to help are contributing their time, their expertise and in-kind services to make sure this celebration is a fun and rewarding one,” Governor Rell said.
The 375th Commission includes John Patrick, President, Farmington Bank, and former First Lady Nikki O’Neill, who was co-chairwoman of the state’s 350th Anniversary Celebration. Other members are State Historian Walter Woodward, State Librarian Kendall Wiggin, former Lt. Gov. Eunice Groark and Karen Senich, Executive Director of the state Commission on Culture and Tourism.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is accepting applications for the 2010 Youth Scholarship Program which will award $10,000 in scholarships to two children of active duty police officers and firefighters. The first place winner will receive $7,500 to put toward their college education and the second place winner will receive $2,500. Eligible students have until March 31 to submit their applications.
Eligible students must be between 15 and 20 years old, a graduating high school senior and have been accepted for admission to an accredited college or university. Each eligible student must have a father, mother or natural guardian who is a full-time police officer or fire fighter. Students will be required to write an essay entitled, “What it means to me to have my parent or guardian involved in securing our community.”
The deadline for submitting applications directly to ESA is March 31. Participating states may have earlier deadlines. For complete scholarship rules and a list of participating states visit ESA’s Web site at www.alarm.org and click on Public Safety.
