http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog Personal Thoughts of Tony Romeo, NJ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:32:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-plays-the-thing/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-plays-the-thing/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:32:34 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=735 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-plays-the-thing/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/halloween-2011/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/halloween-2011/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:37:53 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=721 Written by: Tony Romeo on November 1, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on November 1, 2011.Halloween is my favorite holiday, although you would never guess since I rarely dress and have missed my work party, which is a great party, every year since I started.  I shoot a lot of things for my job… but I take the day off from work every [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/halloween-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pre-irene-in-berlin-nj/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pre-irene-in-berlin-nj/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:51:26 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=692 Written by: Tony Romeo on August 27, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on August 27, 2011.If you live in the northeast, hurricanes are not really part of our weather vernacular.  They happen, but rarely happen with the ferocity that is experienced by our neighbors in the Gulf States.  Hurricane Irene, by all media predictions, will be the exception.  Hurricane Irene is expected to [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pre-irene-in-berlin-nj/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/dancin-on-air-mini-marathon/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/dancin-on-air-mini-marathon/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:38:09 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=685 Written by: Tony Romeo on July 23, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on July 23, 2011.This month was Dancin’ on Air month at WPHL.  For those that don’t know, DOA was an 80’s dance show produced locally in Philadelphia at PHL17 Studios, or stu-stu-studios as we joked this week.   The original producers of the show, Omni, and the management of WPHL decided to [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/dancin-on-air-mini-marathon/feed/ 2 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/berlin-borough-fireworks/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/berlin-borough-fireworks/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:56:48 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=676 Written by: Tony Romeo on July 4, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on July 4, 2011.Last year was the first in my lifetime that Berlin Borough did not have its annual 4th of July fireworks. That means I got a break from my yearly ritual of loading up a camera, flashlight, tripod, various lenses and scurrying up and down streets and footpaths trying [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/berlin-borough-fireworks/feed/ 2 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/congrats-to-angela-and-matt/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/congrats-to-angela-and-matt/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:47:02 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=674 Written by: Tony Romeo on June 18, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on June 18, 2011.Thanks to Angela and Matt for a great day. I was so honored to be in that wedding as me and Ang go way, way back. I love my whole family, but Angela has always been more like a sister than a cousin. I won’t even say “little” [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/congrats-to-angela-and-matt/feed/ 4 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides-lebowski-fest-2011/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides-lebowski-fest-2011/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:30:26 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=643 Written by: Tony Romeo on June 7, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on June 7, 2011. It’s a great treat when the things I have to cover for work end up being things I really like in my Tony Romeo personal life.  The Lebowski Fest is one of those things.  I covered it in 2009 when it came to Philly and I got [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides-lebowski-fest-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/redux-how-is-my-nephew-7-already/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/redux-how-is-my-nephew-7-already/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:00:54 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=631 Written by: Tony Romeo on April 10, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on April 10, 2011.You’d think after my niece turned 5 last month I’d be prepared for the shock that my nephew is 7… NOPE!  It seems like just yesterday I went to West Jersey Hospital in the wee hours of the morning and gathered with the rest of my family as [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/redux-how-is-my-nephew-7-already/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:09:16 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=628 Written by: Tony Romeo on March 30, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on March 30, 2011.On days like this I am reminded what a privilege it is to work in a job that gives me such amazing access to the Phillies.  I have been to Citizens Bank Park a half dozen times already this season and the Phils have yet to play a [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/how-is-my-niece-5-already/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/how-is-my-niece-5-already/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:10:05 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=623 Written by: Tony Romeo on March 6, 2011.Written by: Tony Romeo on March 6, 2011.My niece has starred in such blogs as, My Niece is Hilarious (2007), and of course many Halloween Blogs.  But yesterday she turned 5.]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/how-is-my-niece-5-already/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/christmas-2010/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/christmas-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:02:17 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=528 Written by: Tony Romeo on December 27, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on December 27, 2010. I had a very quiet and uneventful Christmas this year, but, given the circumstances I will take it.   Spent part of the day with my Gram at the hospital.  She is doing much better and hopefully we’ll redo Christmas at her house when they let her out, but [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/christmas-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/turkey-trot-5k-2010-cooper-river/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/turkey-trot-5k-2010-cooper-river/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:49:12 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=505 Written by: Tony Romeo on November 26, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on November 26, 2010.This Thanksgiving I ran in the annual 5k at Cooper River.  My time was 27 minutes and change.  I ran, like I often do, with my really good friends the Gormans.  We go way back to EHS days.  The run is always a great way to start the [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/turkey-trot-5k-2010-cooper-river/feed/ 4 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/eastern-high-school-class-of-1990-reuinion/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/eastern-high-school-class-of-1990-reuinion/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:56:25 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=377 Written by: Tony Romeo on August 14, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on August 14, 2010.My sister had her Reunion Friday and I served as her designated driver. (Making our designated driver tally, for those keeping score, Tracie 5000, me– ONE!). But this was an important one, with important cargo. The class of ’90 all had a great time, looked great, and it [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/eastern-high-school-class-of-1990-reuinion/feed/ 8 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/a-sort-of-homecoming/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/a-sort-of-homecoming/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:39:58 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=262 Written by: Tony Romeo on July 12, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on July 12, 2010.Timing is everything in life.  And my life long Berlin buddy Jeff Butler could not have picked a better night to come to NJ for the night.   I wrote someone recently about getting back to the simple things in life.   Overworked?  Overstressed?  Get back to the simple and [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/a-sort-of-homecoming/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/i-love-a-parade-even-this-one/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/i-love-a-parade-even-this-one/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:06:38 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=253 Written by: Tony Romeo on July 7, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on July 7, 2010.I took some badly needed R & R to spend some time with the family over the 4th of July holiday.  As is tradition with my Berlin family and friends, the 4th of July starts with the Berlin Fourth of July Parade.  (This year on the third, thanks [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/i-love-a-parade-even-this-one/feed/ 2 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/bcs-hoe-down/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/bcs-hoe-down/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:27:11 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=241 Written by: Tony Romeo on June 11, 2010.Written by: Tony Romeo on June 11, 2010.So I am sitting at my house, minding my own business, just packing all my camera gear for the Philly Comic-Con shoot I had to go to.  An unfamiliar number comes up on the cell, I answer it, and my sister’s BFF for life, Becky Norcross-Boal tells me [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/bcs-hoe-down/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/fantasy-football-champs/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/fantasy-football-champs/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:09:25 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=122 Written by: Tony Romeo on December 29, 2009.Written by: Tony Romeo on December 29, 2009.While most of you slept last night, my Fantasy Football league, the SJPFFL, was playing itself out in the most dramatic ending in our history.  My team, FUTLER, was down a single point to Mike Finegan’s EL SUPREMO in the fourth quarter with 0:23 left on the clock.  [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/fantasy-football-champs/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/at-least-its-not-the-swine/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/at-least-its-not-the-swine/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:07:21 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=121 Written by: Tony Romeo on December 12, 2009.Written by: Tony Romeo on December 12, 2009.Since I am getting calls from folks about what happened to me the last few days, I thought I’d blog a little about the whole thing.  So, for my friends and family that I don’t get to talk to personally (and probably a little for me so I [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/at-least-its-not-the-swine/feed/ 3 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/maggie-update/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/maggie-update/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 01:27:56 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=51 Written by: Tony Romeo on May 4, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on May 4, 2008. After a month or so of tests and opinions, we took our family dog Maggie to Veterinary Referral Center of Malvern, PA. She had what looked like a small tumor on the front of her face/snout that we later learned to be much bigger then it appeared. [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/maggie-update/feed/ 11 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pittsburgh-tourism/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pittsburgh-tourism/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:09:36 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=49 Written by: Tony Romeo on April 27, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on April 27, 2008.Like W.C. Fields once said of my home city, I say with all due respect; I spent a week in Pittsburgh one day. Actually, I’ll one up W.C. Fields. I spent my week in about 4.5 excruciating hours on the newly closed route 376. (THAT is actually hyperbole, [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/pittsburgh-tourism/feed/ 5 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/draw-tony-romeo-contest/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/draw-tony-romeo-contest/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:29:13 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=58 Written by: Tony Romeo on April 7, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on April 7, 2008.For full rules and regulations, go back to TonyRomeo.com.  Use this page to submit entries and see the submissions from others, and my comments in red.  Thanks!  (Submissions Below.) Awesome!  I love that our first entry has set the bar low.  REALLY LOW…  This one has actually been around [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/draw-tony-romeo-contest/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/swinging/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/swinging/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:33:30 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/?p=4 Written by: Tony Romeo on April 6, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on April 6, 2008.My nephew’s absolute favorite things in the world are picnics, the park, and Full House.  He’s three.  I couldn’t get the Olson twins to his house, nor would I want to in their present condition.  And besides, to him they are not twins… they are “michelle.”  SO, I [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/swinging/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/opening-day-streak-comes-to-an-end/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/opening-day-streak-comes-to-an-end/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:16:25 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/?p=57 Written by: Tony Romeo on April 4, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on April 4, 2008. SO, my personal Lou Gerhig opening day streak ends in 2008! As long as I can recall in my adult life, the Phillies home opener has been a staple in my spring. Tailgaiting, hanging out with friends, cutting work, and usually freezing my ass off in yet [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/opening-day-streak-comes-to-an-end/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/mr-valentine-day/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/mr-valentine-day/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:28:49 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/mr-valentine-day/ Written by: Tony Romeo on February 11, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on February 11, 2008. 2010 Note: I am reposting this one for Valentines 2010.  Having spent this one alone?   The holiday seems much less HallMarky!  Here goes… Valentine’s Day Anecdote, or, how I became “MR VALE-TINE DAY”… Where to begin….well, let’s just say I am not a fan of Valentine’s Day. [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/mr-valentine-day/feed/ 5 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/sean-patrick-sandro/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/sean-patrick-sandro/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:47:36 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/?p=32 Written by: Tony Romeo on February 3, 2008.Written by: Tony Romeo on February 3, 2008.Big news in my family…my cousin had her baby. I want to welcome Sean Patrick Sandro to the world and to my family. Mom and baby are well and Sean’s family is very excited. Especially his grandfather, who has many more pictures to look at here. Sean Sandro [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/sean-patrick-sandro/feed/ 3 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/phu-cat-vietnam-video/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/phu-cat-vietnam-video/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:08:58 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/my-fathers-vietnam-video/ Written by: Tony Romeo on December 31, 2007.Written by: Tony Romeo on December 31, 2007.A few years back, while taking a video production course, I had to do a simple photo montage. As I had done many, many montages, I thought it would be cool to take an extra step in the project, and scan my father’s (also Tony Romeo) old Vietnam [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/phu-cat-vietnam-video/feed/ 33 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/my-niece-is-hilarious/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/my-niece-is-hilarious/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:19:27 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/my-niece-is-hilarious/ Written by: Tony Romeo on December 21, 2007.Written by: Tony Romeo on December 21, 2007.Okay, I hope I don’t turn this poor kid into an internet star before she is out of diapers…but she is just so funny. The Romeos are Funny, the Sandros are funny, the Vitales are funny…so her and her brother were probably destined to get the gene. Still, [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/my-niece-is-hilarious/feed/ 9 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/new-years-eve-video/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/new-years-eve-video/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:25:08 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=72 Written by: Tony Romeo on October 6, 2007.Written by: Tony Romeo on October 6, 2007.I get a lot of requests for this video, so I am reposting.  It is long by internet standards, 10 minutes, but it moves and is divided into 5 parts.  A Commercial, a re-do of the SNL song D in a B, Keith Wolfram’s Wedding segment, and two other [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/new-years-eve-video/feed/ 0 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-999-baseball-challenge/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-999-baseball-challenge/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:30:08 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/the-999-baseball-challenge/ Written by: Tony Romeo on July 25, 2007.Written by: Tony Romeo on July 25, 2007.From the creative team that gave you the Special Special Olympiad of Drinking in 2006 comes… THE 999 CHALLENGE 2007 For those of you that do not know, the 999, or Nine-Nine-Nine is simple enough. You take one ordinary baseball game, and each inning, you drink one beer [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/the-999-baseball-challenge/feed/ 9 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:52:10 +0000 Tony Romeo http://tonyromeo.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/romeo-abides/ Written by: Tony Romeo on June 7, 2007.Written by: Tony Romeo on June 7, 2007.I am on a major rediscovery/revival of the movie The Big Lebowski. I have recently been the victim of a really, REALLY, shitty financial situation. (Which I will blog about soon. (short version, been victimized by a white collar crime.)) Anyway, in times of great stress like this [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/romeo-abides/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/best-party-at-133-ever/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/best-party-at-133-ever/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:08:15 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=267 Written by: Tony Romeo on August 20, 2006.Written by: Tony Romeo on August 20, 2006.I did not know it at the time, as back in these days, my life just had a lucky happenstance to it.  I only planned to go to party at Luciens to re-celebrate the island wedding of Keith and Christie Wolfram.  As I left the party, the doorman [...]]]> http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/best-party-at-133-ever/feed/ 1 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/2000-best-of/ http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/2000-best-of/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:47:55 +0000 Tony Romeo http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/?p=134 http://www.tonyromeo.com/tony_romeo_blog/2000-best-of/feed/ 4