somber goodbye

I started my Wall Street career on October 9th 1989 for Waterhouse Securities in 77 Water Street 4th floor.......there were 4 Margin Clerks, 2 Acat clerks, one wire operator and 1 Manager....( and a p&s manger in the next section and a new wire operator a few months later) ..its amazing to realize i have stayed in very close contact with 7 of the 10.......Pascale, DeVito, Coniglione, Whalen, Micucci , Coleman and Perniola.

We have attended each others Weddings, kids christenings, milestone birthdays...we have befriended each others spouses...we have had annual BBQ's aka slobfests....attended ball games. Racetracks, breeders cup parties...taken road trips., fla, Vegas,  Atlantic city, Cooperstown.......we've met for drinks, discussed our careers and grown up / matured together.......maybe I havent matured yet, but close.

All of these events...... Every single time I have gotten together with this group , it has been joyous....laughter and celebration....even .in the days after 9/11 there was a tinge of relief that our little core group survived.....

Thats why it was so very hard to get together last weekend and say goodbye to Victor "Beans" Perniola..... The center of it all......the guy who kept us all in touch with him and each other......the guy who kept us all laughing...... The guy you couldn't look at when someone else was venting or ranting because he would crack you up.......

We will continue to get together..... And raise a glass for beansie.....but it will never be the same.