I won’t bore you with details about my childhood (because I figure most of you reading this already know the basics about me, and this blog is about my wedding). I moved to Las Vegas in January of 1995, to finish up my schooling at UNLV. After graduation in 1997 (with a degree in Hotel/ Restaurant Management), I decided to pursue my passion, which was radio. I started working at Mix 94.1 in August of 1997, and for Mark and Mercedes on May 1, 1998. In January of 2001, I moved to Washington DC, to take a position at WWZZ/ Z104 radio. Soon after my arrival in Washington DC, I realized that Vegas was home for me. I missed working with Mark and Mercedes, I missed my college friends, and I missed this great city. But there was a reason for me being in Washington, DC, because that is where I met my soulmate – Laura.
Here is a brief history of Laura and me (written by my fiancee, Laura).
"I met J.C. when I interviewed for the Morning Show Intern position at Z104 radio station in Washington, DC, the summer after my sophomore year in college. As soon as I walked in and met him, my heart started racing because of how attracted to him I was!Not knowing then that he felt the same way, J.C. told me later that he kept repeating the same thing over and over again, because he was so nervous. The funny thing was that we discovered that we grew up in the same area, Bucks County, PA, and went to rival high schools! The only difference was that when I was riding a bike he was driving a car (we're eight years apart)! So I ended up getting the job, and we spent several months flirting until I thought of the perfect scheme to get him alone... One day I decided that asking him to help me with a car problem would be my best bet; so I called him up saying my car was overheating, and I thought it was going to blow up (I am blonde), and I needed him to bring me stuff that would cool my car down. Hecame over to my apartment with coolant and then took me to dinner, and I was in love. The rest is history...
In September 2005 Laura and I decided to move to Las Vegas. I can tell you that I am enjoying every minute that I am back in town. Labor Day weekend 2006, is when Laura and I got engaged. It was a weekend trip out to Huntington Beach. We were on the pier when I ask Laura to marry me. Here is how Laura described it:
"Since I had never been to the Pacific Ocean, J.C. and I decided to go to Huntington Beach, CA, Labor Day Weekend. e arrived at our hotel Friday afternoon and immediately went for a walk on the beach with our dog Lily. That evening we had a dinner reservation at Duke's, right on the pier. Before dinner, J.C. and I went for a walk on the pier to check out the view. He was acting so weirdly and almost shaking a little bit. I started having butterflies in my stomach and feeling that "something" was going to happen. Next thing I knew he was telling me that I was his soulmate and his life, while he was†bending down on one knee. All of a sudden he opened the ring box containing the most beautiful diamond ring I had ever seen and asked me to marry him and be his wife! I was so surprised that I said, "Are you doing this now?" Then, of course, I snapped back to reality and said,"Yes!" We both started crying and kissing, and I felt with my whole being that he was the one: my prince!
If you want to see exactly where we got engaged, visit this website - http://www.hbonline.com/surfcams.htm I actually proposed to Laura directly below the Huntington Beach Surf Cam. I would like to say that I did this so her family could watch the proposal on-line, but it was pure coincidence.
So there you go; a brief history of my life and my life with my fiancee Laura in it. More to come!!!!
