Hotel Information for the Wedding Weekend

Spending the weekend or just looking for a place to crash after the wedding?  Well we’ve got some good news! Hotel arrangements can me made at the beautiful Marriott Islandia at a discounted rate soley for our guests. The Marriott is located just minutes away from the reception at The Watermill. Transportation to and from the hotel and reception will be provided as a sincere “Thank You” to our guests!

Check out the website for room details and location. When reserving a room, be sure to call and don’t forget to mention you are part of the Palmeri/Cesternino party!

Islandia Marriott

3635 Express Drive North
Islandia, New York 11749 USA
Phone: 1-631-232-3000
Fax: 1-631-232-1222
Sales: 1-631-232-3000 ext. 7120
Sales fax: 1-631-232-1222
Toll-free: 1-800-228-9290

For Directions click here!

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Year!

It’s officially 2010 and we have so much to look forward to. But before we look to the future,  Rob and I have reflected upon the past decade and realized so much has happend and are astounded by all of our accomplishements over the past 10 years.

We started the decade with both of us graduating college and continuing on to pursue our dreams and starting our careers.  In 2003, Rob showed the world how to play the CBS  game show Survivor, in  Survivor: The  Amazon. As a result of his humor and strategy, he became known as  ”The smartest player to never win”.  He took third place and then went on to play Survivor again for the All Stars edition.

In 2004, Rob continued to pursue his dreams by moving to Los Angeles and became a pioneer in new media. Shortly thereafter in early 2006, after I graduated nursing school, I followed Rob and relocated myself to sunny California.   Upon arriving, I became  a neonatal intensive care nurse, taking care of the tiniest patients. Later that year, we added a new addition to our family and adopted our little Reyes and our house has never been the same since.

October 18, 2008 we got engaged and started planning the wedding of the century.  It’s been a wild ride to say the least.

But now,  it’s 2010!  I want to take time to better myself for the future. Instead of making resolutions, Rob has inspired me to set goals.  Resolutions are never taken seriously and rarely accomplished. Goals are what drives you to follow your dreams.

My goal is simple. It’s just to be a better person.  As hard as it is to believe, I have plenty of room for improvement in this area.  I want to be a person who always puts a smile on the faces of others  and has the humor to make them laugh until their stomach hurts. Never do I want to hurt those around me due to my own selfishness or anger. I want to be able to see the good in the people around me despite their flaws and negative actions. As hard as it is for me to believe, I’m not perfect and neither is anyone else.

I have to learn to be appreciative.  I want to appreciate who I am, what I have, and where I came from.  I should never take for granted this life and the path that I have chosen.

I have to stop and smell the roses.  I sometimes need to slow down and take everything in.  I want to appreciate the people I love and the precious time I have with them.   Time goes so fast and we always get so excited for tomorrow and forget what is happening now. I need to be patient. I hear it’s a virtue.  I need to live for the moment and not just for tomorrow.

I want to be a do-er. No longer will I say I am going to do something and never follow through. No empty promises to myself or others.

It’s time to plan more vacations and explore the world around me. I want to learn about and see different cultures.  I want to  travel the globe and admire the beauty within it. I want to take a photo of Rob and I  in every country and have each of them hangig on my wall.

In addition, I also want to learn to play piano, speak fluent spanish, play tennis, and grow one inch before the wedding.

Happy Holidays

As we prepare for our trip back home to New York for the Holidays, we wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!

This years Thanksgiving was an event to remember. I actually cooked!

Early Thanksgiving morning ,around 7:00 a.m., I awoke  to prepare for the tedious work ahead of me. As a long standing Palmeri tradition, all holidays consist of my mother waking up at the butt crack of dawn to make her homemade italian meat sauce. Since Thanksgiving obviously calls for turkey and all the wonderful trimings, the sauce and macaroni is served for lunch, duh. No holiday,(or week) passes without my mother’s famous homemade italian meat sauce. So, I thought, I would continue the tradition.

So, at 7:00 a.m., my battle in the kitchen started. I began opening the cans of tomato puree and poured them into the biggest pot we owned.  I added all the spices, cheese, and other top secret ingredients into the pot. Next, the most important part, preparing the meat!   Sausage, beef, and of course my favorite, meatballs all joined the party in the sauce pot. A few hours later we sat down and enjoyed our cavatelli. And to my surprise, it was pretty good.

Next on the menu, Turkey! After the creation of my sauce, the turkey was effortless. I just popped that sucker into the oven and let it cook for a few hours until the thermometer popped up, and it was done.  We had it all! Stuffing, corn, string beans, cranberry sauce, and sweet potato’s.  And, I made it all myself without starting a fire or causing any bodily harm. Score! We even had dessert. Pumpkin pie and homemade brownies. The brownies didn’t have the same happy ending as the rest of our meal. When it was finally time to bake the brownies, it seemed that I had run out of the neccesary ingredients and had to improvise… The End!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Time to go Trick or Treating!

Reyes the sexy witch

Happy Birthday Rob

October 20, 2009, we celebrated Rob’s birthday. His age will not be disclosed, but what I can tell you is that the gray hair is slowly accumulating.

For his big day, we scheduled many fun-filled activities. The festivities began with a round of mini-golf immediately followed by hitting some balls at the batting cage. Rob showed his skills and pounded some homeruns. For lunch, we checked out a new and delicious sushi place close to the house in Studio City called Sushi Don. The sushi was really quite delicious. We’ll be returning there for sure.
Later that evening, we continued the celebration and drove down to Santa Monica. It was a perfect October night in Los Angeles. We walked along the Promenade and watched all the crazies performing their musical masterpieces on pretend instruments and even saw a pirate sing classic ballads from the 80’s. How could the night get any better? Well, we then stopped and ate delicious dinner at Yankee Doodle. We watched the Yankee game and played a few games of pool. I let Rob win. After all, it was his birthday! It was a great day!

Jay Leno where are you it’s my birthday??

Okay, it’s been a while since my last blog. There hasn’t been too much excitement. I guess Jay Leno put the word out on the street about me and everyone has been steering clear.

Reyes and I celebrated a birthday together.  September 10, 2009, Reyes turned 3 years old and I turned the BIG 2 9! Dear Lord, how did that happen??? It feels like yesterday when we brought Reyes home from the breeder in Norco for the first time. She was nothing but a teeny tiny 2 lbs cute and innocent little fur ball. Now she’s a fat 9.8 lbs teenager, (in dog years of course). Now, our little girl is growing up and needs to hit the treadmill. Lately she’s been a little sad. Her boyfriend who lived next door just left her. He moved out without saying goodbye. Well, what more can you expect from a Dalmation/Pitbull! And just so you know, Reyes went to the groomer the other day…and she made it home on the first try!

As for me, I feel like I just turned 21 and had my first alcoholic beverage! And soon enough,  in less than a year, I will turn the unfathomable 30  years old!! Just get my wheel chair ready and secure my spot in the nursing home now.  It’s not gonna be a fun day!

Rob Has A Fake Talk Show!

September 27, 2009, Rob tested his skills as a talk show host. Check out the video to see clips from Rob’s hilarious show!

Here’s a clip from Rob’s monologue!

Also, check out this funny desk piece!

Welcome to Citi Field

Today was a great day at Citi Field. Too bad the Mets lost…again!

We had great seats and a perfect view of the field. We got to Citi Field early so we could take our time and explore the new stadium. We even saw a few remainders from Shea. Like homeplate, the pitchers plate, and all the bases in the parkinglot…the old Shea!

Even though the Mets lost, we still had a great time!

Nicole and Rob’s Podcast

Have you heard about Rob’s new website, RobHasaWebsite.com?  On his new website, Rob is also doing a podcast a couple of times a week and today’s guest was Nicole.  You can listen to it here:

Robert and Nicole’s Podcast

Rob and Nicole hit up a bunch of different topics and we find out the following:

- Why didn’t Nicole like “Inglorious Basterds”?

- Where is the best place in LA to see the wildfires and why is Nicole so obsessed with them?

- Why is Nicole stalking Jay Leno?

- What is Rob’s solution to solving the world’s economic crisis?

- Does Nicole know the meaning of the word “average”?

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