James Gandolfini, The Soprano's and more

When I first watched the Soprano's I was very mad. I thought it dedicated Italians in a bad way . Also brought about a stigma that some of us where trying to get away from. But then as time went on it grew on me. It wasn't until they came to long branch and shot a scene at the old Paddock Lounge before it was torn down on Chelsea avenue. the following episode was in Asbury Park on the boardwalk and the One directly after that was in Sea Bright. I got the call from my father who was at the tackle shop and told me to come down and meet the crew. I drove pretty fast as I was in jersey City. when I got there I was surprised to see everyone eating lunch . At first I did not realize it was the cast until I seen Michael Imperoli and Tony Cirico sitting down eating a sandwich with my mother. I sat sown talked a bit . then I got introduced to everyone and that was that . It did not strike how much that was going to effect my life going forward. But after that day I looked ta the episodes in a different view ...