SOMA Living November 2021

Now married 12 years, they have expanded to include Lucy age 7, Cassie age 6, and Stella age 3 describing themselves as a sporty family. “Lucy has taken up golf as a member of the Maple Leaf’s Junior PGA and has a sweet lefty swing. Both Lucy and Cassie take weekly tennis lessons and I play regular tennis as well while Tom is an avid golfer and spends countless hours on the golf course. As Stella is too young to really get involved in sports, her hobby is torturing her sisters and being the boss of the house. All of the girls also love dancing at our Friday night family dance parties with our vintage 70’s disco ball,” Marta shared. “Our crew also loves taking long walks and gardening has become a big deal with our first vegetable garden this past year. We appreciate all of the activity on our street with people walking and biking by so we often sit out front and people watch. We call it ‘stoop life’ like we had growing up in Brooklyn and Queens without backyards. With that said, it’s nice to have more outdoor space to entertain family and friends on the weekends,” Marta warmly said. Walking into Maplewood Village is a favorite activity for the family as well. Tom is a loyal regular at St. James Gate where this interview enjoyably took place. “Cassie and I are also regulars at Freeman’s Fish Market where we check out the live lobsters in the back and pick up the fresh catch to grill. If you’re looking for Marta, you’ll probably find her at Kim’s Nails or Village Coffee. But have I mentioned that I love The Gate?” Tom joked. Just as it was love at first sight for Marta and Tom at the office, it was love at first sight when they stumbled upon Maplewood. “We had never really spent much time in New Jersey and hadn’t considered it in our home search until we went to a friend’s party in Maplewood. We had been looking at homes in Westchester and Long Island but just couldn’t find the right house in the right town. The week after visiting our friends we came back for an Open House and found the right house in the right town for us within a week.” Marta recollected. Tom ended with, “We never forget how lucky we are that we visited our friends in Maplewood that day.

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NOVEMBER 2021