When Zachary was 2 and Alex 11, we had to vacate Charleston because of the threat of an approaching hurricane. Alex’s grandparents traveled with us to Greenville, SC. Alex, Zachary and his mom and I stayed in one room, and three floors down were their grandparents.
Now we know its tough being a big brother because when the little brother wants something, usually it intrudes on big brother’s schedule…But as it was, after a tiring trip, Zachary wanted to go visit his grandparents in their room. Alex reluctantly agreed to escort his brother down the elevator to their room below. Upon completing his task, he returned to our room to relaxed on the bed and resume watching his television show.
About 5 minutes had passed and the phone rang in our room – it was Alex’s grandparents. They wanted to know when Alex would be bringing Zachary down. Alex’s mom and I thought they were teasing, but then the panic set in…
…Alex had lost our 2 year old.
In Alex’s rush to get back to his television show, he had taken Zachary to the door of a room he believed to be his grandparents, knocked and then ran back to the elevator to return to his television show. As we discovered, NOT only had he taken his little 2 year old brother to the WRONG DOOR, he had left his little brother on the WRONG FLOOR, too.
The good news was that we did find Zachary…
…The bad news was that Alex road back to Charleston in the trunk of the car.
- posted by Dinos & Cherie Liollio
Categories: Charleston
Tagged: Brother, Charleston, Greenville, Hotel, Television, Trouble
Alex was around 4 years old.
As everyone that knows Alex today can imagine, he was quite an energized, if not somewhat unpredictable little boy. As the story goes, his mom and I had taken him to a nice restaurant for a Saturday morning breakfast. Upon entering the restaurant, we see sitting at a table by himself a middle aged man. For what ever reason or inspiration, Alex walked up to this gentleman and just blurted, “Hey man, you’re BALD!…..
Being totally embarrassed, we grabbed Alex and profusely apologized to the shaved head man, discussing with Alex throughout his breakfast the importance of discretion and politeness. Alex, feeling remorse, decided at the end of breakfast to amend his earlier gaffe…Soooo, Alex walked up to the gentleman, looked him square in the eyes, and said with all the sincerity of a 4 year old….”I sorry mister for calling you bald, but did you know you were FAT, too.” It was a long time before we’d take Alex out in public, again.
…True story…..
- posted by Dinos & Cherie Liollio (Alex’s parents)
Categories: Charleston
Tagged: Bald, breakfast, Food
Happy Birthday Liollio
- Matt Herring
Categories: Raleigh
Tagged: Blush, Feminine, Lipstick
- Katie Nordt & Justin LaRosa
Categories: Peru · Raleigh
Tagged: Mask, National Geographic, Peru
- Caroline Madigan
Categories: Raleigh
Tagged: Lord of the Rings, Smigel
- Caroline Madigan
Categories: NC State · Raleigh · Studio
Tagged: Typeface
- Caroline Madigan
Categories: Raleigh
Tagged: Lava Acid Soup
- Caroline Madigan
Categories: Raleigh
Tagged: Jeans
The day before Liollio began to train for his first marathon and begin his subsequent diet, he had his last “no regrets” meal during lunch at Buffalo Brothers in Raleigh. In a meal that could rival the diet of a one Michael Phelps, Liollio consumed:
• A solid 6” x 6” block of fried mozzarella cheese (meant as an appetizer for 4)
• A bacon cheddar cheeseburger, fully loaded
• A side of cheese fries w/ ranch dressing
• A side of mashed potatoes and gravy
• And a few cokes to wash it all down
Liollio to get 9 gold medals in London 2012?
- Matt Herring
Categories: Raleigh
Tagged: Diet, Food, Marathon
No matter how bad the coming workday promises to be. I can always count on Liollio to challenge me to some random office sporting event. I can’t remember all the crazy competitions we have had but they most often involve some variation of making a nerf basketball shot, kicking a nerf basketball in a trashcan or throwing a nerf basketball between two file cabinets. In fact, I would guess that in any given work week we spend at least 1-2 hours trying to accomplish various tasks with a nerf basketball. And then there is the inevitable bet that is always attached to one of these seemingly impossible shots.
Below are some of the more interesting bets we’ve made, and they always begin like this:
If I make this shot you have to
• Eat a triple cheeseburger from Wendy’s with double the meat (6 patties)
• Run 3 laps around the office building in 100 degree heat
• Eat lunch outside with the construction workers
• Take two showers a day in the bathrooms downstairs for a week
• Use the women’s bathroom
• Take me out for a nice steak lunch
• Wear a suit to work for a week
• Take a random co-worker that no one likes out to lunch
• Take 3 shots of gin before the dodge ball game after work (Liollio actually did this)
• Drive the 30 mile beltline loop of Raleigh on your lunch break (Liollio I have not forgotten that you still have to do this)
• Drive to the Virginia state line after work
• Drive to New York City after work and photograph yourself in front of the Empire State Building, then drive back and work the following 8-hour day
- Matt Herring
Categories: Catevo · Raleigh
Tagged: Betting, Catevo, Nerf Basketball
