Joe Battista

This past Sunday my wife, Heidi, and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary by attending a production of the Broadway hit show “Jersey Boys” at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Shelter Cove on Hilton Head Island. The sold-out show was a part of a fun day with our usual State College area friends…

Networking, as we all know, is a crucial skill and the research on happiness shows the more we are engaged socially, the happier and healthier our lives will be. Most of us are also familiar with the Six Degrees of Separation game that gained popularity because of actor Kevin Bacon.  According to the blog New…

This past weekend we hosted the third annual Weekend Warriors Adult Hockey Camp in Sun Valley, Idaho. Attendees included high school best friends John and Colin, originally from Maryland, who met up to have a mini-reunion and play some hockey. We had a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, Phil, from Chicago reviving a dormant adult hockey…

“Let’s go, huddle up! Bring it together.” That was a regular command I shouted during my short-lived quarterback days as a youth football player. After each play it was the role of the QB to reassemble the other 10 players as quickly as possible to call the next play. It was the first time I…

If you are all about family entertainment, at a very reasonable price, then you will love “Banana Ball” as played by the now world-famous Savannah Bananas minor league baseball team. If you are a baseball purist, well this brand may not be your cup of tea. But if you want a crazy, fun, throwback night…

“Good parents give their children roots and wings.” -Jonas Salk As Father’s Day approaches I received one of the best gifts a father could hope for: quality time with my wife and all three of our children. These moments are becoming increasingly harder to coordinate, so as a parent, you just appreciate them that much…

Why do people play golf? It takes a lot of time, money and, most of all, anger management. You can hit a perfect shot only to get a bad bounce or have your ball impacted by a sudden gust of wind or have it land in someone’s divot or roll over someone’s unrepaired ball mark on…

When was the last time you reached out to your parents, siblings, children, relatives or a good friend to plan and execute a special trip or event? This is your reminder to get it done! I’ve had the past two weeks circled on my calendar for a long time: a trip back to State College,…