Maureen Novak:  

well,after i graduated high school i moved to florida. became even more of a party animal, and thought it would be best to go back to new york, where i was grounded, and where my high school sweetheart, mike petrunich was. we got married in 1982 and moved to scranton ,PA, and lived there until 1985. marriage didn't work, but i grew up enough to handle living in florida again, so i moved back to cocoa beach. it's where my mom and two of my sisters live. that's how i got into the hospitality business. i applied for a restaurant hostess job at the cocoa beach pier but they trained me to be a waitress instead. i was head waitress for a year or two, when bartending became more attractive to me. when a bartendig job became available they gave i...Expand for more