Hey, everybody!  I’m Steve.  I was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side; I’ve lived in Minnesota for over half of my life now.  I’m one-half of a mixed-heritage marriage (closing in on 13 years, with nearly 23 years as a couple under our belts) with 2 mixed-heritage kids that are my heart.  Family life has been easier than I had ever anticipated; that doesn’t mean that it’s been easy, by ANY stretch of the imagination.

While it was never my intention growing up, I’ve been a part of the wedding industry for the last 15 years or so.  I’m a wedding entertainer (read: Master of Ceremonies and DJ).  I’d been grooming myself to be in a managerial/supervisory role, but Life had other intentions for me.  Thanks to a role reversal in the household that landed me in Stay-At-Home Dad territory (and with a HUGE assist from my wife), I found myself working for one of the largest DJ services in Minnesota.  For the last 4 years, I’ve been navigating my way toward self-sufficiency as a solo operator.  It’s a work in progress and I struggle a LOT with uncertainty about doing the right things as a business owner.  When I see the smiles on the faces of members of the crowds that I play for; when I receive those compliments from my clients and witness the beginnings of their “Happily Ever After” stories, the uncertainty usually goes away (at least, for a little while).