Pursuing Dreams:
We live an unusual life. It’s been wonderful and adventurous. Were serial entrepreneurs (ten businesses so far) we are builders, (restaurant homes) married co-workers (our life work is building a life together) a partnering of practicality and a pure dream, (the balance shifts from day to day). We don’t live a typical life and our life literally does not fit into boxes on forms.

We happen to believe that life really is about choices and we love what happens when interesting ones get pared together. Our dreams become real by building–not-by-buying-things. It’s odd it’s wonderful and it’s right for us.From very early on we were adventurous. We didn’t want to live in a little home with a white picket fence.We were never blessed with children just wonderful nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews that have helped in fulfilling the emptiness of family. We spoil them rotten and then hand them back to the parents. We had two cats Queenie & Paw Paw for 18 years and after their passing 5 years later we have two new additions to our family, a first for us two small Shitzu dogs, the loves of our lives BB & Sadie.

Our life has had it share of ups and downs. Businesses have come and gone. So our life by design has been unusual. We live what we love and if life deals us a bad hand we fold it and start a new one. Each hand has had its lasting impressions on us. From owning our Travel agency we have had the great fortune of traveling the world. We have been to 3 continents, at least fifty cruises all over the world and stayed at some of the quaintest, remote, and five star properties in the world.

We love to experience different cuisines and have had the great opportunity of bringing our food experiences to life on a plate at our New York Inn which featured a fine dining restaurant for ten years. We currently own two Bed & Breakfasts in New York and they have given us such pleasure, enjoyment and life experiences. Joey’s wonderful talented voice has given him the ability to do what he loves for a living and the great opportunity of bringing so much joy via his music to so many people. He is currently well established in South West Florida area. He enjoys it when someone questions if he really is singing as they can not believe how much he sounds like the artist he is singing.

So here we are pursuing another dream we have decided to settle for a simpler life on the beach bringing other peoples dreams to life via our own.

With so many fish in the sea
and so many shells on the beach
there are so many reasons
to be in love with the
Sunny Beach Retreat!

Melanie & Joey Fiato
BB & Sadie too!