Episodes
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Episode 95: Jeree Wade
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
In today's episode, we speak with life counselor and therapist Jeree Wade. Born in Atlantic City, she lived between there and Harlem for a good deal of her life. Montclair became her home many years ago after marrying actor, singer and producer Adam Wade.
Jeree has had a distinguished career herself in showbiz as a singer and actress, but her training as a life coach started calling to her in mid-life. So she got her Masters Degree and switched gears to inspire others to manage their lives in the best way possible to achieve their goals and dreams.
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Episode 94: Vesta Chocolate
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
In today's episode, Joanna speaks with Roger and Julia Wood about the inspiration behind their bean to bar chocolate boutique, Vesta Chocolate, on Valley Road in Upper Montclair. Roger, an accomplished chocolatier and chef at top restaurants like Jean George and Gramercy Tavern, and Julia, a food stylist at the Food Network and many Major Brands, have joined forces in both marriage and entrepreneurship to open a stylish cafe that required redesigning a former bank entrance, complete with original vault, and adding a chocolate kitchen. They explain the story of how Covid shut them down only a few months after they opened, but inspired a whole new level of creativity that helped make it to their one year anniversary, on January 22, 2021
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