From the beginning I enjoyed the slower pace of the area close to the main highways but far enough away to seem like country without being isolated. I now share my home with my second husband. We are particular about food and are regulars at the variety of food markets including De Marco’s Italian Best, two super markets and the corner farm markets opening each summer for the best of New Jersey corn, tomatoes, berries and figs. I am a regular to see Jason at Pete’s Fishery for the best of fish and stop at Abbate’s to see Maria, who is famous in our family for apple strudel and éclairs.

Chinese, Japanese and Italian food; pick your fare. We love the new Ganga fine dining with delicate dumplings, vegetable, fish and meat that melt in your mouth.

Since I return regularly to Manhattan and my sons have lived there since graduating from college, we enjoy the direct and easy commute by train, bus or car.

Roslyn Karpel of
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I moved to Keyport, a stone’s throw from Matawan, about 3 years ago now when we had our son.  The communities here definitely have their appeal, and I love being able to walk over to the Keyport waterfront with my children now to eat breakfast at a local establishment and then enjoy the sights and sounds of the bay as local fishermen and seagulls compete for food.  Matawan also is just a short drive away, and the quaint shops and restaurants make it an appealing destination for a quick and easy night out (or even lunch!).

I own a business, Avelient, which provides professional services for large corporations in the areas of web and internal application development (mostly using enterprise-level databases).  In the last two years, though, I’ve also been working at developing services that appeal to small-to-mid-sized businesses, including web site design and development, web site hosting, search engine optimization and consultations on good strategies for using social media.  We’ve had a lot of interest in these kinds of services in the last few months, and it’s hard to keep up, especially with two little ones at home!  But somehow we manage!

I also work on a second business, called SendOutCards, which allows me to maintain client contacts and also just keep up with people that I care about.  The concept is that you go to a web site, write out a card (you can choose from over 13,000!) and they’ll print, stuff, and send the card to your recipient.  I can’t tell you how positively people react to getting that little message in the mail, even if it’s business related.  So few people send cards these days just to say hello that it’s a refreshing surprise to receive one.

I’ve met a lot of people here that have helped me to grow both personally and professionally, and I hope the trend continues as our roots become established in what I consider a great little collection of communities.  Tracy has a great idea with this blog and I hope to contribute regularly with my thoughts on Matawan, Aberdeen, Keyport and all things Jersey.

If you want to find out more about my web business and the kind of advice we give, you can go here to get many articles that will help guide your business through the tools available to you on the web:

http://webandyou.avelient.com

If you want to find out more about SendOutCards and even give it a try and send a couple of free cards, click here to email me your contact info and I’ll be sure to set you up on a guest account.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope you come back to visit soon!

Mariano DiFabio
Avelient, Inc.

Check out the About page for my bio.  I invite Matwan residents and business people to contribute to the content of this blog.  Posts about events, reviews of restaurants, businesses, etc.  Just about anything that relates to living in Matawan.

I do reserve the right to withhold posts with no explanation.  Sorry.

Looking forward to an interesting future at LivingInMatawan.com.

Tracy