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PAULO'S CLOSED OUR DOORS IN FEB 2008. MAKING IT JUST A LITTLE OVER 5 YEARS SINCE OUR 12-22-2002 OPENING. DO I MISS IT? OF COURSE! WHO WOULDN'T? I MET SOME GREAT PEOPLE THERE. SOME THAT I WILL KEEP AS MY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.WILL THE BE ANOTHER PAULO'S? DOUBTFUL, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW TESS AND I SPLIT UP AND THAT HAS CHANGED MANY THINGS IN BOTH OF OUR LIVES. SPLIT UPS ARE NEVER EASY AND THERE WERE SO SOME UGLY TIMES IN THE END BUT REST ASSURED THAT TESS AND I ARE STILL GREAT FRIENDS AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE, RESPECT AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER.WHY AM I INCLUDING THIS 411? WELL, AS IT WAS WHEN PAULO'S WAS OPEN RUMORS SPREAD LIKE CRAZY AND PEOPLE ASK ME ALL KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY GOT FROM BAD 411.WHY DID PAULO'S CLOSE? EASY ONE TO ANSWER. RENT! THE RENT ON 25088 HESPERIAN BLVD ALMOST DOUBLED AT THE END OF OUR 5 YEAR LEASE. WITH THE INCREASE IN RENT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO KEEP PAULO'S GOING BUT NOT WORTH THE AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED TO KEEP IT GOING.DID THE CITY OR THE STATE SHUT US DOWN? NO! IT'S TRUE THE CITY WAS ALWAYS CRAWLING UP OUR BUTT FOR SOMETHING OR ANOTHER BUT NO THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE STATE ON THE OTHER HAND CAME DOWN ON US FOR SOME VIOLATIONS BUT THE DECISION TO CLOSE WAS ALREADY MADE WHEN THEY HANDED DOWN THERE DECISION TO SUSPEND THE LICENSE F0R 5 DAYS. BY THE WAY THERE WERE A FEW REALLY COLL COPS IN HAYWARD. REAL COPS. THAT TOOK THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW PAULO'S AND THE CUSTOMERS AND KNEW THAT THE PLACE WAS A PRETTY GOOD ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.DID SOMEONE GET SHOT/STABBED AT PAULO'S? NO! I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT CAME FROM? THERE WERE A FEW PRETTY BIG FIGHTS TO BE SURE. BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO OF THEM THEY WERE ALL RESULTS OF STUFF HAPPENING OTHER PLACES AND ONE PERSON FINDING THE OTHER AT PAULO'S.THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW. BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES I GET ASKED THE MOST. AS FOR ME, I'M STILL IN HAYWARD LIVING WITH THE BEST ROOMMATES ANYONE COULD ASK FOR. I'M HOSTING THE KARAOKE SHOW AT THE NIJO CASTLE IN NEWARK ONCE A WEEK AND OLD CUSTOMERS FROM PAULO'S COME IN ALL THE TIME.SPECIAL THANKS TO ARMANDO FOR HIS LOYALTY AS A FRIEND AND EMPLOYEE. SAME THING TO JOLENE FOR STICKING WITH PAULO'S ALL THOSE YEARS. SHE IS AS MUCH A PART OF PAULO'S AS ANYTHING OR ANYONE. LEESA FOR ADOPTING ME AND ALWAYS SHOWING UP AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN I NEEDED HER TO WORK. EILEEN FOR TAKING THE JOB AT A VERY UNSTABLE TIME AND DEALING WITH THE DRAMA. GIO AND SLEEPER FOR ALWAYS BEING A CONSTANT SOURCE OF SUPPORT AND MY TRUE FRIENDS. BRIAN AND KHOI FOR BEING THE COOLEST BARTENDERS TO HANG OUT WITH ON AND OF THE CLOCK. MARIE FOR ALWAYS KEEPING IT INTERESTING. BIG JOE AND DARNELL FOR SUPPORTING ALL MY ENDEAVORS FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS. FRANCISCO FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AND CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING ME TO USE MY BRAIN BEYOND MY JOB, THE BEST CONVERSATIONS EVER BRO! BIG RICH, ROB CASTRO, MARK LOPEZ, ANT FALCON, JEROME PATRICK, AND JOSEPH FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS CUSTOMERS AND FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP WHICH DIDN'T END WHEN THE DOORS CLOSED.ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LADIES THAT MADE IT NOT THE WORST JOB IN THE WORLD TO COME TO EVERYDAY. JASMINE, LETICIA, NICOLE, ANDREA ,ALLY, CHRISTINA, TEXAS, DAHLIA, EDNA MITCHIE, DENEENE, ELAINE, FRANCESCA, JAMIE D, VICKIE, JEAN, JESSICA, LEAH, DIANE, MARI, LORI, DANIELLE, COURTNEY, NINA, MICHELLE G, RAQUEL, SONIA, WHEEW NOW I REALLY MISS IT.THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TOO INCLUDE BUT IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG. I'LL KEEP UP THE PAULO'S MYSPACE FOR THE SAKE OF MEMORIES AND TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE FROM OVER THE YEARS. SEE YOU GUYS SOON
