Neva’s Potatoes

Alison Miller is the Library Director for the Rehoboth Beach Public Library. She's also the person that pulled the strings to make the Library the home base recording studio for Neva's Potatoes! We're beyond grateful to Alison and everyone at the Library for making this happen.

Heather Napolitano started losing her vision in 2013 due to a condition called Capillary Non-Perfusion, a vascular disease where blood ceases to flow to certain parts of the retina and she has lost almost all of her central vision. In 2015 Heather and her husband, Dominick, co-founded SeeShore Fest, a super fun awareness and fundraising event with a variety of games and raffles to raise money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and The Eye Institute. The Starboard Restaurant in Dewey Beach has graciously hosted this event every year and this year's SeeShore Fest will be held on Saturday, August 24th from 11am - 4pm.

In this episode we meet Mike DiPaolo, resident of Lewes, DE, former and long-time Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society, and currently the Vice-President of Southern Delaware for the Delaware Community Foundation. Mike gives us a rundown of what the Foundation does and how it can be of service to other nonprofit organizations and donors interested in engaging in well-informed, well-organized, and productive charitable activity.

Marcus has been with the Big Fish Restaurant Group for 19 years and is currently the Executive Chef of Sazio in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Marcus was kind enough to brave the heat and come onto Neva's Potatoes to tell us about his Big Fish history, his passion for running, and what the status is on Sazio's Fried Oreos.

Jonathan Silver, the 7th guest to appear on Neva's Potatoes, Vice-President of the Onix Group, head hard-hat of the soon to be opening Hyatt Place Wilmington Riverfront, and most importantly a 4-for-4 Philadelphia sports fan.

Cynthia Pritchard, besides being a great guest and having an impressive Big Fish Bio, is the President & CEO of Philanthropy Delaware, a nonprofit organization located in the Community Service Building in Downtown Wilmington that provides information, education, networking, and collaboration opportunities to individuals, corporations, and foundations who make significant charitable contributions in Delaware.

Meet Sarah Gilmour, Community Outreach Coordinator for Pathways To Success located on The Circle in Georgetown, DE. ​Pathways To Success provides extra help and support to young adults in Four High Schools in Delaware in order to help them increase their chances of being successful in everything they do inside and outside of school.

Meet Chris Low, Northern Director of Operations and 7-year veteran of the Big Fish Restaurant Group. This show was recorded in Chris's office located inside of the Washington Street Ale House, which is located in a school of Big Fish establishments in Downtown Wilmington, DE. Chris isn't sure about the current intro music for the podcast and it turns out, much to Brian's relief, that Chris NEVER had his own parking spot at any given point in time during his Big Fish career. Chris also has a vintage CD player and a black & white Jim Morrison poster in his office that we can't really see as being his.

In this episode of Neva's Potatoes, Brian Mann and Mike Muzzin speak with long-time Big Fish team member Chris Donges. Chris has recently gone through a pretty rough gauntlet of obstacles but he's in great spirits and looking forward to getting back into the ring. Also in this episode, Chris and Brian fall prey to one of Mike's psychological traps early on in the show, and we also find out, much to Brian's chagrin, that Chris is a fan of the New York Knicks.

EP|2: In this "Restaurant Guests" episode of Neva's Potatoes, recorded at the "Hickman St. Studio" in Rehoboth Beach, Mary Jo & Steve Brockel of Wilmington claim the Big Fish Grill Riverfront as their "main spot" and they also happen to be Brian's landlords.