Rob and Lisa's Bio
Greetings! My name is Rob LoBue and along with my wife Lisa Hoskins, are the proud owners of RobnLisa.net. We recently moved from Aliso Viejo to Mission Viejo, California, which is about half way between LA and San Diego.
I am originally from Selden NY. I grew up in the 80's during the hey day of MTV (when they actually played music) and heavy metal. I was that guy with the long hair and the Slayer shirt. It was definitely a great time to grow up. I graduated from Newfield HS in 1990 and soon was planning my escape from Long Island. In March of 1992, my brother and I packed everything we owned in a 5x8 U-haul trailer and headed for California. Our excellent timing had us arrive just in time to catch the LA riots, which made for some damn good TV programming as we locked ourselves in our apartment for several days. That first year was pretty brutal, we were living in a slum and were completely broke. Things quickly got better however and now, after 10+ years, I know it was the best decision I ever made.
During my free time, I work on RobnLisa.net and surf the web. I also love the New York Jets and New York Islanders. I never miss a Jets game, no matter how damn early it is on the west coast and I try to watch as many Islander games as possible. When I was growing up, I spent a huge portion of my time and money at the arcade, so I now have several full sized machines in my garage. I have a dedicated 4-player Cyberball machine and Jamma cabinet with a 25" monitor that I use for my 20 other boards.
My biggest passion (aside from the wife) has to be Las Vegas. We try to go as often as possible, about 4-6 times a year. When I am not busy planning my next trip, I read everything I can about Las Vegas. I am a subscriber to the Las Vegas Advisor, Casino Player and Strictly Slots and I am always reading some book about gambling. I am in the process of building a Las Vegas website which includes insights from this derelict's 40 plus trips to Sin City as well as from others visitors.
To pay the bills, I am the IT Operations Manager for State Street-IMS West. I have a staff of 17 and we are responsible for monitoring a network of 300 servers and 1000 workstations in 10 offices worldwide, 24-7-365.
Lisa was born and raised in Newport Beach CA. She is a 1990 grad of Newport Harbor High and a 1998 grad of Cal State Long Beach. She is currently in the process of completing her Masters degree in Psychology at CSULB. She works as a content analyst for AEGIS, the AIDS Education Global Information System. It is the world's largest database of HIV/AIDS related information on the web.
Lisa and I met in 1993 through a mutual friend and we were friends for quite a while. At one point we were roommates for over a year before finally getting together in 1997. We were married on May 3, 2003 atop the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. Click here for the pictures!
Thanks for stopping by Robnlisa. net and enjoy!