Motorcycles, Dad and figure skating

Photo: Sharon Bouchard

Kathy DeLuca

PARIS – Running a busy tavern/restaurant doesn’t leave Kathy DeLuca a lot of spare time, but she manages to fill what little down time she has with the things she really enjoys doing. 

When she’s not spending her time behind the bar or doing paperwork at The Smilin’ Moose Publix House, DeLuca enjoys being with her husband and going on motorcycle rides.

Q:  Where were you born and where were you brought up?

A:  I was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and brought up in Abington, Massachusetts.

Q:  Do you have many siblings?

A:  I had a brother, Steve who passed away in 2009.

Q:  What did your parents do?

A:  My father was a steamroom engineer for 42 years and my mother was a stay at home mom when I was young and then she worked part-time in a grocery store.

Q:  What was it like growing up?

A:  I had a pretty so called “normal” upbringing.  My father worked a lot and my mother stayed home and raised my brother and me.

Q:  Where did you go to school?

A:  I went through the Abington School System and then to Aquinas Junior College in Milton, Massachusetts.

Q:  Did you get into mischief or play pranks?

A:  No, I was a mostly spoiled rotten brat!

Q:  What have you had for jobs?

A:  I have worked for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, FILIA Sports, Naples Marina, a doctor’s office, Paris Police Department, Personal Best and The Smilin’ Moose.

Q:  When and how did you meet your spouse?

A:  In May, 1994 I met Dan at the Old Barn House Tavern in Windham, but he didn’t remember me.  It wasn’t until I saw him at a mutual friend’s house and that is when he noticed me.

Q:  What did you do for work when you got married?

A:  I worked for FILIA Sports in Baltimore, Maryland.

Q:  Anyone ever said you look like someone famous?

A:  Nurse Jackie on a cable TV show.

Q:  Did you do much traveling?

A:  As a child every vacation was spent at our house in Denmark, Maine.  That is as far as we traveled.

Q:  Did anyone influence you to the point of changing your direction in life?

A:  Yes, my husband Dan.  I never imagined owing my own business.

Q:  Do you collect anything or have a hobby?

A:  We go on motorcycle rides/trips.  I like to ice skate.  I was a figure skater when I was young and picked it back up about six years ago.

Q:  Organizations?

A:  No time when you own a tavern.

Q:  What is the last book you read?

A:  The Black and White of American History.

Q:  What subject do you wish you knew more about?

A:  Where do I start?

Q:  What is the one thing you could not give up?

A:  Coffee; two cups every morning.

Q:  What is the one thing you would happily do over again?

A:  Nothing.

Q:  Do you have children?

A:  No, just my two dogs, Jack and Rudy.

Q:  What scares you the most?

A:  Growing old and being in a nursing home with no visitors.

Q:  Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A:  Whatever I am doing in 10 years I hope I have more time to spend with people that matter to me.

Q:  Do you have any heroes?

A:  Yes, my dad, he could do anything he put his mind to.

Q:  What was the best memory that this interview brought back?

A:  Spending vacations on the lake with my family.

Q:  What would you like people to know about you?

A:  That I’m thankful for all the people who have come into my life whether they made a positive or negative impact on my life.

Q:  Last day on earth; what would you do and with whom?

A:  Dan and I and a bunch of close friends go for a motorcycle ride.

Q:  If anyone could walk in right now, who would you want to see?

A:  My dad.

Q:  Any regrets?

A:  No