A Hobby Turned Profession
Posted by sanleandrotimes on May 8, 2008
When Al Gerace frequented Hobbies Unlimited as a child, he never knew his weekend pastime – walking up and down aisles of model tankers, trains, and cars – would turn into his profession.
Gerace started working at the hobby shop as a kid on weekends for fun, he says. The weekend job became an after-school job once he was in high school, and even edged out the competition of a teaching job once Gerace graduated from college. …. More