Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and pitchers Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Bobby Parnell, and Dillon Gee trained as firefighters at the FDNY Fire Academy training center on Randall’s Island on January 20. Talk about battling some serious heat! The Mets players and C.O.O. strapped on firefighter gear to climb up FDNY ladders, battle a blaze, and [...]

Being a native New Yorker, I often get asked WHY I love New York so much. Its usually a tricky question to answer, especially if the person asking hasn’t lived in New York themselves. Or I just show them this: That right there is why I LOVE NEW YORK so much. :)

Alaina Reed, who played friendly neighbor Olivia for 12 years on Sesame Street, passed away from cancer Thursday at the age of 63: Actress Alaina Reed-Amini, best known for her long-running roles as Olivia Robinson on the children’s program “Sesame Street” and Rose Lee Holloway on the comedy “227,” has died. Reed-Amini lost a two-year [...]

Hard to believe, but singer Lady Gaga used to perform in a more restrained and traditional manner. At that time, she went by her birth name Stefani Germanotta and attended New York University. Check out this video from the NYU Inter-Residence Hall Council of Lady Gaga singing and playing piano  at the NYU Ultraviolet Talent [...]

Listen along with me as we check out the progression of “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap. The original: And then the second chorus was heavily sampled in Jason Derulo’s “Watcha Say”: And of course “Hide and Seek” made an appearance on Australian Idol in Season 5 by contestant Ben McKenzie: What really made the [...]

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is working hard to get healthcare reform passed… pushing through all the rhetoric and nonsense about socialized medicine that’s out there these days: Al Franken, like many Americans, is sick and tired of listening to conservatives throw up strawman arguments about health care reform intended to scare Americans into accepting 47 [...]

Thanks to Jay-Z I have a new New York anthem: In New York, concrete jungle where things are made of… there’s nothing you can’t do… Now you’re in New York… these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you…

No one has ever doubted that cabbies are some of the toughest people on earth. One of the greatest benefits of living in New York is the ability to see these random confrontations happen daily. And as long as no one gets seriously injured, its all just part of a New York day. Wow, I [...]