This past July I celebrated my 20th anniversary as a resident of the greatest city in the world - NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
On today's somber anniversary, here's a lighter reflection on just some of the amazing experiences my move to New York City has afforded me...
- I've been yelled at, and sort of fired, by Harvey Weinstein...
- I partied with Rudy Giuliani at Gracie Mansion on the Fourth of July..
- Um, yeah. Okay. Worked for Lorne Michaels...
- Ended up in an amateur Beat poetry reading in a Greenwich Village apartment...
- Modeled for the cover of an R L Stine book...
- Programmed the movies and Warner Bros. cartoons for the Bryant Park Film Festival for two Summers...
- Helped develop a float for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...
- Hung out backstage at Carnegie Hall with John Lithgow...
- Co-Created and Co-Host of one of New York City's first, and longest running comedy podcasts, mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine ...
- Directed Omar Sharif in a voice-over for a documentary...
- DJ'd in the basement bar of Times Square's "China Club"...
- Screened Attack of the 50 Foot Woman on the roof of the Brill Building...
- Introduced my nephew to New York City one great activity at a time...
- Interviewed on camera horror icons Kane Hodder and Robert Englund...
- Trained for a marathon, though ran the actual one in Chicago...
- Restored my vinyl collection from childhood one record at a time...
- Joined the New York chapters of the British Film Academy and the Emmys...
- Roasted my friend and podcast co-host Rachel Weiss on her 40th birthday...
- Attended a private party at the Friars Club...
- Introduced my niece to New York City one great activity at a time...
- Biked around the entire island of Manhattan, just for kicks...
- Adopted a few cats...
- Grew a mustache for charity with hundreds of thousands of other New York men...
- Helped launch the first-ever LGBTQ Comic-Con in New York...
- Performed Improv comedy with the People's Improv Theater...
- Performed a stand-up comedy set in the East Village...
And of course, best of all, I met some of the greatest friends of my life, especially my husband Craig...
