There are 171 Starbucks in Manhattan, and my friend Mark - who is cool enough to let me hang out at The Colbert Report - decided to try to visit them all in one day. You can see a short video of his journey at 171starbucks.com. It’s already become a viral video on the web […]

I headed over to the 7-11 store that was turned into a KWIK-E-MART on 42nd Street yesterday. It was mildly amusing to hop in and out, but not all that it was cracked up to be. They had Simpsons donuts, Buzz cola, Squishees and a modest selection of other Simpsons memorabilia. Sadly, they were out […]

Larry King-style, but with fewer dot-dot-dots:
In an earlier post I mentioned that I signed up for a gym that is a block away from my apartment, as opposed to going to the Upper West Side three times a week after work. Well, it hasn’t been long, but so far I’ve been able to stay in […]