Last night a group of eleven friends and I went to the lower east side to voluntarily get trapped inside an old theater.  We had sixty minutes to figure out clues and solve puzzles in order to…(dun-dun-dunnnn) Escape-the-room! I wouldn’t consider myself particularly good at solving puzzles or mysteries, for that matter.  Most of the time, […]

I read online that Hannah Brencher wrote thousands of love letters to be received by random strangers in an attempt to fight off her own feelings of loneliness and depression.  She left them all over #NYC where strangers would find them in the most random and unlikely places.  I loved the idea but wanted to […]

There are two important life lessons that occur when a woman matures into her “forties.” First, you generally stop caring what others think about you and two, you realize the annoying inner voice that told you getting your nose pierced is a terrible idea…is actually wrong!  Perhaps I should speak for myself when I say […]

I decided to buy poster board and advertise that my performing in the park was part of my fearless acts challenge.  And that was a good idea. I quickly learned that singing alone in a crowded park doesn’t garner much attention. I also happened to be next to the booth promoting, National Orgasm Day so, I had some stiff […]

This was the one “act” that completely scared me: standing up in front of a bunch of strangers in a classroom-like setting NAKED while holding poses for 15-20 minutes at a time.  Yep, all the feelings you’d expect were coming up for me but…that’s also what intrigued me to do it.  I wanted to know…How would it […]

After watching the most amazing 80’s TV-movie ever made in the history of the world, Nadia…My dream at eight-years old was to be Nadia Comaneci. I know…I had a lot of dreams, as a kid…but didn’t we all? So, the other day, as I walked in the giant, blue gymnasium at Chelsea Piers, I was […]

I’ve never been good at team sports and especially ones that included… (get your minds out of the gutter!) BALLS! All through school, I was never chosen first for any team and I don’t think I was ever properly taught how to hit a softball. And whenever someone would ask me to play, I would […]

Last night, in the wretched heat, I decided to stop by a free event hosted at Greenly Square (33rd/Broadway). When I arrived, I immediately started giggling because from the outside looking in… there were a bunch of people singing and dancing wearing funny colored headphones, but you couldn’t hear what they were listening to: hence, […]

Last night I performed in my first, ever Burlesque show. It was held at the Slipper Room in the Lower East Side but in my head, I was performing at the Los Angeles Forum in front of thousands and thousands of people, along side Janet ‘Miss Jackson’ if your nasty! Oh yes, this one was […]

A few weeks ago, after announcing to my students that I was doing this challenge, Dante (pictured above) approached me after class revealing he is also turning #40 this year and wanted to know what other fearless acts were on my list. “Well, I’ve always wanted to #Swing Dance at Lincoln Center!” Dante smiles, “You know, I used to […]