Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.

I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.